V.

Vaccinium, iii. 373.

Vacuna, i. 234.

Vagienni, i. 243.

Valens, Vettius, v. 373, 378.

Valens, Vinnius, ii. 161.

Valeria, ii. 153; vi. 160.

Valeria (an eagle), ii. 481.

Valerian, iii. 121; iv. 370; v. 102.

Valerianus, i. 269; ii. 354.

Valerius Flaccus quoted, i. 49.

Valerius Maximus, ii. 240 —quoted, i. 143.

Valgius, C., iv. 300; v. 78.

Vallum, iii. 342.

Valtelline, i. 255.

Vandili, i. 345.

Vanishing men, ii. 135.

Vannius, i. 330.

Vappa, iii. 241, 266.

Var, i. 174.

Variæ, ii. 508.

Varicose veins, remedies for, iii. 88; v. 353.

Varro, M., his statue erected in his lifetime, ii. 176 —how buried, vi. 286, 287 —his works quoted, i. 147, 235, 260; ii. 35; iii. 304, 374, 525; iv. 44, 53, 63, 81, 103, 106, 438, 448; v. 157, 394, 408; vi. 285, 342, 384.

Varro, P. Atacinus, i. 268.

Varus, the slaughter of, ii. 198.

“Varus,” the origin of the name, iii. 89.

Vectis, i. 351.

Veientana, vi. 457.

Veii, i. 190.

Veins, iii. 78 —varicose, 88; v. 353.

Vejovis, iii. 424.

Vela, iv. 453.

Velia, Lake, v. 474.

Velinus, i. 234.

Veliturnum, iii. 105 —wine of, 241.

Venafrum, i. 198 —oil of, iii. 279.

Venedi, i. 344.

Veneering, iii. 195, 196, 427, 428, 429.

Veneris crines, vi. 457.

Venom in the human teeth, iii. 61.

Venomous, sea-animals, ii. 459, 460 —animals that are, will not die of hunger, 549.

Ventidius, P., ii. 189.

Vents in the earth, i. 121.

Venus, worship of, i. 481.

Venus Anadyomene, vi. 259, 260, 261.

Venus’ comb, v. 70, 71.

Venus de Medici, vi. 312, 318.

Venus’ hair, vi. 457.

Venusia, i. 228.

Veratrum, v. 96, 97, 98.

Verbascum, v. 127.

Verbena, iv. 391.

Verbenaca, v. 121, 122.

Verbenarius, iv. 391.

Verdigris, its medicinal efficacy, v. 94 —an account of, vi. 195-198.

Vergiliæ, i. 68; iv. 79, 88, 89.

Vermifuge, iv. 452.

Vermilion, derivation of the word, v. 5 —an account of, vi. 119, 120.

Verona, i. 252.

Verres, vi. 167.

Verrius Flaccus, i. 269.

Versipellis, the story of, ii. 283.

Vervain, v. 121, 122, 130.

Vervain mallow, v. 224.

Vespasiani, family of the, i. 203.

Vespasianus, the Emperor, iii. 140; vi. 184, 271.

Vesper, i. 29.

Vessels of burden, of gigantic size, vi. 333.

Vestal Virgins, v. 290.

Vestalis, Fabius, ii. 240.

Vestilia, ii. 140.

Vestinus, iv. 387.

Vestorius, vi. 142.

Vesuvius, i. 197.

Vetches, iv. 46, 51, 450, 451.

Veternum, v. 355.

Vettonica, v. 111, 112.

Vetus, Antistius, v. 473.

Vianiomina, i. 262.

Viator, iv. 9.

Vibius, ii. 147.

Vicissitudes, instances of remarkable, ii. 189.

Victims for sacrifice, ii. 329; iii. 79.

Victoriatus, v. 8, 14; vi. 90.

Vienna, i. 262.

Vigintiviri, ii. 212.

Vinalia, iv. 99.

Vincapervinca, iv. 338, 339, 382; v. 57.

Vindex, Julius, iv. 263.

