[227] Aquaticus.
[228] See cc. [10] and [29] of this Book.
[229] It would appear to be somewhat similar to our rusks.
[230] Which ended A.U.C. 586.
[231] A. ii. s. 9, l. 4. “Ego hinc artoptam ex proxumo utendam peto.” It is thought by some commentators, that the word used by Pliny here was, in reality, “Artoptasia,” a female baker; and that he alludes to a passage in the Aulularia, which has now perished.
[232] Which in Pliny’s time signified “baker.”
[233] The Stipa tenacissima of Linnæus, Fée says; or else the Lygeum spartum of Linnæus.
[234] As to the cereal so called, see c. [10] of this Book.
[235] Or perfumed oils.
[236] See B. iii. c. 9. A volcanic district.