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Page 242
... sort of flageolet . When it is used in the plural ( as here , C. iv . 15. 30 , Epod . ix . 5 ) , it has reference to two of these instruments played by one per- son . Their pitch was different , the low - pitched tibia being called ...
... sort of flageolet . When it is used in the plural ( as here , C. iv . 15. 30 , Epod . ix . 5 ) , it has reference to two of these instruments played by one per- son . Their pitch was different , the low - pitched tibia being called ...
Page 256
... sort . It was a sweet wine , and probably after four years ' keeping was in its prime . Horace calls it elsewhere ( C. i . 20. 1 ) “ vile Sabinum , " but that was as compared with Mæcenas's more expensive sorts . 14. Fors ] ' Chance ...
... sort . It was a sweet wine , and probably after four years ' keeping was in its prime . Horace calls it elsewhere ( C. i . 20. 1 ) “ vile Sabinum , " but that was as compared with Mæcenas's more expensive sorts . 14. Fors ] ' Chance ...
Page 264
... sort ' Laudat ' or ' canit ' may be supplied . • 8 super mero over their wine , ' that is , while they were drinking . Super ' with the ablative generally means ' about , ' on behalf of , ' or ' con- cerning , ' a thing ; but it is also ...
... sort ' Laudat ' or ' canit ' may be supplied . • 8 super mero over their wine , ' that is , while they were drinking . Super ' with the ablative generally means ' about , ' on behalf of , ' or ' con- cerning , ' a thing ; but it is also ...
Page 265
... sort of altar was enjoined upon the Israelites in the wilderness in preference to any other ( Exod . xx . 24 ) . The word verbena ' was used for any boughs employed for crowning the altar or for sacred purposes . Verb , ' and ' herb ...
... sort of altar was enjoined upon the Israelites in the wilderness in preference to any other ( Exod . xx . 24 ) . The word verbena ' was used for any boughs employed for crowning the altar or for sacred purposes . Verb , ' and ' herb ...
Page 266
... sort of wine in Horace's time . It was grown in the Caccubus ager , ' in Latium , at the head of the bay of Amycle . The Calenian was from Cales ( now Calvi ) in Campania . Close by Cales was the Falernus ager , ' which produced several ...
... sort of wine in Horace's time . It was grown in the Caccubus ager , ' in Latium , at the head of the bay of Amycle . The Calenian was from Cales ( now Calvi ) in Campania . Close by Cales was the Falernus ager , ' which produced several ...
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