dispenser, # déstribute; ironical use of the word

98.— 5. Decius Mus, was a Roman plebeïan consul 340 B.C. Having had a dream in which victory was promised for the army whose general would sacrifice his life he threw himself in the midst of the enemies” army and was killed. He thus won for his troops the battle of Vesuvius against the Latins. His son and grand:son are said to have likewise sacrificed themselves in later battles. See Livy VIII 0. 14.

10. retenue: the refenue is a punishment used in French schools by which the students are kept in the study room during recess. On Thursdays and Sundays however the re/ezue becomes a refenue de promenade. The students have to stay in the school while their. fellows take their bi-weekly walk. . The latter punishment is also called consigne. : See below the NA consigné.

13. rudiment: an RESTES Latin or Greek. Grammar, The wotd.is.antiquated.... A Le — 23° HAT title given. to the En LE a lycée.

99, — 5. AE à a iudent accomplished in literary and classical studies. ka - 23. Tite-Live, Livy, the: ei Roman Dion who wrote a

history of Rome in 142 books, of which only 35 are extant. (38 B:C.—17 A.D))

30. Canusium, a town in Apulia on the Aufidus, S. W. of Cannae. The Romans fled there after their defeat at Cannae.