141. So also the ancients used to give their
foes a less harsh name, and called them strangers. Cic. de
Off. I. 12. For enemies used to be called
strangers after the customs of old. This too we can say they
adopted from our writings; for the Hebrews used to call their foes
“allophyllos,” that is, when put into Latin,
“alienigenas” (of another race). For so we read in
the first book of Kings: “It came to pass in those days
that they of another race put themselves in array against
Israel.” 1 Sam. [1
Kings] iv. 1.