Vine, first cultivation of, ii. 226 —the nature of, =iii.= 215, 218 —cultivation of, 218-221 —ninety-one varieties of it, 222-233 —remarkable facts connected with it, 233-236 —profits derived from its culture, 234, 235, 236 —shoots of, pickled, 263 —training of it, 409 —the proper situation for it, 444, 445 —grafting of, 482 —culture of, 495-517 —various kinds of, 499, 500 —its uses, =iv.= 457, 458 —leaves and shoots of, 458, 459 —cuttings of, 462.

Vine, wild, iii. 255; iv. 464, 465; v. 232.

Vinedressers’ reed, iii. 408, 409.

Vinefretter, iii. 534.

Vinegar, iii. 257, 266, 268; iv. 478, 479, 480 —lees of, 483.

Vintage, iv. 109, 110, 111.

Violet, iv. 317, 318, 368.

Violet-purple, ii. 447.

Vipers, ii. 311; v. 395, 396, 412 —flesh of, eaten, ii. 133 —torpor of, 311.

Vipio, ii. 530.

Virgil, the poet, where he died, =i.= 226 —his birth-place, 252 —his works forbidden to be burnt, =ii.= 176 —his works quoted, =i.= 58, 64, 78, 95, 100, 110, 121, 131, 132, 187, 208, 233, 305, 321, 335, 403; =ii.= 127, 328, 329; =iii.= 20, 21, 24, 124, 152, 217, 223, 228, 231, 232, 242, 246, 278, 297, 302, 372, 393, 398, 442, 444, 447, 448, 459, 461, 464, 470, 473, 475, 477, 479; =iv.= 15, 16, 17, 38, 45, 57, 59, 62, 64, 65, 67, 72, 73, 75, 85, 102, 104, 110, 111, 117, 119, 122, 123, 124, 131, 154, 182, 311, 315, 316, 340, 344, 454; =v.= 25, 41, 365, 381; =vi.= 71, 139, 179, 240, 320, 383 —mistranslated by Pliny, =iii.= 352.

Virgin Waters, v. 488.

Viscera, the, iii. 70 —remedies for pains in, v. 437.

Viscum, iii. 391, 434, 435; v. 6.

Vistula, i. 344, 348.

Visula, iii. 225.

Visurgis, i. 348.

Vital spirit, iii. 65.

Vitality, signs of in man, iii. 96.

Vitellius, the Emperor, vi. 164, 287, 288.

Vitellius, P., iii. 67.

Vitex, v. 26, 27, 28.

Vitiparra, ii. 515.

Vitriol, vi. 200, 295.

Vitruvius Pollio, mentioned, iii. 437 —quoted, i. 450; vi. 242, 377.

Vivaria, ii. 345.

Viviparous animals without hair, ii. 381.

Voice, of insects, ii. 3 —of animals, iii. 92, 93 —of man, in a measure forms his physiognomy, 95 —its varieties, 95 —how deadened, 95 —how heightened, 95.

Volcanius, vi. 285.

Volcanoes, i. 139, 140 —submarine, v. 473.

Volcatius, ii. 313.

Vologesus, ii. 73.

Volsinii, i. 190; vi. 162.

Volsinium, i. 83.

Volterra, i. 190.

Volturnus, i. 73; iv. 116.

Vomit, the only animals that, iii. 71.

Vomits, the use of, iv. 403.

Vopisci, ii. 144.

Voyages, of discovery, i. 98, 99 —to India, ii. 60-63 —speedy, instances of, iv. 130 —for the recovery of health, v. 13.

Vulcan, i. 324.

Vulture, great European, ii. 486.

Vultures, an account of, ii. 486 —how put to flight, iii. 97 —how attracted, 97 —remedies derived from, v. 398, 399.

Vulva, iii. 75.

W.

Wagtail, ii. 551; vi. 446.

Walking-sticks, iii. 205.

Wall-nightingale, ii. 511.

Wall-paintings, vi. 270.

Wall-wort, v. 127.

Walls, when first built, ii. 223 —formation of, vi. 289, 290, 291 —of houses, 324.

Walnuts, iii. 315; iv. 514, 515.

Wanley, Nathaniel, quoted, ii. 136.

Warm springs, i. 133, 195, 266; v. 472.

Warts, remedies for, v. 209, 210; vi. 53.

Wasps, iii. 24, 25, 98.

