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τὰς τρεφούσας τὰ
παιδία γάλακτι θηλονὰς 1 ἀπὸ τῆς θηλῆς καλοῦμεν, οὕτως ἡ Ῥουμῖνα θηλώ τις
2 οὖσα καὶ τιθήνη καὶ κουοροτρόφος οὐ
προσίεται τὸν ἄκρατον ὡς βλαβερὸν ὄντα τοῖς νηπίοις;
‘διὰ τί τῶν συγκλητικῶν τοὺς μὲν πατέρας συγγεγραμμένους, τοὺς δ᾽ ἁπλῶς
πατέρας προσηγόρευον;᾽’ ἦ τοὺς μὲν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κατανεμηθέντας ὑπὸ τοῦ
Ῥωμύλου πατέρας ἐκάλουν καὶ πατρικίους, οἷον εὐπατρίδας ὄντας, πατέρας
αὑτῶν ἔχοντας ἀποδεῖξαι τοὺς δ᾽ ὕστερον
ἐπεγγραφέντας ἐκ τῶν δημοτικῶν συγγεγραμμένους πατέρας ὠνόμασαν;
‘διὰ τί κοινὸς ἦν βωμὸς Ἡρακλέους καὶ ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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