Selections from Tibullus and othersEdited by . iqua ; cf. 6. 23 and the similar use of ns in Eng. idiom, however, is to use the, not a, in suchcases, or else the indefinite plur. weavers. Mineruae, operata ; see v. 9 n. For the sense of Minerua cf. 2. 33 (quoted on 2. 87). 66. cantat. So Iphigenia (Eur. Iph. Taur. 222 sqq.) tellshow she sang of Hera and Pallas at the loom. a pulso(Cr. App.) latere. The loom clatters from or with the II. i. 58—66 in movement of the loom weights. These were used to keepthe threads of the warp tight (Seneca Ej). 90. 20, whereth
Selections from Tibullus and othersEdited by . iqua ; cf. 6. 23 and the similar use of ns in Eng. idiom, however, is to use the, not a, in suchcases, or else the indefinite plur. weavers. Mineruae, operata ; see v. 9 n. For the sense of Minerua cf. 2. 33 (quoted on 2. 87). 66. cantat. So Iphigenia (Eur. Iph. Taur. 222 sqq.) tellshow she sang of Hera and Pallas at the loom. a pulso(Cr. App.) latere. The loom clatters from or with the II. i. 58—66 in movement of the loom weights. These were used to keepthe threads of the warp tight (Seneca Ej). 90. 20, wherethey are called pondera) and when the batten or comb (pecten)was used to drive the threads of the woof together to maketlie fabric close and firm, they would strike and clattertogether. They are here called laieres, because they weremade of te7ra cotta or baked clay and in shape they were liketriangular bricks. Compare the illustration below with thatshowing the loom weights on p. 26. For the collectivesingular cf. 11. 81, 2. 87 notes ; for pello 1. 4 Concrete wall faced with bvick sliowiug triangular luteres. 8 [11. II.] A birthday poem to Cornutus, a married friend of thepoet, Introd. pp. xx., xxviii. n. 3. , all ! Cornutus birth-spirit is coming to receive hisbirthday offering. Quick, Cornutus ! (1 — 8). Put up theprayer that he is all readiness to grant (b}- this time heavenknows it well) that th} wifes precious love may e\er bethine (9—16). Look ! a sign to tell thee thy prayer is it prove true and bring thee children ere long (17—22). 112 NOTES 1. bona uerba, words of good omen only ; cf. v. 2 and7. 1 note. uenit ad aras, ef. 11. 6. In III, xi. (IV. v.) 11f^q. the birth-spirit of Cerinthns is asked to abandon altarif he is unfaithful to Sulpicia; tunc precor infidos, sancte,relinque focos. 3. odores, cinnamomum, casia. 4. Cf. Virg. Q. 1, 57 India mittit ebur, molhs sua titraSahaei (a tribe in Arabia); Catull. 11. 5 Arabesue molle
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