Water, an account of, =i.= 96, 97, 98 —peculiar properties of, 135, 136, 137 —how made potable, =v.= 2 —remarkable facts connected with, 471 —properties of, 472 —remedies derived from, 473 —impurities of, 484, 485 —modes of testing, 485, 486, 487 —boiled, 486, 487 —mode of searching for, 488, 499 —differences in, 489, 490, 491 —qualities of, 491, 492 —modes of conveying, 494 —fresh at sea, 499.

Water-chesnut, iv. 355.

Watering of gardens, iv. 201, 202, 203.

Water-organ, ii. 372.

Water-parsley, iv. 424.

Water-pipes, v. 494.

Water-plants, iii. 403.

Water-spouts, i. 80.

Water-warblers, ii. 510, 511.

Waters, productive of insanity, v. 474 —remedial for calculi, 474 —curative of wounds, 475 —preventive of abortion, 475 —which remove morphew, 475 —which colour the hair, 476 —which colour the body, 476, 477 —which aid or impede the memory, 477 —which affect the senses, 477 —which improve the voice, 477 —which cause a distaste for wine, 477, 478 —which produce inebriety, 477, 478 —which serve as a substitute for oil, 478 —salt and bitter, 478 —which throw up stones, 478, 479 —which cause laughter, 479 —which are a cure for love, 479 —which preserve their warmth, 479 —in which all things sink, 479 —in which nothing will sink, 479, 480 —of a deadly nature, 480, 481, 482 —which petrify, 482 —their wholesomeness considered, 482, 483, 484 —which have suddenly appeared or ceased, 492, 493.

Wax (bees’), iii. 6, 7, 17; iv. 345, 346 —writing-tablets of, iii. 186 —remedies derived from, iv. 438.

Wax-colours, vi. 244, 245, 272.

Wax of the human ear, remedies derived from, v. 291.

Wealth, immense, instances of, vi. 93, 94, 129, 130, 131.

Weasel, odour of, fatal to the basilisk, ii. 282 —remedies derived from, v. 392.

Weather, states of the, i. 69 —peculiarities of, 91 —its influence upon trees, iii. 441, 442.

Weaving, invention of, ii. 223.

Webs of spiders, iii. 27, 28.

Wedge drawn by a bird from a tree, v. 82.

Weevil, iv. 105, 441.

Weight of the body, ii. 158.

Weights, invention of, ii. 226 —Greek and Roman, iv. 386, 387—_and_ Introduction to Vol. III.

Wells, invention of, ii. 223 —an account of, v. 491.

Weser, i. 348.

Wheat, an account of, iv. 25, 26, 27 —Africa productive of, 35, 36 —remedies derived from, 440.

Wheat-meal, iv. 440.

Whetstones, iv. 91; vi. 370.

Whey, iii. 84.

Whirlwinds, i. 57, 79, 80.

Whispering-gallery, iii. 95.

White lead, vi. 219, 220.

White squall, iv. 122.

White thorn, eaten, iv. 338 —remedies derived from, v. 43.

White vine, iv. 466, 467.

Whitening, iii. 454; vi. 301.

Wicks of lamps, iv. 362, 489.

Wiesbaden, v. 479.

Wild animals, parks for. ii. 345.

Wild boar, ii. 344, 345 —the flesh of, a delicacy, 345 —eats the salamander, iii. 98.

Wild fig, iii. 311, 312, 313 —remedies derived from, iv. 505, 506, 507.

Wild honey, iii. 14.

Wild myrtle, iv. 521.

Wild olive, leaves of, iv. 487, 488.

Wild plants, v. 77, 78, 79.

Wild plums, iv. 508.

Wild pomegranate, iv. 501.

Wild thyme, iv. 197, 198, 292, 293.

Wild vine, iii. 255; iv. 464, 465; v. 232.

Will, remedies depending on the, v. 295, 296.

Willow, iii. 409, 410; v. 25, 26.

Willow-beds, iii. 492, 493.

Willow-herb, v. 196.

Wind-egg, ii. 537, 538, 539.

Windows, iii. 303; vi. 142, 143.

Winds, an account of the, i. 70-79; iii. 445 —predicted, i. 222 —invention of the theory of, ii. 230 —the theory of explained, iv. 113, 114 —the points of, 114-117.

