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Hermaphroditism has been observed in several species of Serranus, as well as in some other fishes, where it is either normal and symmetrical, or abnormal and unilateral. Dr. Zouteveen has given me references on this subject, more especially to a paper by Prof. Halbertsma, in the 'Transact. of the Dutch Acad. of Sciences, vol. xvi. Dr.
GRANDIS: = grandis natu. IUVENILITER: Hannibal was 29 years of age when he entered Italy in 218. EXSULTANTEM: 'wildly roaming'. The word in its literal sense is used of a horse galloping at its own will over a plain. The metaphorical use is common in Cicero; cf. Acad. 2, 112 cum sit campus in quo exsultare possit oratio, cur eam tantas in angustias compellimus?
De Invent. 2, 140 imperium domesticum. ITA: = ea lege 'on these conditions, viz. ..., the clause with si being an explanation of ita. This correspondence of ita ... si is common in Cicero; see n. on 12 ita ... quasi. Here translate 'age can only be in honor if it fights for itself'. SE IPSA: cf. Cic. Acad. 2, 36 veritas se ipsa defendet; see also the n. on 4.
It would appear that Fohi, the first emperor, reigned about 2952 B.C., and shortly afterwards Yu-Chi made a sphere to represent the motions of the celestial bodies. Acad. But this needs confirmation.
Darwin also informs us that Wollaston is convinced that residence near the sea affects the colour of insects; and finally, that Moquin-Tandon gives a list of plants which, when growing near the sea-shore, have their leaves in some degree fleshy, though not so elsewhere. In his work on "Animals and Plants under Domestication," Mr. Acad. Nat. These are striking examples indeed!
The present was not brought as a bribe, since the incident took place after the war. Curius had become patronus of the Samnites, and they were bringing the customary offering of clientes; see Rep. 3, 40. NE: here = num, a rare use; so Fin. 3, 44; Acad. 2, 116. SED VENIO AD: so in 51 venio nunc ad. IN AGRIS ERANT: 'lived on their farms'. For erant cf. n. on 21 sunt.
For the Cervus alces of N. America, see 'Land and Water, 1868, pp. 221 and 254; and for the C. Virginianus and strongyloceros of the same continent, see J.D. Caton, in 'Ottawa Acad. of Nat. Sc. 1868, p. 13. For Cervus Eldi of Pegu, see Lieut.
SCRIPTUM VIDEO: so in Acad. 2, 129; Div. 1, 31; cf. also N.D. 1, 72 ut videmus in scriptis; Off. 2, 25 ut scriptum legimus; also cf. n. on 26 videmus. ARGANTHONIUS: the story is from Herodotus 1, 163.
Iug. 85, 19 ita aetatem agunt quasi vestros honores contemnunt, ita hos petunt quasi honeste vixerint. DIVINAREM: see references on 6 confeceris. ILLO EXSTINCTO: Fabius died in 203 B.C. FORE UNDE DISCEREM NEMINEM: cf. Acad. 1, 8 quae nemo adhuc docuerat nec erat unde studiosi scire possent.
CUM DIU MULTUMQUE VIXERIS: literally 'when you have lived long and much', i.e. when you have not only had a long life but have done a great deal in the course of it. The phrases diu multumque, multum et diu are common in Cic., as below, 38; Acad. 1, 4; Div. 2, 1; Off 1, 118; Leg. Agr. 2, 88; De Or. 1, 152. For mood see A. 309, a; H. 518, 2. See Neue, Formenlehre, Vol. 2, pp. 766 seq., ed. 2.
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