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©Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
BOOK XI. 393
534-68. Latonia, Diana. - Tua tela, ... e. the bow and arrows. ­
Donum Triviae. It was through the gift or kindness of lJialla that
Camilla was borne safely on the spcar.- Neque - dedisset, nor would
I,e himsel/, ;/1 hiB wildncSB (abI. of cause), h(tve cOIIscntcd (so to live).
614. Perfractaque - rumpunt, i. e. they dash their steeds against
each otber so viol en tly as to break their breasts.
630-49. "Twice "cpuIBed, they looked bacle (on their pursuers), cove"illY
the;" back. ,o;th .hield •. " - Latus, b .. ea.t.
669- 721. Flumina pulsant, i. e. beat tbe /I'OZell waters, with their
horses' hoof8. - Martia. PenthesiJea was tbe daughter of Mars. - S8
refert (victorious from the fight). - Sufi'osso, .tabbed /I'OTIl belleath. -
Armis ignotis, M·ith ""known (i. e. unusual, extraordinary) a,·m •. -
Interior, in an inner (and therefore a shorter) circle; a term taken
from tho rilce-course. - Haud Ligurum extremus, sc. in the arts of
deceit.-Evadere witb tbe dat. is an in novation of Virgil; tbe verb is
generally used witb the simple abl., with the abI. with ex, or with the
ace. L.- Ventosa- fraudem, 10 whom/ame, fic',le aa the toi1ld, b"illg'
deceit (i. e. disltppointment, and harm). - Ligus, L ig" .. ;all.- Auno, to
A m",a thy fl1ther.-The hawk is called sacer as being a bird of augury.
725- 50. Non nullis, i. e. with not inattentive. - Segnes, se. eate;
which imperat., as well as expeetate, is used in bitter irony. L. calls
the use of the imperat. bero and in line 460 cOllce8aive. Some editors
read expectare, against all the best MSS.- Secundus, (l711101ll1Cillg favorable
011lella. As soon as this announcement was made, the sacred feast
was held in a grove. - Exit, repela.
771- 92. In plumam, Wee a pl"me. Tbe brazen scales overla,pped
each other like feathers.- Auro, i. e. witb a clasp of gold. - Pineuaacervo,
i. e. the fire from beaped pine-branches.-Ignem. Tbe ancient
Italian deityVejovis, afterwards identified witb Apollo, was worshipped
on Mount Soracte. His priests walked over glowing coals of fig-tree
wood, (having first ca.refully salved thoir feet.)-Dum, provided that.
822-61. Quicum=quaoum, ,Dith 101wm.- Partiri, info absolute (ordinarily,
but less properly, called historioal inf.) - Manibus aequis,
" with hands equally stretcbed."
870- 92. Desolati, aballdoned (by their leaders).- Summo certamine,
i. e. "with might and lDain" (Con.), "in noble rivalry" (W.). - Ut
videre Camillam, as they saw Camilla (to have done).
908-1S. Simul, at one and the same time; the meaning is continueci
by at in line 910 ··-Gurgite Hibero, in the I berian sea, i . e. the Westero
Ocean.