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But facies is applied, not only to the bodies of men, but also to the appearance of other things of every kind. For facies may be said properly, if the application be seasonable, of a mountain, the heavens and the sea. Just so we speak of the face of nature, the face of the waters, and the like. The words of Sallust in the second book of his Histories are ii. 2, Maur. Sardinia, in the African Sea, having the appearance (facies) of a human foot, That is, the sole of the foot. projects farther on the eastern than on the western side. And, by the way, it has also occurred to me that Plautus too, in the Poenulus, said facies, meaning the appearance of the whole body and complexion. These are his words: 1111. But tell me, pray, how looks (qua sit facie) that nurse of yours?— Not very tall, complexion dark.—'Tis she!— A comely wench, with pretty mouth, black eyes— By Jove! a picture of her limned in words! Besides, I remember that Quadrigarius in his nineteenth book used facies for stature and the form of the whole body.
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The meaning of caninum prandium in Marcus Varro's satire.
