[2142] Or Pluto. He alludes to the Feralia, or feasts celebrated, in the month of February, in honour of the dead.
[2143] Or household god.
[2144] The “Nundinæ,” held every ninth day; or rather every eighth day, according to our mode of reckoning.
[2145] Gronovius suggests a reading which would make this to mean that it is “ominous to touch money with the forefinger.” It does not appear to be warranted, however.
[2146] Twenty-eighth, according to our reckoning.
[2147] Probably from their ominous resemblance to the Parcæ, or Fates, with their spindles.
[2148] “Frugum.”
[2149] “Princeps civitatis.”
[2150] “Rho” and “Alpha.”
[2151] In B. vii. c. 2.