pia, ‘fond,’ the quality being slightly in excess. Cf. Fast.IV. 555, where the mother, stulte pia, snatches her boy from the hearth, and frustrates the kind intent of Ceres.
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pia, ‘fond,’ the quality being slightly in excess. Cf. Fast.IV. 555, where the mother, stulte pia, snatches her boy from the hearth, and frustrates the kind intent of Ceres.
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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