91. Petrus Patricius in Excerpt. Legat. p. 27 [ed. Paris; p.
19, ed. Ven.; p. 129, ed. Bonn]. If it should be thought
that ** signifies more properly a son-in-law, we might
conjecture that Constantine, assuming the name as well as
the duties of a father, had adopted his younger brothers and
sisters, the children of Theodora. But in the best authors
** sometimes signifies a husband, sometimes a father-in-law,
and sometimes a kinsman in general. See Spanheim Observat.
ad Julian. Orat. i. p. 72.