The works of Horace : with English notes, critical and ... - Cristo Raul

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EXPLANATOU:i NOTES. BOOK I., SATIKB I. 427
eentum millia supply modiomm.—il . Retictdtim. "A netted bag." Reticulum,
called by Varro Panarium {L. L., iv., 22), was a species of sack or
bag, wrought in the form of a net, in which the slaves were wont to oor-
ty bread. The ItaKaiis have this cnstom at the present day.
Equivalent to servos.
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Yenales.
50-Se. 50. Vivenii. A dative after the impersonal refert, as in the pros-
- ant instance, is unusaal, but can not, therefore, be pronounced incorrect, as
lome maintain it to be, who substitute vi/oentis. It must be regarded as
B dativus commodi. (Consult Ramshom, Gramm., $ 114, p. 336 ; Reisig,
Sprachl., p. 673.) Jugera. Commonly rendered " acres." For the time
iimensions, however, of the jugerum, consult Diet. Ant., s. v.—51. At
tuave est, &;c. A new argument on the part of the miser. " But it is
pleasing to take from a large heap."—52. Dum ex parvo nobis, kc. We
nave here the poefs reply, simple and natural, and impossible to be controverted.
"If thou permittest us to take just as much from our small
Heap, why shouldst thou extol thy granaries above our humble corn-baskets
V i. e., while our wants can be as easily supplied from our scanty
stores, what advantage have ttiy granaries over our small corn-baskets V*
By chimera is meant a species of basket or hamper for holding grain
Orelli says that the Sicilians at the present day use ba^ets for holding
grain, made of reeds and twigs, which they call canicci. We have given
granaria here, with Heindorf, its ordinary meaning; according to Falla
dius, however (i., 19), they were &ie-cell