¹ This I suggest is the meaning of the otherwise unknown word ἀποπαιδοριοῦν, of which the Italian editors can find no explanation. In a large household many παιδάρια, free boys as well as slaves, were employed, and it would be their duty to drive away beggars or other undesirables who sought admission. Mr. W. H. Buckler suggests to me another possible interpretation of ἀποπαιδαριοῦν, ‘to treat as a boy and drive away.’ Small boys would naturally hang about at the doors of the rich, and as naturally would be chased away.