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©Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
BOOK VII. 375
553-71. Stant, a)'e fi"mly fixed.-Raud velit, ,"auld II0t be willillg.­
Superest (559), tmesis.- Rupto Acheronte, where Achero .. burs/sfo)·IT.
to the upper ail'.-Quis=q,dbtts.-Levabat. Cf. Tennyson:
"This lump of cClrth has left /tis estate
The /iglller by the loss of his wdght."
The imperf. denotes the continuance of the effect of the action.
577-98. Medio in, in ITte midst oj, belongs to iglli (" the fiery pas.
sion") os ,tell as .,."'"ine. - Martemque fatigant, and demand tOa,·.
Strictly, fatigue Lati"". with their shouts demanding war. - Nefas
(596), tTty ''''piety, i. e. the penalty of thy impiety.-Omnisque-portlls,
alld I am qnite at tTte th,·e.hold of the porI, (i. e. just ready to enter the
peaceful haven of the grave.) -Funere spolior, only of a happy deatl.
I am Tabbed. Rest awaits me, although the horrors of war will sadden
my last hours.
607-26. Belli portae, i. e. the temple of Janus.- The trabea was
a white toga, ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, and worn hy
the Latin and early Roman kings; here attributed to Romulus. The
Gabine cincture was" a mode of wearing the tog:1, introduced from
G abii. The toga was thrown over the body in such a way that its
lowest lnppet was brought round and girt the waist, w!lile the rest of it
en veloped the bead." - Voca t, in vites, calls forth. - Leves, poli.hed.
637. 'I'il e toatch·100rd goe. fMth, the 8ignal for war.
653- 69. Esset. H. 501, III.; A. & S. 264,9. - Oras, tlLe ,·egio/lB.­
Torquens, th,.owillg a"o,md himself. - It seems best, with L., A., and
others, to take i1ldlttlt. as a noun in the ncc. pl., in apposition with
legllmell.' "a covering with its white tceth for the head." The lion's
upper jaw encircled the forehead of Aventinus, while the lower jaw was
drawn under his chin. -Rerculeo. Hercules wore thc skin of the
Nemean lion.
671- 85. Fratris, of their b,·othe)·. - Order (679-80): regem, quem
omnis aetas credo genitum (esse) Vulc., etc. - Quos (tu pascis).
701-19. Amnis, tho Cayster.-Asia palus, in Lydia.-Clausus. Liv.
2, l6.-Prisci Quirites, the ancient inhabitants of Cures.-Se1ltrns, a
mountain not elsewhere named. -Infaustum, from the defeat. of tbe
Romans by the Gnuls, B. C. 390.-"The morning setting of Orion took
place in the beginning of Dccember, and was always accompnnied with
storms."
'724-49. Curru, dnt.-Felicia Baccho,jrniif"Z in the vine.-Aequora,
p/nill8.-The aclydes were dnrts with thongs nttnohed, by which, after
huving heen hurled, they could be drawn bnck.- Comminus (732),
(wh ich they usc) in close tight. - Celemna, n city of Campania, near
'rennulll. - Rapto, Oil their prey. Participle us noun.