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Excerpt from Colorado College Studies: Papers Read Before the Colorado College Scientific Society VIII. The additional notes of Daniel's Servius are some times supplementary to those of the vulgate, sometimes repe titions of them, sometimes inconsistent with them. Examples of inconsistency in the matter of etymology may be seen under the following words*: ara, A. 2, 515; 4, 219; bruma, A. 2, 472; G. 1, 211; feretrum, A. 11, 64; insertas, A. 3, 152; jubar, A. 4, 130; latrones, A. 12, 7; palaestra, A. 6, 642; 8, 138; G. 2, 351; Praeneste, A. 7, 682; vitula, A. 1, 533; B. 3, 30. One of the chief arguments relied on by Thomas (p. 49) and Thilo (praef. XIII) as Showing that these 'additional' notes did not form part Of the original commentary of Servius is the following: the additional notes quote a variety of opin ions upon disputed points without deciding upon any one in particular, while the vulgate usually does so only to adopt one in preference to the others. As far as etymological notes are concerned this statement seems to require some modifica tion. Omitting the explanations of proper names, we have in the vulgate several cases where one etymology out of two or more Offered or quoted is distinctly preferred*: cortina, A. 6, 347; 3, 92 delubrum, A. 2, 225; 4, 56; fur, G. 3, 407; harena, A. 1, 178; indigetes, A. 12, 79; G. 1, 498; latrones, A. 12, 7; lucerna, A. 1, 726; manes, A. 3, 63; tus; G. 1, 57; vesti bulum, A. 2, 469; 6, 273 and perhaps circenses, A. 8, 636; G. 3, 18. In an equal number of cases, however, no such pre ference is manifested: amoenus, A. 6, 638; ancile, A. 8, 664. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
