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[50] Tu giving force to a precept G. 4. 106 note. Perhaps Forb. may be right in supposing a contrast here with ‘Dis auspicibus’ v. 45. ‘Posce deo veniam,’ to avert the anger portended by the illomened dreams of v. 9. Anna assumes that the gods will be easy to reconcile. ‘Sacra litare’ is found elsewhere, as in Ov. M. 14. 156.

John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.

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