Yet through the playful banter of this poem his delicate and kindly nature betrays itself in the words 'venuste noster,' and in those lines of true feeling,- Sed contra accipies Meros amores Seu quid suavius elegantiusve.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The name was derived from pente, five, and Meros, a part, because both valves are divided by a central septum, making four chambers, and in one valve the septum itself contains a small chamber, making five.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell