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Arnobius
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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[4857] Lit., “prevailing with favourableness of omens,” ominum, for which the ms. and first four edd. read h-—“of men.”
[4858] That Arnobius had good reason to appeal to this scepticism as a fact, is evident from the lines of Juvenal (ii. 149–152): “Not even children believe that there are any Manes and subterranean realms.”
[4859] Lit., “and.” Immediately after, the ms. is corrected in later writing color-es (for -is)—“and the darkest colours.”
[4860] Similiter. This is certainly a suspicious reading, but Arnobius indulges occasionally in similar vague expressions.
[4861] Lit., “is white.”
[4862] Or, very probably, “the membranes with (i.e., enclosing) the brains,” omenta cum cerebris.
[4863] Goats were sacrificed to Bacchus, but not, so far as is known, to Mercury. Cf. c. 16, p. 524, n. 3.
[4864] Lit. “by the paction of some transaction is it,” etc.
[4865] So all except both Roman edd., which retain the ms. reading desi-d-eret (corrected -n- by Gelenius)—“wish.”
[4866] So the ms., Hild., and Oehler, reading d-atio, approved of by Stewechius also. The others read r-—“reasoning on behalf.”
[4867] Inci-ens, so corrected in the margin of Ursinus for ms. ing-—“huge.” Cf. ch. 18, p. 524, n. 10.
[4868] The ms. reads excitata conatus (according to Hild.); corrected, as above, by the insertion of ad.
[4869] Quam, i.e., the earth.
[4870] Singularly enough, for fecunditate Oberthür reads virginitate—“inextinguishable virginity,” which is by no means universally desired in the earth. Orelli, as usual, copies without remark the mistake of his predecessor.
[4871] Lit., “more prompt to lust of hurting.”
[4872] Lit., “nature of hurting.”
[4873] The ms. reads ad ea quæ facti sunt, understood seemingly as above by the edd., by supplying ad before quæ. Oehler, however, proposes quia—“because they were made for them.” The reading must be regarded as doubtful.
[4874] i.e., if sacrifices avail to counteract the malevolent dispositions of the gods.
[4875] Lit., “these.” This clause, omitted by Oberthür, is also omitted without remark by Orelli.
[4876] So the edd., reading farciminumfor the ms. facinorum, corrected by Hild. fartorum—“of stuffings.” Throughout this passage hardly one of the names of these sacrificial dainties is generally agreed upon; as many are met with nowhere else, the ms. has been adhered to strictly.
[4877] i.e., probably the hirciæ: of the others, silicernia seem to have been put on the table at funerals.
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