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BOOK 1. 313
Mediamque looavit, sc • • e,. and placed herself in the middle, the place
of bonor. A t one side of ber :tt tbo Trojans, at the other the Cartha.
ginians.
700. DiBoumbitur = discumbunt. H. 301, 3; A. '" S. 184, 2, (b).
Nutico thc forco of dia: thcy recline in different places. I n tbe Homeric
age people ant at their meals as we do now; in Virgil'. time tbey re.
clined on couches. - Strato super ostro, on the outspread purple (i. e.
on thc purple t"pcstry spread over the couches).
701. ManibuB, for the lwuda, i. e. for washing. Water was poured
from a ewer upon tho bn nds of ,he guest, a basin being held underneath.
-" Cererem -expediunt-serve out the bread promptly from t he
baskets. Expcdilfllt= p,·of.n"", says Serv." C.
702. Tonsis villiB, toilh closely.cnt pile (or nap). H. 428; A. '" S.
211, Rem. 6; B. 888; A. 54, II.
703. Quibus cura, 8e. eBt. - Ordine, in fit order. - Longam penum
struere, to a.·ra"ge the lO"[1 BerieB of viandB (for the different courses).
C.'s translation, "to replenish a store (of provision) that will last for a
long time," i. ingeniously derived, but is not RO well adapted to the context
as the one ordinarily given.
705. Aliae, sc. fanmlae.
70B. Qui onerent et ponant, to load, etc. ; the relative with the subj.
denoting the purpoBe. II. 500; A. '" S. 264, 5. The in die. would simply
tell what the servants do; the suhj . denotes their dul,y, what they are
"eqlli"cd to do.
707. Nee non, tlor 1to!=and.-Et Tyrii, !be TyrianB, too. Strict
etiquette is ubserved; the queen seats her"elf first, then her guests, and
last of nll, her courtiers. - Frequentes, ill throng •.
70S. Pictis, se. aClt,. embroidered.
712. Pesti = exitio.
713. Mentem , aco. of specification or limitation. H. 380; A. '" S.234,
II. ; Z. 458. "Acc. of the remoter object. Aen. VII. 74; Ecl. III. 106." W.
714. Phoenissa, tho Phoenioian lady, i . t . Dido.
716. Implevit, has Bati.fied.
718. Raeret, Be. ill puero. C. quotes Tennyson: "And her eyes on
alI my motions with a mute observance hung."
719. Miserae, sr. ei,. dative. H . 386; A. '" S. 224. It is a dative
of disadv,mtnge. The verbs named in tbese rules do not take the dat.
beca",e they nrc componnded with prepositions.
720. Cupid's mother is called' f Acidalian," from a spring near Oreho­
!llenoR, in Boeotia. where tbe Graces, Venus's attendants, hathed.
721. Praever tere, to 81U'P,.,·8e. - Vivo amore, with living love, i. Co
With love fryr a lidng objecl.