Synderesis their opposites as evils to be avoided. Synderesis is the capacity not only to apprehend the first principles, but also to judge every step of the practical discourse in the light of those principles. But, as an intellectual disposition concerned with knowledge of the first principles of action, synderesis provides only the universal premise of the practical syllogism. Every human "action", however, is singular, contingent and takes place in particular circumstances. To complete the practical discourse and reach a conclusion regarding what has to be done "hic et nunc" [here and now] and what means are to be used, other
Latin obscenity meaning to suck the teat or to suck milk, but in classical times the sexual sense was predominant. The verb "fellō" and the nouns "fellātor" and (less often) the feminine "fellātrīx" are common in graffiti, and the first two also occur several times in Martial's epigrams. The practice was thought particularly degrading for a man, and Martial, mocking a certain butch lesbian, writes (7.67): "Fellō" was generally used absolutely, without an object. A Pompeian wall inscription says "Murtis bene felas" ("Myrtis, you suck well"), and another says "Romula cum suo hic fellat et uubique" ("Romula does fellatio with her boyfriend