Wine, honied, ii. 215; iii. 246; iv. 437, 438.

Wine-cellars, iii. 268, 269.

Wine-cure, ii. 183.

Wine-lees, iii. 268; iv. 482, 483.

Wine-lofts, iii. 254, 263.

Wine-press, iv. 109, 110.

Wine-vessels, iii. 268, 269, 279.

Wines, the most ancient, =iii.= 236, 237, 238 —colours of, 237, 248; =iv.= 475 —pitched, =iii.= 238; =iv.= 476; =vi.= 371 —nature of, =iii.= 238, 239 —fifty kinds of, 239-245 —drugged, 243 —healthfulness of, 243 —peculiar tastes in, 244, 245 —foreign, 245, 246, 267 —recommended by Apollodorus, 247 —salted, 247, 248 —disguising of, 248 —sweet, 248, 249, 250 —made from raisins, 250 —second rate, 251 —generous, when first made in Italy, 251 —inspection of, 252 —women not allowed to drink, 252 —laws upon, 252 —drunk by the ancient Romans, 253 —when several kinds were first served at table, 254 —artificial, 256-260; iv. 477, 478 —made from fruit, iii. 256, 257 —from plants, 257, 258 —aromatic, 258, 259 —from herbs, 259, 260 —from shrubs, 260 —of a miraculous nature, 262 —that change their nature, 263 —certain, not used in sacred rites, 263 —seasoned with pitch and resin, 265, 266, 267 —made from corn, 274 —medicinal properties of, =iv.= 469-473, 477.

Winged animal, the only one that is viviparous, ii. 540.

Wings, iii. 33, 34.

Winking, iii. 54.

Winter-clothes, iv. 80.

Winter-sowing, iv. 79, 80.

Winter-wheat, iv. 29, 32, 33, 35.

Wisdom, remarkable, instances of, ii. 174.

Wisdom-teeth, iii. 59.

Withes, iii. 409, 410.

Witnesses, summoning of, iii. 88.

Witwall, v. 452, 508, 512, 515.

Wolf, Romulus suckled by, ii. 273 —an account of the, 282 —influence of its eyes, 283 —men changed into, 283, 284 —its bladder, iii. 74.

Womb, iii. 75 —of the sow, iii. 75.

Women not allowed to drink wine, iii. 252.

Wonderful forms of various nations, ii. 122.

Wonders, of various countries, i. 123, 124 —of fountains and rivers, 131-138 —of fire, 141, 142, 143.

Wood, animals that breed in, iii. 40 —for furniture, 195, 196, 197 —for fuel, 348, 349, 358 —the nature of, 417, 418, 420, 421 —fire obtained from, 421 —the lightest, 422 —the durability of, 423, 424, 425 —used in building, 426 —for carpenters’ work, 427 —united with glue, 427.

Woodcock, ii. 528, 529.

Woodbine, v. 105.

Woodlice, v. 417, 436, 440, 441, 450.

Woodpecker, ii. 494, 508, 515; iii. 519; v. 89, 248, 403 —its magical power, ii. 494.

Woodworms, iii. 40.

Wool, various kinds of, ii. 333 —its various colours, 333, 334, 335, 338 —dyed purple, 445 —remedies derived from, v. 381, 382, 383.

Wool-fruit, iii. 297.

Wool-grease, iii. 133; v. 383, 384, 385.

Wool-plant, v. 68.

Woolly sage, v. 221.

Words, the healing efficacy of, v. 278, 279, 280.

World, if more than one, i. 13-16 —form of, 16 —nature of, 16, 17 —name of, 17, 18 —dimensions of, 53, 54, 55 —earth, the middle of, 102.

Worming of dogs, v. 406.

Worms eaten, iii. 519.

Worms, fish so called, ii. 384.

Wormwood, v. 106 —animals that feed on, have no gall, iii. 69 —wine made from, 259 —remedies derived from, v. 232-235.

Wounds, remedies for, v. 206, 207, 208, 458, 459, 460.

Wreaths of corn, iv. 3.

Wren, ii. 551.

Wright, Mr. T., on the lead-mines of Britain, vi. 215.

Wryneck, iii. 90.