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 156 C. Valerius Cain llus

45, 56. Or ' whilst — whilst.' The rendering given in the text is from Quintilian, ix 3, 16.

lxiii 5. Or {devotvit He acuta sibi po tide re silicis) 'cast down from him his members with the weight of the sharp fiintstone,' or {dcvoisit, Hpt. B.) 'tore off'; the MSS. are corrupt.

9. Or {typanum ac typum M.) 'timbrel and medallion' (see M.'s note).

14. Or {veiut ex.) 'as exiles.'

16. Or pelagi, codd. pier, pelage is accepted by Bentley, Lambinus and several editors.

18. Or (ero) 'at your master's bidding.'

31. Or [animi [a nimo] egens) 'reft of sense,' or {animae egens) ' breathless.'

39. Or ' the golden-faced sun ' = xp u<to< £ u7?' s -

43. Or {trepidantcm R.) 'hurrying on his way,' or 'flut- tering.'

45. ipsa R. edd. ipse cett. codd.

54. omnia adirem codd., or {opaca, opertd) 'their hidden lurking-dens.'

58. Or {remota, ace. plur. neat.) 'bo borne into these distant forests.'

63. Or {ego enim vir P., perhaps cram) ' for I was a man.'

84. rciigat, a very rare usage, but required by the sense. Cf. 76 and LXiv 174.

lxiv 14. Or (fre/i) ' the Nereids raised their faces from the foaming tide of the sea.'

23, 23a. For this reading see M. p. 147.

39. Or 'the trailing vine.'

65. Or {lucfantis) 'straining,' or (ii/cen/is) 'shining.'

100. qiianto for quantum with magis by false analogy. quam turn, edd.

104. Or (suscepit) 'undertook,' or (suspendit) 'faltered' or 'dedicated' (cf. Verg. Geor. 11 389. Aen. xn 766; Hor. Carm. 1 v 15).

109. So P. for latequc cum cis...obvia {omnia) of codd.;