Minucius Felix, Octavius (1903) - Page 25

n in the preposition con- is constantly changed to com- before m, usually before p, sometimes before v

commeatus supplies, commeo I go and come, commercium commerce, comminiscor I devise, communis common. — comparo I prepare, compeditus fettered, comperio I find out, compono I compose, comprehendo I grasp, comprimo I press together, computo I count (14, 26 conpages joint; 20, 4 conpendium saving; 63, 2 conperendino I postpone; 62, 11 conplector I embrace; 4, 2; 26, 1; 54, 20) — convenio I assemble, convicium reproach, convictus banquet, convivium banquet (21, 3 comvinco I convict; 20, 11 comvicium reproach; 13, 11 comvivium banquet)

n before l and r is rarely preserved

7, 5 conlido I strike together; 62, 4 conrumpo I corrupt. Otherwise, before l it is written as col-, and before r as cor-.

n in the preposition in- is not changed before b, l, r

inberbis beardless, inbuo I stain (49, 19 imb.), inlibo I pour out, inlicio I entice, inlicitus unlawful, inligo I bind, inlino I smear, inliteratus illiterate, inludo I mock, inlustris illustrious, inreligiosus irreligious, inrepo I creep in, inritus void, inroto I wheel in, inruo I rush in, inrido I mock

n before m and p is assimilated or not changed with incredible inconsistency.

n added in the middle of words before t

12, 25 fabulantur they speak; 11, 22 foederantur they are allied

n at the end of the accusative case of Greek proper nouns

11, 11 Abderiten; 28, 9 Antisthenen; 8, 12 Astarten; 17, 17 Socraten; 36, 18 Ganymeden. But on page 11, 11 Protagoram; 47, 5. 6 Isidem Serapidem

p simplex (single)

8, 9 opidum town; 56, 22 suplicium punishment

p inserted between m and s

23, 22 hiemps winter

p omitted

55, 3 consumtus consumed

p and f confused with each other

20, 3 reputare to consider

r omitted

48, 11 peiero I swear falsely (33, 5 periero, cf. Fleckeisen's Annals, 1865 (91), p. 226)

r is doubled

61, 18 currulis chariot-related

s is omitted after x and s

execratio execration (34, 21 exseco I cut out), execror I curse (62, 17 exsequiae funeral rites; 31, 14 exsequor I follow), exero I draw out, exilio I spring out (4, 9 exs-), exilium exile, existo I exist, expecto I wait (41, 20 exsp-), extruo I build up (35, 6; 55, 11 exstr-), extinguo I extinguish, exulto I rejoice; 10, 14 transilio I leap over; 6, 9 transcendo I climb over

s instead of x

39, 7 ausit he might dare