76. #vertigo#: the 'twirl' of the familiar process of _manumissio per
vindictam_. 'The lictor touched the slave with the _vindicta_, the
master turning him round and "dismissing him from his hand" with the
words _Hunc hominem liberum esse volo_' (Conington). --#facit#: is
causal as well as _faciat_. G., 627, R.; A., 63. --#Dama#: +Dêmas =
Dêmêtrios+; according to others for +Dêmeas+ (Mehlhorn, _Gr. Gr._, 183),
a common slave's name. --#non tressis#: Jahn comp. _#non semissis#
homo_, Vatin. ap. Cic., Fam., 5, 10, 1.
77. #vappa#: 'dead wine,' hence 'mean liquor.' --#lippus#: the effect of
drinking. --#in farragine tenui#: 'in the matter of,' and hence 'for a
poor feed of corn.'
78. #verterit--exit# = _si verterit-- exit_. G., 257; A., 57, 5. Comp.
v. 189. The Perf. is aoristic, 'give him a whirl.' --#momento#:
literally by the 'motion,' 'by virtue,' 'by the act of whirling.' 'By
dint' would give an ironical turn.
79. #Marcus#: as _Publius_, v. 74. Jahn cites an inscription: M · FVFIVS
· M · L · DAMA. --#papae#: Ironical admiration. 'Wondrous change! Every
body will trust this thief, this liar now!' _Papae_ (Gr. +papai,
babai+). 'Whew!' 'Prodigious!' --#recusas?# Fie on you, if you do! See
note on 4, 1.
80. #adsigna tabellas#: 'your hand and seal to this document,' 'witness
this document.'