Book 9
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We then, my good friend, have gone along with you in these inquiries. But we have a right to expect an answer from you, in what author the word παροψὶς is used for a vessel. For when speaking of some victuals of various sorts, which were carefully dressed, and of some other things of this sort, I am aware that Plato, in his Festivals, has used the following expressions— Whence barley-cakes might be got, and παροψίδες. And again, in his Europa, speaking at considerable length of some exquisite dish, he has used the following expressions among others— A. The woman is asleep; B. I am aware That she is doing nothing. A. The παροψίδες Are all awake; and there is not a thing More calculated to give pleasure always. B. But where are these παροψίδες, I pray you? And in the passage immediately following, he uses the word παροψὶς, as if it were equivalent to παροψώνημα, a delicacy; and in his Phaon he says— Other men's things are like παροψίδες, They please a short time, and are quickly spent. And Aristophanes, in his Dædalus, says— All women have one set of principles, And have a lover, like a παροψὶς, ready.
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So when Ulpian made no reply,—But I, said Leonidas, have a right to speak, since I have been silent a long time. But as Evenus the Parian says— Many men make a point of contradicting On every subject equally; but care not Whether they rightly contradict or not. But for such men there's an old answer fitting, That may be your opinion, this is mine. But with good arguments one may persuade The wise with ease: for always men of sense Do prove, the easiest pupils.
