Appearance      Marker   

 

<<  Contents  >>

Lactantius

Footnotes

Show All Footnotes

Show All Footnotes & Jump to 2036

Introductory Notice To Lactantius.

[2026] Protulit.

[2027] Antistes.

[2028] Gravem, i.e., a burden to herself.

[2029] Fatis urgentibus; others read “spatiis vergentibus.”

[2030] Studio renascendi.

[2031] Venus was worshipped in Syro-Phœnice.

[2032] Gratum; others read “Graium,” Grecian.

[2033] Quà; another reading is “quam,” that which.

[2034] Purpureum. There may be a reference to the early dawn.

[2035] Obsit.

[2036] Some ancient writers place these fabulous people in India, others beyond Arabia.

[2037] Aristas. The word is sometimes applied, as here, to spikenard.

[2038] Et sociat myrrhæ pascua grata nimis; another reading is, “et sociam myrrhæ vim, Panachaia tuæ.”

[2039] In talique toro; others, “vitalique toro,” i.e., on a death-bed.

[2040] Commendat.

[2041] Genitali, “productive;” observe the antithesis.

[2042] Conflat.

[2043] Effectum; others read, “ad fœtum seminis instar habent.”

[2044] Cum corpore curto; others read, “cum tempore certo.”

[2045] Ruptis exuviis. The same word is used by Virgil to describe the serpent slipping its skin—“positis exuviis.”

[2046] Tineæ.

 

 

 

10 per page

 

 

 Search Comments 

 

This page has been visited 0404 times.

 

<<  Contents  >>