[252] _Festus_, p. 19. under word _Aquarioli_: Aquarioli dicebantur mulierum impudicarum sordidi asseclae. (Aquarioli, or water-boys, a name given to the shameless attendants of immodest women).—_Tertullian_, Apologet. ch. 43. They were also known as _baccariones_ from baccarium, a word which _Isidor_ explains by aquarium (a water vessel). An old Gloss says: baccario πορνοδιάκονος, meritricibus aquam infundens (baccario, a prostitutes’ attendant, one who pours water for whores); another: aquarioli, βαλλάδες, βαλλὰς, from βάλλων ὕδωρ, ab aqua jaciunda (water-boys, or throwers, from throwing water). These aquarioli at the same time carried on the business of procurers; so _Juvenal_ says, Sat. VI. 331., veniet conductus aquarius. (Some water-carrier will come, hired for the purpose). Comp. _Lipsius_, Antiq. lect. I. 12. Hence also the word _aquaculare_ was used meaning lenocinari (to be a pandar); see _Turnebus_, Adversar. XIV. 12. XXVIII. 5. Besides this they held themselves, especially in the public baths, at the disposal of lustful women, very often earning in this way the Bath farthing they had to pay. Probably Dasius in _Martial_, bk. II. Epigr. 52., was such an Aquariolus. Novit loturas Dasius numerare, poposcit Mammosam Spatalen pro tribus, illa dedit. (Dasius knew well how to count the women going to bathe; he asked big-bosomed Spatalé the price for three, and she gave it). Hence the _quadrantaria permutatio_ (farthing barter) in Cicero, Orat pro Caelio ch. 26. Comp. _Juvenal_, Sat. VI. 428., Callidus et cristae digitos impressit aliptes, Ac summum dominae femur exclamare coegit. (The artful masseur too pressed his fingers on the clytoris, and made the upper part of his mistress’ thigh resound under his hands). From the passage of _Martial_ it follows that _Busch_, “Handbuch der Erfindungen,” (Manual of Inventions), vol. II. p. 8., is mistaken in saying: _Women_ and persons not yet adult had the bath _gratis_; in fact in the passage from Juvenal, Sat. II. 152., quoted by him, it is a question of boys only. For the rest, the Aquarioli recall the λουτροφόροι (water-bearers) of the Greeks; these were boys, whose duty it was to fetch the water for the Bride’s bath before marriage. _Pollux_, Onomast. III. 43. _Harpocration_, under the word, p. 49. _Meursius_, Ceramicus ch. 14. p. 40. _Böttiger_, “Vasen gemälde” (Vase-painting), I. p. 143. Again the παρανύμφοι (groomsmen), who anointed the bride, and as a rule were from 17 to 19 years old, may be mentioned here by way of illustration. Hancarville, Antiquités Vol. I. plate 45. Vol. III. plate 43. Vol. IV. plate 69.