De Verborum Significatu
Sextus Pompeius Festus
Muries est, quemadmodum Veranius docet, ea quae fit ex sali sordido, in pila pisato, et in ollam fictilem coniecto, ibique operto gypsatoque et in furno percocto; cui Virgines Vestales serra ferrea secto, et in seriam coniecto, quae est intus in aede Vestae in penu exteriore, aquam iugem, vel quamlibet, praeterquam quae per fistulas venit, addunt, atque ea demum in sacrificiis utuntur.
There is the salt-cake, just as Veranius teaches, that which is made from unrefined salt, crushed in a mortar, and put in a jar made of clay, and there covered with gypsum and cooked thoroughly in an oven; to this, after it has been cut with an iron saw, and put into a cylindrical earthen vessel, which is within, in the temple of Vesta in the outer sanctuary, the Vestal Virgins add ever-flowing water, even as much as they want, except that which comes through pipes, and at last they use it in sacrifices.
Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.
TextsAb Urbe Condita, 5.40.7-10 Ab Urbe Condita, 5.42.1-2 Ab Urbe Condita Periochae, 19 Ab excessu divid Marci, 1.14.4 Annales, 15.41 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.3-6 Antiquitates Romanae, 6.13.2 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.1 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.66.4 Camillus, 21.1 Camillus, 22.6 De Verborum Significatu, 296L De Verborum Significatu, 320L Epigrammata, 1.70.3 Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.4.5 Fasti, 6.261-66 Fasti, 6.257-60 Fasti, 6.297-98 Fasti, 6.295-98 Historiae, 1.43 Historiae Romanae, 72.24 Historiae Romanae, 42.31.3 Historiae Romanae, 54.24.2 Historiae adversum Paganos, 4.11.9 In Vergilium Commentarius, 7.153 In Vergilium Commentarius, 3.12 Naturalis Historia, 7.141 Naturalis Historia, 34.13 Noctes Atticae, 14.7.7 Numa, 11.1 Tristia, 3.1.29 Vesta Aedes |
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