[167] Semen.
[168] In c. 20, also in c. 29. This grain, which was in reality a kind of spelt, received its name probably from having been the first cultivated.
[169] Il. ii. c. 548: “the land that produces zea.”
[170] Not ἀπὸ τοῦ ζῆν, from “living.”
[171] Merely, as Fée says, from the faulty method employed in its preparation, as starch has, in all cases, the same physical appearance.
[172] In c. 17 of this Book.
[173] In c. 3 of this Book.
[174] “Puls,” like our porridge.
[175] Any food that was originally eaten with “puls,” and afterwards with bread, was so called, such as meat, vegetables, &c.
[176] “Offam.” This word, which in the later writers signifies a “cake,” originally meant a hardened lump of porridge.