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... , ' which can hardly mean ' pours burning vows . ' Haupt has succepit , ' which is very common in connection with vows , sacrifices , etc. • Quercum , aut conigeram sudanti cortice pinum Indomitum turben contorquens 10 CATULLUS .
... , ' which can hardly mean ' pours burning vows . ' Haupt has succepit , ' which is very common in connection with vows , sacrifices , etc. • Quercum , aut conigeram sudanti cortice pinum Indomitum turben contorquens 10 CATULLUS .
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... mean the boy ? ' " 182. Fido is of course ironical . 183. Lentos , ' the pliant oars ; ' hence Virgil's Ante et Trinacria lentandus remus in unda , ' Ae . 3. 384. The more the oars bent with the stroke , the swifter the flight ...
... mean the boy ? ' " 182. Fido is of course ironical . 183. Lentos , ' the pliant oars ; ' hence Virgil's Ante et Trinacria lentandus remus in unda , ' Ae . 3. 384. The more the oars bent with the stroke , the swifter the flight ...
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... mean that Jove granted Ari- adne's prayer , though unwillingly . Numen is here equivalent to ' nutus , ' as occasionally in the Latin poets . See Mr. Munro's note on Lucr . 2. 632 , where Lachmann changes numine ' ( MSS . ) into ...
... mean that Jove granted Ari- adne's prayer , though unwillingly . Numen is here equivalent to ' nutus , ' as occasionally in the Latin poets . See Mr. Munro's note on Lucr . 2. 632 , where Lachmann changes numine ' ( MSS . ) into ...
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... mean in this , ' i . e . in their departure , they resem- bled the waves of the sea at dawn . quali , ' ' ac qualis , ' are happy , though need- less , emendations . As the Zephyr ruffling the calm sea with its morning breeze sets the ...
... mean in this , ' i . e . in their departure , they resem- bled the waves of the sea at dawn . quali , ' ' ac qualis , ' are happy , though need- less , emendations . As the Zephyr ruffling the calm sea with its morning breeze sets the ...
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... mean ' with lowered fingers . ' . Tum prono : then with thumb down - pressed it set the spindle , as it hung poised in air , a - twirling round in smooth and quick rotation , ' i.e. in order to twist and tighten the threads more effec ...
... mean ' with lowered fingers . ' . Tum prono : then with thumb down - pressed it set the spindle , as it hung poised in air , a - twirling round in smooth and quick rotation , ' i.e. in order to twist and tighten the threads more effec ...
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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.
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