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BOOK IV. 353
494. Tecto int., i. e. in the ""'pill";"',, or un roofed space in the oentro
of the great holl (atl';u",). - Sub auras, lit. "p t(l the .Try.
500. Anna's charaoter, unsuspicious and devoid of penetration, is
well cbosen to render tbe working out of tbe catastrophe more easy and
Datum!. B.
502. Concipit, docs .he cOllceive oJ.-Quam morte Sych., Ihan (those
whicb Dido suffered) al the death oj Sychaeus.
508- 11. An effigy (of Aeneas). - Tbree hundred gods: not literally,
bu t giving tbe idea of a great number. - Diana was called by tbree
names: L""a in heaven, Dialla on earth, and Hecate in the lower
regions.
516. Amor, a, love-chM11I. The ancients believed that foals were born
witb tubercles ou tbeir forebeads, wbicb were bitten off by thcir dams;
if removed in any other way, tbe dam refused to rear the foal. This
flesh (hippomane8) was supposed to act as a philtre.
618. Vine.,". e. of ber sandal. Tbo bare foot and loosened robe were
common in sacred rites, especiaJly wben one would be loosed from love.
520. Si quod num ., just. memorque, babet curae (has for a care,
regards) amantes non aeq. foed., preeatur (id numen).
524-36. Med. lapsu, i. e. at midnight.- Somno, ill Bleep.- N oet em,
,;, e. tbo quiet of tho night.-Quos - sim dedign. H. 515, II.; 5] 6, 4,;
A. & S. 264, 2; B. 1290; A. 61, 3, n. Mar., a8 81£itor.. A. & S. 230, R. 2.
537- 47. Igitur, then, implies tbat a. neg. answer has been given to
the preoeding question.-Ultima, the extreme.t, i. e. tbe most degmding.
- Quiane. An ellipsis is implied in "e. Am I to follow tbem, beca" ••
they m'e plea8ed (juvat eos) to have beell Jornw'ly ,·.lidved b.y my aid, etc.
-Fac (me) velle, supp08e me 10 be willio'g. - Inferar, i . e. shall I follow
and Ilttack his ships? - Morere, imperat. of 1IIo,';or.
551- 2. More ferae, ;, e. in solitude. - Sychaeo, bere an adj.
566- 9. Jam, with tbe fut., at o1lce.-Trabibus, with the ships (of
tbe Cartbaginians). _ Varium. H. 438, 4; 441; A. '" S. 204, Rem. 9;
205, Rem. 7, (2); B. 659.
591. n 1userit, fut. perf. See note on II. 581.
596- '7. }'acta impia, (hi.) ,oic!.·.d deeds, i. e. the perfidy of Aeneas.
Otbers, " TLei' impious deeds;" i. e. Dido's own faithlossness to tbe memory
of Sychaeus.-Tune. dec., ; . e. thou ougbtest to bave distrusted his
fi delity, when thou wert giving bim a share of tby power.
598-606. Ejll., quem, etc.- 603- 6. Fuerat. H . 511, II. 2 ; A. d; S. 259,
Rem . 4, and (b); B. 1276; A. 59, IY. 2, D.-F uisset. Concessive subj. H.
516, II. 1; A. & S. 260, Rem. 3 ; B. 1281, N. lJ,; A. 60, IV. - Imple( Vi)b.
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