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LIBER VII · CAPUT 10

WHO WERE CALLED VOPISCI

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Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Vopiscos appellabant e geminis qui retenti utero nascerentur altero interempto abortu. namque maxima, etsi rara, circa hoc miracula existunt.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

A child used to be called Vopiscus, who, when twins had been conceived, had been retained in the womb and born alive, the other having perished by abortion. There are, too, some very remarkable instances of this kind, although they are singularly rare and uncommon.