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600 EXPLANATORY NOTES. BOOK 11., SATIRE III.
"Langhing with the cheeks of another '
72. Malis rideniem alienis.
CommentatorB differ in their explanation of this phrase. According t«
some, it means "langhing immoderately;" others take it to denote "laagb*
ing at the expense of another," whUe a third class render it " forcing a
langh." The first of these explanations is the best, the individual being
snre that bis adversaiy will lose bis cause. The expression is borrowed
from the Odyssey (xx., 347), yvaSfiolai yeXoiov iM,oTplobaLv. There,
however, the presence of irpb^ ^tav shows that a forced langh is meant
Compare Ordlit ad loc. •
75-88. 75. Puiidius mzdto cerebrum est, tua. "Believe me, the brain
of Perillins is by far the more addle of the two, who lends thee money
which thoa canst never repay," i. e., lends it at such an exorbitant rate of
interest as to preclude the possibility of its being ever repaid. ,
FerilUns
appears to have been a noted nsnrer.—76. Dictantis. This term here re-
fers literally to the creditor's dictating the form of the written obligation
for repayment. This the borrower writes and signs. If the money is repaid,
another writing is signed by both the borrower and lender. Hence
Bcribere, "to borrow," anirescribere, "to repay."— ^77. Audireatquetogim
jubeo componere, io. Thns far, the examples of insanity, which Stertinitu
has adduced, have grown naturally out of the particular case of Bamafiippas.
He now enters uu a wider field of observation. The expression
iogam compojiere refers to au attentive bearer.^80. Calet. In the sense
of cestuat.—82. Ellebori. The black hellebore, or Yeratram, was pre-"
scribed by the ancients in cases of madness or melancholy. It is not so
employed at present.—83. AtsHcyram omnem. "The whole produce of
Anticyra." There were two Anticyras in the ancient world, one inThessaly
and the other in Fhocis. The first of these places was situate at the
mouth of the River Sperchins. It was said to produce the genuine helle-
bore. The second lay on a bend of the Sinus Corinthiacus, east of the
Sinos Crissaeus. It was also celebrated lor its producing hellebore.—
84. HcBredes Staberi summam, da. " The heirs of Btaberius engraved the
sum he left them on his tomb." With summam the genitive JicBreditatis
may be supplied.—85. Gladiatorum darecenium, Jtc. " They were bound
by the will to exhibit a hundred pdr of gladiators to the people " The
term damnati contains au allusion to the form of the will, in which the tes
tutor required any thing of his heirs. Hares meus iamnas esto, or Hwreies
mei damtias sunto.—86. Arri. Arrius appears to have been a noted g-ourmand
of the day, and an entertainment such as be should direct would
be, of course, no unexpeusive one.—87. FruTnenti quarUum. metit Africa.
Africa Propria, corresponding to the modem kingdom of Tutiis^ with part
of Tripoli, was famed for its fertility. Sive ego prove seu recte hoc volui,
Tie sis patmus mihi. The words employed by Staherius in his will.
88. Ne sis patmus mihi. "Be not severe against me," i. «., blame me
not. Consult note on Satire 11., 2, 97.
69-103. 89. Prudentem. Ironical.
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Hoc mdisse. " Toresaw this," i.
e., that they would refuse to engrave the amount of the inheritance on his
tomb, unless they were forced to do it by severe penalties. 91.:Quoad,
To be pronounced, in metrical reading, as a word of one syUabie^T-^4. Videretur.
For the common form ifisw.** esse*.—98. .Hoc. Alluding to his ac*
rumulated riches : and in this we see the reason for the ii^unction which
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