Selections from Tibullus and othersEdited by . liqua ; 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. Tph. 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—66 111 movement of the loom weights. These were used to keepthe threads of the warp tight (Seneca Ep. 90. 20, wheret
Selections from Tibullus and othersEdited by . liqua ; 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. Tph. 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—66 111 movement of the loom weights. These were used to keepthe threads of the warp tight (Seneca Ep. 90. 20, wherethey are called pondera) and when the batten or comb (pecten)was used to drive the threads of the woof together to makethe fabric close and firm, they would strike and clattertogether. They are here called lateres, because they weremade of terra 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 of. 11. 31, 2. 87 notes ; for pelio 1. 4 Concrete ?wall faced with bvick sliowiug triangular lateres. 8 [11. A birthday poem to Cornutus, a married friend of thepoet, Introd. pp. xx., xxviii. n. 3. , all i Cornutus birth-spirit is coming to receive liisbirthday offering. Quick, Cornutus ! (1 — 8). Put up theprayer that he is all readiness to grant (by this time heavenknows it well) that th} wifes precious love may ever bethine (9—16). Look ! a sign lo tell thee thy prayer is it prove true and bring thee children ere long (17—22). 110 NOTES from a full pen, The goat for the prize was provided (nodoubt for some consideration) by one of the wealthier farmers,ouile is a pen for goats as well as a sheep-pen, Ov. Met. sq. sunt fetura minor, tepidis in ouilibus agni, | suntquoque par aetas aliis in ouilibus haedi. The poets pre-ferred it to the more exact term caprile. 58. dux pecoris hirtus, hircufi. So Ovid uses duxgregis of a
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