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350 NOTES.
216. Aen. is oalled "that Paris" contemptuously. The reprollch of
effeminaoy is made aguinst the Trojans by pocts later than theHomerio
times.
216. Maeonin, an old name of Lydia whioh hordered on Phrygin.­
Mentum, 3CC. of specification (with 8flb1lixIIB). - Mitra, a cap" fast·
ened below tbe chin by ribb0ns, wbich partly covered the jaws aud
temples." - On essenceu hair as a reproaoh, cf. XII. 110.
217. Rapto, perf. part. of rap;o used as noun: ld, p,·cy.
218. Quippe, fO"Booth, in sarcasm. -Fam. inanem, a1l idle fame;
eitber "tbe reputation of Jove as a god" (C.), or his reputed relation
to larbas (line 198).
219. Suppliants laid hold of the altars with thcir hn,nds.
225. Exspectat, linge'·B. -F. datas, a'8igned by 'he fate •.
228. Bis. First, from Diomede (II. 5, 311 sqq.), nnd finally from the
Greeks at the sack of Troy (Acn. II. 589 sqq.).
229. Sed (p"omiBit ilium) fore.-Grav.imperiis, teemi"g ,oith empire.
230. Qui regeret, prod., mit. II. 501, I.; A. & S. 264,1 and (b).­
Genus proderet, .holdd Ilaud dOllm a li"e. C. -Qui, talem ut is.
232-3. Accendit, sc. eIl1ll.-Nec, etc., alld lie ""dertoke. "0 ellterpl'i ••
Mmulf for (super) Iii. 01011 ""101011.
237. Summa. Noun, not adjective.-Hic- esto, be tholl our herald
oftlti. me8sage. W. lind C. Hie = de hac reo
244. Lum. m. resignat, openB tlle;,' eye. ill death. lIen., Forb., O.
In accordance with the Roman custom of clQsing a friend's eyes at the
moment of death, and afterwards opening them again when the body
was laid on the funeral pile, this action is attributed to Meroury, the
conductor of sonls, the object being that the dead might see their way
to the lower world. Others, either with the same translation, or taking
morte as ab!. of separation, explain it, bring. the dead to Z,fe. Other tr.
of ,·uigllat." urelaxesj JJ H seals ngain; n (( oloses."
247. Duri, the much.enduri"g.
252. Nitens, poiBillg kim.elf all.
257. Litus governed by ad. An unusual post.position of the prep.
258. Avo. Atlas was tbe fatber of Maia, the mother of Mercury.
283. Quid agat, what can he do' H. 486, II.; A. & S. 260, Rem. 5.
289-94. A good example of the o)'atio obliquo. The imperatives of
direct discourse are put in the subj., (aplellt, cog., par., digsim.); the
principal declarative clause has the acc. with the inf., - ... e tell/plOW'
rom ( •• ,e),-and the subordinate clause introduced by quando takes the
8ubj. For Bit (290), inasmuoh as it would be subj. in direct discourse
til well, the rule of indirect question must be given. - Aditus, the