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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[4688] Lit., “outside,” i.e., before being in bodily forms.
[4689] So Ursinus and LB., reading retin-e-ntfor the ms. -ea-, which can hardly be correct. There may possibly be an ellipsis of si before this clause, so that the sentence would run: “If they had any natural properties, (if) they retain all these, what stupidity,” etc.
[4690] Lit., “deprived of moveableness of feeling.”
[4691] Lit., “a rational animal.”
[4692] Lit., “with deceit of vain credulity.” The edd. read this as an interrogation: “Do you, therefore, sink down, adore, and bring yourselves into disgrace?”
[4693] So Orelli, Hild., and Oehler, adopting a conjecture of Grævius, di-, for the ms. de-ducere—“to lead down.”
[4694] Lit., “resolved into members.”
[4695] Lit., “by the charm of.”
[4696] The ms. reads flev-ilium, for which Hild. suggests flex-, as above, previous edd. reading flat-—“of cast plates;” which cannot, however, be correct, as Arnobius has just said that the images were in part made of ivory.
[4697] Lit., “delays salutary for lastingnesses.” The sense is, that the lead prevents the joints from giving way, and so gives permanence to the statue.
[4698] Occipitiis.
[4699] Plantarum vestigia.
[4700] Lit., “from the art of obscurity.”
[4701] i.e., if the nature of the images is really concealed by the skill displayed in their construction.
[4702] Lit., “breathing.” [Ps. cxv. 4-8.]
[4703] Lit., “are relaxed from decay of rottenness.”
[4704] i.e., fall from their pedestals. For the ms. reading situs (retained in LB., as above), the margin of Ursinus, followed by the other edd. except the first four and Oberthür, read situ-—“lose their appearance from mould.”
[4705] So LB. and Oehler, reading famis in spemfor the ms. pannis, omitted in other edd. All prefix p, as above, to the next word, annos.
[4706] Deonerati proluvies podicis. [So Clement, vol. ii. p. 186, at note 1, this series.]
[4707] Lit., “incited by the truth of nature.” The ms. and both Roman edd. read d-, all others instincta, as above.
[4708] Lit., “the sacred dedication.”
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