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Page 26
... Bentley's note on Hor . Od . 3. 3 , 32 Troica quem peperit sacer- dos , ' where he tries to make out Troïa ' to mean springing from Troy , ' Troica ' ( possessive ) belonging to Troy or the Trojans . ' Ovid uses both forms indiscri ...
... Bentley's note on Hor . Od . 3. 3 , 32 Troica quem peperit sacer- dos , ' where he tries to make out Troïa ' to mean springing from Troy , ' Troica ' ( possessive ) belonging to Troy or the Trojans . ' Ovid uses both forms indiscri ...
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... Bentley's conjec- ture quam for ' cum ' ( most MSS . ) , for which last Lachm . suggests tum . ' Though it is true that Catullus often joins the sense of an hexameter with the preceding pentameter , contrary to later practice , there is ...
... Bentley's conjec- ture quam for ' cum ' ( most MSS . ) , for which last Lachm . suggests tum . ' Though it is true that Catullus often joins the sense of an hexameter with the preceding pentameter , contrary to later practice , there is ...
Page 38
... Bentley's sugges- tion for nutantibus , comparing Lucr . 6 . 835 Hic , ubi nictari nequeunt , insistereque alis , ' ' buoyant wings ; ' but nutantibus perhaps suits the impellens ' better , beat- ing the air with its waving wings . ' Cp ...
... Bentley's sugges- tion for nutantibus , comparing Lucr . 6 . 835 Hic , ubi nictari nequeunt , insistereque alis , ' ' buoyant wings ; ' but nutantibus perhaps suits the impellens ' better , beat- ing the air with its waving wings . ' Cp ...
Page 40
... Bentley etc. 73. Discerpent . . . dictis . strangely enough proposed dextris . ' Though ' discerpere ' may not be used elsewhere in this signification , a sufficient analogy may be found in Ovid's ' Ergo submotum patria proscindere ...
... Bentley etc. 73. Discerpent . . . dictis . strangely enough proposed dextris . ' Though ' discerpere ' may not be used elsewhere in this signification , a sufficient analogy may be found in Ovid's ' Ergo submotum patria proscindere ...
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... Bentley's famous emendation of the MSS . ( ' sanguinis ' ) , adopted by both Lachmann and Haupt . Nothing can be flatter than to take sanguinis expertem ' as a mere irrelevant characterization of Venus ' blood- less sacrifices ( even if ...
... Bentley's famous emendation of the MSS . ( ' sanguinis ' ) , adopted by both Lachmann and Haupt . Nothing can be flatter than to take sanguinis expertem ' as a mere irrelevant characterization of Venus ' blood- less sacrifices ( even if ...
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adjective Amor Apoll aqua arma atque Ausonius Bentley best MSS Burmann Caesar Callimachus caput carmina Catull Catullus Cicero Claudian common Compare conjecture cura dative deos Dissen editions Elegy emendation Ennius erat fata foll fuit Greek haec Haupt Heinsius Hinc hunc ignes illa imitated Inque ipsa ipse Kuinoel Lachm Lachmann Livy Lucan Lucr Lucretius manus Martial mean mihi modo mollia Muretus Nemesianus nulla numina nunc omnia opus Orelli Ovid Paley passage Phaedrus Plautus poem poenas poet's Prop Propertius Prudentius puella quae quam quid quis quod quoque quotes reading refers Roman Rome sacra Saepe Scaliger seems semper Seneca sense sibi Silius Silv Stat Statius sunt tamen tantum tellus terra Theseus tibi Tibull Tibullus tion turba ulla umbra unda verb Virg Virgil vita vultus Weber word
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Page 483 - Saepe mihi dubiam traxit sententia mentem curarent superi terras an nullus inesset rector et incerto fluerent mortalia casu.
Page 66 - Te - memini - et puro secubuisse toro? Nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi - nam posse mederi Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis...
Page 40 - LUGETE, o Veneres Cupidinesque, et quantum est hominum venustiorum. passer mortuus est meae puellae, passer, deliciae meae puellae, quem plus illa oculis suis amabat.
Page 30 - O misero frater adempte mihi, Tu mea tu moriens fregisti commoda, frater, Tecum una tota est nostra sepulta domus, Omnia tecum una perierunt gaudia nostra, Quae tuus in vita dulcis alebat amor.
Page 223 - Carmina cum primum populo juvenilia legi, Barba resecta mihi bisve semelve fuit. Moverat ingenium totam cantata per Urbem Nomine non vero dicta Corinna mihi.
Page 125 - QUICUMQUE ille fuit, puerum qui pinxit Amorem, nonne putas miras hunc habuisse manus? is primum vidit sine sensu vivere amantes, et levibus curis magna perire bona. idem non frustra ventosas addidit alas, 5 fecit et humano corde volare deum: scilicet alterna quoniam iactamur in unda, nostraque non ullis permanet aura locis.
Page 264 - Suspicione si quis errabit sua, Et rapiet ad se, quod erit commune omnium, Stulte nudabit animi conscientiam. Huic excusatum me velim nihilominus : Neque enim notare singulos mens est mihi, Verum ipsam vitam et mores hominum ostendere.
Page 196 - IN nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora ; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen...
Page 121 - Quod mihi das flendi, Cynthia, principium ? Qui modo felices inter numerabar amantes, Nunc in amore tuo cogor habere notam. Quid tantum merui ? quae te mihi crimina mutant ? An nova tristitiae causa puella tuae ? Sic mihi te referas levis, ut non altera nostro Limine formosos intulit ulla pedes.
Page 120 - HAEC certe deserta loca et taciturna querenti, et vacuum Zephyri possidet aura nemus. hic licet occultos proferre impune dolores, si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem.