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898 NOTl!:S.
445,4; A. &; S. 206, (8).-Summa, the centre; the point on which the
war hinges.
616-48. Minus - equorum, Ie •• fo,·t/mate in the ... cceRB of Ai. ho,· •••
(lit. 1 ••• hal'l'Y); his horses becoming fatigned. - Numero, in the "Un!
ber (of the .lain). - Fallis dea, dost thou seek to escape (my observa
tion, as being) a goddess, i. e. dost tbou conceal tby divinity.- Usque,
etc., i. it ind.ed .0 v.,·y mise"able a thiug to die ! Tbese words were
quoted by Nero, wben besitating about putting himself to death.­
Culpae, i .•. dishonorable flight.
659-94. Tui fldissima=tibijidi •• ima. "A novel oonstruction, after
the analogy of tU'i .t"dio.i •• ima, amal1tissima." II. 399,1; A. & S. 213.­
E rotis, (671)=e C1l1'1'11.-Vertex, a pointed blaz •. -Turrim. A movltble
tower within the walls, which Turnus had caused to he built for defence.
-Fata. Turnus draws an omen of his own death from the destruction
of the tower .ahich he him.elf buill. - Stat, etc., I am determined, by
enduring death, to sutrer whatever bitterness there is (in death).­
Furorem, cognato ace - Mons, i. e. mOll Ii • • a:""",; improbus, ungovernable;
Maf nva,d>jf. "Th. ,mpil,¥i"fl ,'od,," Con.-Verius (est) etc.,
il i. 71101" jll.t (cf. Hor., Ep. 1. 7, 98) tl.at 1 alone .liould at01le f01' the
(b,'o/"en) tl'eaty, etc.
727-43. (Ut pateat) quem labor (=p/lgllu) damnet (=de.!iJlet ",orli).­
Hic, 'lOW, (while Jupiter is weighing their destinies). -Et ferit. The
caesura after this dactyle (the first foot), and the following sentence,
Exciamallt T,·o •• , etc., strikingly depict the suspense of the mind between
expectation and fear. W.- Deserit, ni fuga, deserts him, (and 1aoltld
leave h"1/, to perish), did not flight, etc.-Arma dei Vulcania, i . •. arm ..
dei Vulcani. - Incertos. He knew not whither they led.
753-85. Tbe Umbrian nnd Laconian hounds were excellent huntingdogs.
- Laurenti divo, Faunus. - Nullo discrimine, i .•. making no
distinction between it and a common tree.-Morsus. "The two sides
of the split wood grasp tbe head of the spear like a forc.ps." - Dea
Daunia, Juturna.
791-836. Omnipotentis. Olympus is called omnipotent, as the reRidence
of omnipotent Jupiter. - Indigetem. Indigetes are heroes of ..
country, honored after their death as protecting deities of the land. cr.
Lil'. I. 2, 5.- Et, connecting this clause with the preceding so as to
make one whole, continues the npflolio". Tr. llo1·.-Deforma1'6, sc.lllct".
Cf. liue 60a.-Nec -videreB, "01' (were tby will unknown to me) IDoltld.t
tholl •••. -Digna indigna, i. e. anytbing whatever. The Romans were
fond of a'y"d.toll in the cnse of opposites; e. g. veli", no/i1ll, bona mala,
hOlle.ta t/II'pia, fm/du nefallda, aequa ;""qlla. - Superstitio, eto., the