οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality
mendīcātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,I a begging, obtaining by begging (post-Aug.): foeda vitae mendicatio, Sen. Ep. 101, 13.
mendīcātĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (mendico), action de mendier qqch. : Sen. Ep. 101, 13.
