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Fulgentius ibid. 52 (p. 566): Alucinare means to dream falsely, and is derived from
alucitae, which we call
conopes (mosquitoes). As Petronius Arbiter says,
For the mosquitoes (alucitae) were troubling my companion.
phi0972.phi001f. Petronius. Michael Heseltine (Editor). London. 1913.
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