[67] Comp. generally G. 4. 61, 557. ‘Subitum’ seems to denote the unexpectedness of the appearance, as “subitum monstrum” is frequently used. Heyne remarks that this occurrence was reckoned an evil omen, Pliny 11. 17 (18).
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