decurrit, ‘glides;’ with the same idea of smoothness and ease of motion as in Virg. Aen.V. 212, prona petit maria et pelago decurrit aperto, where see the simile of the dove.
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decurrit, ‘glides;’ with the same idea of smoothness and ease of motion as in Virg. Aen.V. 212, prona petit maria et pelago decurrit aperto, where see the simile of the dove.
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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