Institutio Oratoria

too in the abbreviation indicating the praenomen is spelt in a manner which does not agree with its pronunciation. We also find columnas [*](columa is mentioned by the grammarian Pompeius as a barbarism in the fifth century. cp. dimin. columella. Consul is abbreviated cos. ) and consul spelt without an n,

while Subura when indicated by three letters is spelt Suc. [*]( The original name was Sucusa. ) I could quote many other examples of this, but I fear that I have already said too much on so trivial a theme.