[26] Dives denotes abundance, not splendour. “Dives pecoris” E. 2. 20. ‘Pictai:’ see on 3. 354. The uncial MSS. are not clear about the word, Med. originally and Rom. having ‘picta,’ while in Pal. the final ‘i’ is in an erasure; but it is attested by Probus, Diomedes, and other grammarians. Cerda is perhaps right in taking ‘pictai vestis et auri’ as ἓν δ ὰ δυοῖν, comp. Juv. 6. 482, “Aut latum pictae vestis considerat aurum:” but ‘auri’ might refer equally well to golden ornaments.
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