TABLE OF MATTERS
post, the imperial, I. 159
pot-herb, in a golden dish, I. 165
presents between friends, I. 267
private and public usages compared, I. 269
processions, II. 217
proclamation at the Games, I. 111
procurators, I. 203, 239
property valuation, I. 277
prophecies, II. 67, 165; children of prophets, I. 23
prosperity too great, II. 23 ff.
proverbs, see I. 43, axe of Tenedos, I. 19; with tips of lips, I. 2, II. 102; open the eyes, I. 80; a man we can play odd and even with in the dark (Cicero too), I. 99; against the stream, u. 47; domestica testimonia, I. 100; €i« Uvppaluiv Ke<t>a\i)v, I. 124; amici mores noveris non oderis (scurrarum proverbium), I. 131; ti enl rfj <t>aiefj /xvpov (Varro and Cicero), II. 273; tov avTov ircu^eiv $ca\ cmovSd^etv, II. 92; ante gestum post relatum (Cicero too), II. 122; rostro supino, II. 122, touching pitch, I. 64; neque arae neque foci nee viae, quod volgo aiunt, . . . usurpantur, F. I. 114; facilis ad lubrica lapsus, II. 112; ef otKov «5 oIkov (Appian), I. 268
Providence, II. 225
provinces, lots for, I. 2S7
Prytaneum, I. 270
puns and assonance (see also alliteration), on name Verus? F. I. 62, 241; iugum, F. II. 26; Venetus venierit, F. II. 90; legere, M. I. 76; caput capita, M. I. 130; valeo, Si. I. 54; providence, II. 225; volpem. . . voluptatem, F. II. 6; gravatius . . . gratius, F. II. 204; suavis . . . saviata, F. I. 232; oris atque orationis, F. II. 238; videri, F. II. 12; adversis avertamur, F. II. 226; virum . . . verum, F. I. 62; decessero . . . defecero, M. I. 112; in spurious letters, Avidius . . . avidus, Verus . . . verum, II. 303, 314, see also p. 292
pyrrhio reel, I. 99
Q
quaestor of Fronto (? his brother), I. 115
quails, their flight, II. 67
Quindecimvirs and sacred books, II. 135
R
races in the stadium, i. 149
reason, no temple to, I. 89; compared with Fortune, ibid.; reason and intuition (impetus), i. 89
recommendations and testimonials to friends, I. 285
redness of fire, blood, shell fish saffron, gold, II. 263
reeds, II. 181
relegatio, II. 181
religious town (Anagnia), I. 175
rescripts, I. 220,? l. 304
revolution welcome to poor and needy (Sallust), II. 169
rheumatism, Fronto's, II. 153, and see under Fronto.
rhythm (prose) in Fronto's sentences, I 102, last two lines; 164, 11. 20, 21; 222, 11. 19, 20; 302, 11. 8, 9,; II. 134, last line; 136, first line, II. 62, lines 15, 16. See also Brock, Studies in Fronto, p. 143
ring of Polycrates, II. 25
rings of knights at Cannae, II. 29
Roman defeats, II. 21, 23
rostrum, II. 43, 65
rowers, time given to, II. 5, II. 39
rowing(?), taken from Nature, II. 201
rudders, Fortunes represented with, II. 105; the helm of State, II. 250
rustic chaff, I. 163; talk, I. 151
rusticatio MeT» voKiTelas, II. 156
S
Sabine women, rape of, II. 11
sacrificing, I. 27, 45, 181, II. 165 (Sallust); thank offering and sin offering, I. 23
salutation, morning and evening, II. 250
saffron water sprinkled In theatre, II. 65
schemata, II. 40, 86, II. 77, 158
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