magno

clamore petita est;

Missio saepe viris
Sed Caesar legi paruit ipse suae:--
Lex erat, ad digitum posita concurrere parma :-
Quod licuit, lances donaque saepe dedit.
Inventus tamen est finis discriminis aequi:
Pugnavere pares, succubuere pares.
Misit utrique rudes et palmas Caesar utrique :
Hoc pretium virtus ingeniosa tulit.
Contigit hoc nullo nisi te sub principe, Caesar:
Cum duo pugnarent, victor uterque fuit.

5. posita parma] This appears to imply that they were to fight without the square shield which the Threx generally wore. (See Rich, Dict. in v.)

6. Quod licuit] Refreshments and presents which the law did allow, he gave them repeatedly.

7. Inventus] i. e. quasi casu, or favente fortuna. By a kind of com

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promise of valour (virtus ingeniosa) which the poet converts into a praise of the emperor, they both fell at once, and so the request of the people could legally be granted. Or perhaps, they showed cleverness as well as valour, in finding a way to end the

contest.

9. rudes] See Ep. 134. 10.

INDEX OF WORDS

EXPLAINED IN THE NOTES OR OCCURRING

IN THE TEXT.

Albi lapilli (in lucky days), 422. 2; Arundo (aucupum), 473. 3.

Colossus, 34. 7; 102. 3; 695. 1.

Conchae (pearls), 243. 3.

Conchis, 245. 9; 373. 2.

Conchylia, 617. 13.

D.

Daci, conquered by Domitian, 279,
7; 313. 5.

Dactyliotheca, 623. 4.

Committere (pugnantes, &c.), 420. 3. Damascena (pruna), 228. 3.

Conclamare, 466. 5.

Conditio (cenae), 617. 2.

Condylus, 269. 27.

Consocer, 534. 3.

Conturbare, 341. 10.

Copo, 15. 9; 148. 24.

Decidere, 446. 6.

Deciens plenum, &c., 48. 1.
Decoquere, 70. 9.
Defrutum, 186. 9.

Delphica (mensa), 673. 7.
Demerere aliquem, 474. 5.
De nostro, de suo, &c., 355. 4.
Dentiscalpia, 361. 3.

Deunces (calices), 315. 6; 654. 1.

Cor habere, 69. 6; 130. 4; 373. 4; Diana lucifera, 561. 7.

631. 17.

Corsica mella, 459. 4; 613. 4.

Cordyla, 110. 3.

Corinthian bronzes, 476. 11.

Cornua (libri), 638. 1.

Coronae sutiles, 497. 6.

tonsiles, 316. 8.

Coronis, 507. 1.

Cosmica, 351. 2.

594.9.

Diaria, 639. 3.

Diatreta, 676. 9.

Digitum tollere, 257. 4.

Dispensator, 247. 5.

Domicenium, 269. 1.

Domina Roma, 2. 3.

Domitian, accumulated wealth of,

646. 4.

Corio ludere, 122. 4.

Cosmus, Cosmianum, 145. 1; 459.2;

month October, 445.

279.7.

his victories in Dacia,

-, temple built by, 445.
Domus and dominus, 413. 12; 634. 4.
Dreams, expiation of, 362.

Dropax, 558. 8.

Farinam facere, 398. 4.
Fascia, 257. 6.

Fasciatus truncus, 669. 12.
Fatuus, 339. 7; 537.9.
Fenerare, 37. 6.
Ferulae, 557. 10.

Ficus gelata, 186. 10.

Libyca, 361. 8.

Fidiculae, 50. 6.
Fila porri, 617. 6.

Flagellare opes, 79. 4; 224. 6.
Flavi crines, 243. 7.
Fleece, golden, 424. 10.

Gestator, 198. 19.
Ginnus, 314. 7.

Glandulae apri. 335. 4.
Glaucia, Glaucias, 290. 4.
Glaucina, 459. 2.
Glires, 148. 36.

Golden fleece. 272. 6.
Gold leaf, 669. 9.

Gourds, disguised by cookery, 603.
Grabatus, 190. 5; 657. 11; 621. 5.
Greenhouses, 436. 1.

Grex (servorum, &c.), 87. 13; 424.18.
Gustus, 603. 4.

H.

Habere nasum, 684. 2.
Halicula, 681. 2.

Hallec, 156. 5; 681. 3.

Hamus captatorum, 85. 3; 228. 7;
308. 5.

Hares, caressed by lions, 53. 13.
beauty caused by eating, 236.

Harpastum, 163. 6; 344. 10.
Harundo (see Arundo).
Hasta C. virorum, 366. 7.
Helciarii, 198. 22.

watched by dragon, Helen, rape of, 666. 6.

Hemitritaeus, 85. 1; 686. 2.
Hercules, labours of, 260; 504.

-, patron of hot springs, 8.1,

141. 4.
Hermerotes, 572. 8.
Hexaclinon, 476. 9.

Hexaphoren, 103. 1; 314. 10.
Hibrida, 403. 2.

Hippodromos, 664. 5.
Horns, altar made of, 694. 4.
Hydra, 260. 14.