[sect. 3]
trapezophorum: strictly a 'table bearer,' but here, as in a few other passages, it seems to indicate the table itself, perhaps because the support or legs were often made of marble or ivory (Juv. 11.122ff.) cut into fantastic shapes, e.g. of griffins or dolphins, and thus formed the most conspicuous and ornamental part of the table. Cf. also Tyrrell, II. p.239.
ne ego: cf. ne, Ep. XVII.2n.
deversorium: the meagre hotel accommodations in Italy (cf. Hor. Sat. 1. 5, especially vv. 71-76) made it desirable for wealthy people to own houses at which they could stop for a night while journeying from one place to another. Cicero had such lodges apparently at Sinuessa, Cales, and Anagnia.
exhedria: these were rooms in private houses set apart for lectures and discussions. Cf. also Tyrrell,II. p. 241.
Pseudodamasippum: some imitator of Damasippus. Damasippus (perhaps only a type) was notorious 20 years later. in Horace's time, for his crazy enthusiasm in collecting bric-a-brac and statues . Cf. Hor. Sat. 2.3.18 ff.