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Pacuvius in Periboea:
"Fear, poverty, grief, senium weary old age, exile; by which I am destroyed."
VELITATIO velitatio a light skirmish or dispute is called a light contention, [said to be] from the skirmishing of light-armed soldiers. Plautus in Asinaria:
"I wish for a skirmish of words to be dispensed with."
The same in Menaechmi:
"I do not know what you two have been skirmishing about between yourselves."
Turpilius in Lindia:
"Cease to skirmish with words; return to the matter."
Afranius in Privigno:
"Meanwhile to throw words at words with lips
to skirmish among themselves, to be pinched."
Caecilius in Pausimacho [fragment missing]
PHRYGIONES phrygiones embroiderers are craftsmen of needle-painted garments, named from the Phrygians, because this type of art excels in Phrygia. Virgil proves this in the ninth book:
A woodcut illustration might have appeared here in the original context, showing a scene relevant to the text, though the OCR focuses on the linguistic definition.