φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
pŭtĕum: i, v. puteus
I init.
pŭtĕum, ī, n., c. puteus : Varr. d. Non. 217, 4 ; Dig. 19, 1, 14.
