De Verborum Significatu
Sextus Pompeius Festus
Salias virgines Cincinus ait esse conducticias, quae ad Salios adhibeantur cum apicibus paludatas; quas Aelius Stilo scribsit sacrificium facere in regia cum pontifice paludatas cum apicibus in modum Saliorum.
Cincinus says that the Salian virgins are hired women, who, wearing a general's cloak with crowns, are summoned to the Salian priests; Aelius Stilo writes that they make a sacrifice in the Regia, with the pontifex, while wearing a general's cloak with crowns.
Translation by Jane W. Crawford, © 2001.
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