The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . opposed to the arbores frugiferce.—Silva. Forest-trees.—Feruntque. And bear away, i. e., upon the blast.—Dantalios alia fa>tus. Yield each their different produce.—Cedrumque. And the Juniper. The tree here meant is not what we know by-the name of cedar, but a species of juniperx the Juniperus oxycedrusof Parkinson. (Consult Martyn, ad loc.) Hinc radios Irivere rotis, &c. From trees such as these thehusbandmen have rounded spokes for wheels, from these (they haveformed) solid wheels for wagons, and have laid the bending keelsfor ships. Observe that hinc
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . opposed to the arbores frugiferce.—Silva. Forest-trees.—Feruntque. And bear away, i. e., upon the blast.—Dantalios alia fa>tus. Yield each their different produce.—Cedrumque. And the Juniper. The tree here meant is not what we know by-the name of cedar, but a species of juniperx the Juniperus oxycedrusof Parkinson. (Consult Martyn, ad loc.) Hinc radios Irivere rotis, &c. From trees such as these thehusbandmen have rounded spokes for wheels, from these (they haveformed) solid wheels for wagons, and have laid the bending keelsfor ships. Observe that hinc contains a reference to forest-treesgenerally, the lighter kind being used for one purpose, the heavierfor another. There is no immediate connexion, therefore, between• citprcssQsque and Hinc radios Irivere, &c, since Servius expresslyStates that spokes were not made out of cypress wood. tympanum is meant a solid wheel, without spokes, as appears inthe following wood-cut, taken from a bas-relief at 332 NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK IL Trivere. Observe the peculiar force of this tense, which bringsit here into close connexion with an aoristic meaning, have round-ed off, (and are still accustomed to do so). The same remark willapply to posuere. \! 446-450. Viminibus salices, &c. The twigs of the willow, as be-fore remarked, were used to bind the vines, form hedges, or enclo-sures, and make all sorts of wicker-work.—Frondibus uhni. Thecattle were fed in part on the leaves of the elm. {Colum., v., 6, 3.)-—At myrius validis hastilibus, &c. The myrtle and the cornel wereboth used for the shafts of spears, darts, &c.—Ituraos. The Ituraeiwere an Arab race in Coelesyria, beyond the Jordan, famed for theirskill with the bow, to which Cicero also alludes. (Phil, ii., 44.)Hence Iturean becomes merely an ornamental epithet here.—Torno rasile buxum. The box-wood easily polished by means ofthe turning lathe. Box-wood is well known to be turned into avariety o
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