Arnobius

Footnotes

^[4612] The ms. and both Roman edd. read germani servuli vita without meaning, corrected as above by Gelenius, Canterus, Elm., and Oberthür, ut a g. servulo, and ut a g. servulis—“by the slaves,” in the others, except Oehler who reads as above, g. servulo ut.

^[4613] The ms. and both Roman edd. read unintelligibly patientiæ, corrected paternæ in Hild. and Oehler, patriæ in the rest.

^[4614] Lit., “the perpetuity of the omen sealed might stand.”

^[4615] Lit., “through the times given to itself.”

^[4616] The ms. reads s-oli,—changed into Toli by the first four edd., Elm., and Oberthür. The others omit s.

Chapter VIII

^[4617] [“Belittle.” This word here is noteworthy. President Jefferson is said to have coined it, and I have never before seen it in a transatlantic book.]

^[4618] i.e., “which you pretend to worship.”

^[4619] So the edd., reading formar-e, except Hild. and Oehler, who retain the ms. reading i—“that images be formed.”

^[4620] The ms. and both Roman edd. read corruptly insolidi, corrected ita or sic coli, as above, in all except the last two edd.

Chapter IX

^[4621] [It is manifest that nothing of the kind was said by Christians. See p. 506, note 3, supra.]

^[4622] i.e., you do not seek access to the gods directly, and seek to do them honour by giving that honour to the idols instead.

^[4623] i.e., the transmission of the sacrifice to the gods is made dependent on idols.

^[4624] This corresponds exactly to the English, “to shoot at the pigeon and hit the crow.”

Chapter X

^[4625] Lit., “with vicarious substitution for.” [A very pertinent question as to the images worshipped in Rome to this day. There is one Madonna of African hue and features. See also Murray’s Handbook, Italy, p. 72.]

^[4626] The ms. reads effi-gitur, corrected as above, effin., in all edd. except Hild., who reads efficitur—“is made,” and Stewechius, effigiatur—“is formed.”

^[4627] Lit., “boy’s age.”

^[4628] Flavus, so invariably associated with blue eyes, that though these are the feature brought into contrast, they are only suggested in this way, and not directly mentioned—a mode of speech very characteristic of Arnobius.

^[4629] i.e., a fact which can be seen to be true by appealing to analogy.

^[4630] So the ms., LB., Hild., and Oehler, reading donastis, the others donatis—“you give.”

^[4631] As the appearance of the moon is the same in some of its phases as in others, it is clear that Arnobius cannot mean that it has thirty distinct forms. We must therefore suppose that he is either speaking very loosely of change upon change day after day, or that he is referring to some of the lunar theories of the ancients, such as that a new moon is created each day, and that its form is thus ever new (Lucr., v. 729–748).

^[4632] Lit., “is changed through a thousand states with daily instability.”

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