[49] Et for “etiam,” like καί. Hand, Tursell. 2. 520. Lachmann on Lucr. 6. 7, “Cuius et extincti propter divina reperta Divolgata vetus iam ad caelum gloria fertur,” denies that ‘et’ has this sense either here or there, explaining the meaning to be “et eius extincti,” “et eos dona ferentis.” Whether he means to deny that ‘et’ ever stands for “etiam,” is not clear; but it would seem impossible to give it any other sense in such passages as Ov. Her. 20. 183, “Nec bove mactato caelestia numina gaudent, Sed, quae praestanda est et sine teste, fide,” and both here and in Lucr. l. c. the sense of ‘even’ is certainly favoured by the context. Mr. Munro, who apparently takes Lachm.'s objection as applying to Latin of the golden and earlier ages, does not, I am glad to see, defer to it.
