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310 N OTES.
The ancients believed tbat the stars were nourished by the vapors arising
from the earth and sea, or tbat they fed upon the fiery particles in the
aether itself.
610. Vocant expresses that he is dependent on destiny, and so implies
that he will have to leave Dido. Cf. Aen. III. 494, and V. 656.
614-15. Casu, misfortune, disaster. - Ore locuta est . Such pleonasms
are frequent in classical writers. cr. the phrase, " ITo opened
his mouth and taught them." - Quis casus, .ol,at ill-jo)'tlllle.
617. Tune, etc., so. e.. Art thou that Aeneas?
619. Teucer, (son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and of IIesione, a
daughter of Laomedon and sister of Priam,) being refused admission
in Salamis by his father on his return from Troy, founded a new Salamis
in Cyprus. Virgil supposes him to have sought the assistance of
Belus, king of Tyre, whom he represents to have conquered the Cyprians
shortly before. - 621. Genitor, (my) father.
623. Cognitus, sc. eat. " A n instance of p,·otoz.llgnln J ; . e., a predicate
(coy"ill/B) common to sevcral subjects (ca.uB, IIomell, rege8), but
agrceing in gender and number with one only, and that the one nearest
to it." n.
624. P elasgi, i. e. Grecian. Tllose most ancient inhabitants of Greece
arc often put for the nation.
625. Ipse hostis. 'feucer him.elf, enemy tbough be was. HOBti ••
H. 363; A. & S. 204. - Ferebat, IIBed to extol. - Teucros, the Trojans.
626. Stirpe. When ab is used with ortus, "e111ote .. origin is generally
denoted than when the preposition is omitted.- Vole bat, ; . e., gave himself
out to be, would have it that he was. - 632. Templis = in templis.
Honorem, a thanksgiving. - 635. Suum, gen . pI. of B" ••
636. Mu.nera and laetitiam are in appositi"n with the accusatives
in tbe two preceding lines. - Dii, an old contraction for diei, of the dny.
- Mu.nera - dii, lit. as gifts and the enjoyment of the day i i. e., as
gifts "nu (the menns for) the day" enjoyment. Another reading is, de;
(i. e. Bacchi), "the joy of Bacchus," i. e. wine. 'fho passage is a difficult
one, and it is not impossible tbat Virgil would have improved it,
if he had Ii"ed to complete the line.
637. Domus i nterior. II. 441,6; A. & S. 205, Rem. 17 ; B.662.
639. Vestes, coverlel.. , .... pply ,".1""111'("". " I n oonnise narrution
and description, substantives are often used "lone without verbs." W.
- Ostro, abl. of the m:\[eril... II. 425, 1.
640. I ngens argentum, n great (number of) silver (vessels), or
limply, mn s of silver plate. - Mensis = in mellBie.
645. F erat , "report," he SllyS. - F erat and duoat , subj. in oratio