The Egyptians used them made of wood and of ivory, and
toothed on one side only; while those of the Greeks had teeth on both
sides.]
[Footnote 6: _Thales the Milesian_)--Ver. 279. A talent would be a
low price for such a learned slave as Thales the Milesian, who was one
of the seven wise men of Greece. He says, however, that Thales at such a
low price would be nothing in comparison with Philocrates for the same
money.]
[Footnote 7: _The Polyplusian_)--Ver. 282. This word is coined by
Philocrates for the occasion, as being the name of his family, from the
Greek word _[Greek: polyplousios]_, "very wealthy;" probably with
the idea of raising the expectations of Hegio and making him the more
ready to promote an exchange of his own son for a member of so opulent a
family.]
[Footnote 8: _Melting out the tallow_)--Ver. 286. Hegio asks him if
his riches are very abundant, and in doing so uses the word "opimae," of
which the primary meaning was "fat;" the other answers, "Yes, so fat
that he can be melting the tallow out of them even when he is an old
man;" meaning thereby that he is amply provided with means.].
[Footnote 9: _Thesaurochrysonicocraesides_)--Ver. 290. This is a
name made up of several Greek words, and seems to mean "a son of
Croesus, abounding in treasures of gold," in allusion to Croesus, the
wealthy king of Lydia. The author indulges in similar pleasantry in the
Miles Gloriosus.
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