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518 EXPLANATORY NOTES. BOOK 11., SATIEE V.
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accompanied by substance, are held in lower estimation than sea-weed."
N'othingr conld have been of less value in the eyes of the anclenta, whc
did not make the modern uses of it, than sea-weed.—9, Quando. " Since."
Equivalent to quandognidem.—Missis ambagibus. " Circamlocutions being
laid aside," i. e., to come to the point at once.—10. Accipe. In the
sense o^audi.— Turdus sive cdiud privum, &c. " If a thrush, or any other
(delicacy), shall be given thee for thy own private use. let it fly thither,"
A:c. Observe that tvrdus is here equivalent to si turdus, the si being included
in the following sive.—11. Privum. 'Tor thy own private use."
This must not be joined with aliud. [Heindorft ad loc.)—13. QuoscunqiLe
Jionores. "Whatever productions." The allusion is to the primitite, or
first-fruits of the year. These were wont to be offered to the Lares, but.
on the present occasion, they must go to the rich man, for he is " venerabHtor
Leire."— 15. Sine gente. " Of no famUy." — 16. Fugitious. " A ronaway
slave."—17. Exterior. " On the left." The phrase ire comes exterior
is analogous to latus tegere or dauderCj and both, according to the best
commentators, signify "to accompany one on the left." The term exte-
rior here refers to the position of the sycophant or legacy-hunter, as pro-
tecting the rich individual, who in this sense is interior ; and the left side
was the one protected or guarded on such occasions, because it was considered
the weaker of the two, and was also more exposed to injury or attack.
18-30. 18. Utne tegam spurco DamalcUus^ " Dost thou bid me protect
the side of the vile Damas ?" i. e., of one like Damas, who has been
in his time a worthless slave. Understand /ufies. Damas is Aijfid^, con-
tracted from A^jK^Tpiof, like M^vag from Mijv66apos.— ^19. Meliorihua.
Equivalent to me prcEstantioribus^ and referring to Achilles, Ajax, &c.—
22. Ruam. " I may quickly draw together." Put for eruam, i. e., ^odiam,
a figurative allusion to riches concealed, as it were, beneath the
surface of the earth, and a much more forcible term than either parem or
eolligam would have been, since it denotes the resolution of Ulysses to
triumph over every obstacle.—23. Capies, " Try to catch," or, more iree-
ly, though more in accordance with what follows, "go a fishing for."
Capto is precisely the verb to be here employed, as characterizing the
efibrts of legacy-hunters, and persons of that stamp.—24. Vafer unus et
alter. " One or two canning fellows,*' i. e., rich and cunning old men.
25. Insiddatorem. Supply te.—Pneroso hiimo. " After having nibbled
the bait from off the hook/' i. c, after having received the presents sent
them, without making the expected return.—27. Si olim. " If at any
time."—28. Vivet. Supply si from the preceding verse. Ultra. "Un-
provoked," or "without any grounds of ^tion."—29. Illius defensor. "His
advocate."—30. Fama civem causaque priorem sperne. "Pay no regard
to the citizen who is superior in reputation, and in the justice of his cause "
Sperne is here equivalent to " defensor ei adesse noli."
31-38. 31. Quinte, puta, aut Publi, &c. The connection is as follows
Address the rich man whom thou art desirous of securing in such words
as these : " duintus," for instance, or "Publias," &c. Observe th&t piitd
has the final vowel short, as here, only when taken adverbially. When
it stands as an imperative, which it really is, the final vowel is long.
[Antkon's hat. Pros., p. 67, n. 2.) Oaudent pranomine rnolles auricula.
"Delicate ears delight in hearing the prmnomen used." In addressing
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