,
107, "Hoc quidem haud molestum est, jam quod collum collari caret.
107, "Hoc quidem haud molestum est, jam quod collum collari caret.
Satires
.
.
nor the cloudless breezes favor with their blast--[1941]
58 . . . whence he can scarcely get home, and hardly get clear out.
59 . . . and heaviness often oppresses you, by your own fault. [1942]
60 . . . the annihilation of our army to a man--
61 . . . thrust forth by force, and driven out of Italy.
62 . . . this then he possessed, and nearly all Apulia--
63 . . . with some intricate beginning out of Pacuvius.
64 . . . may the king of gods avert ill-omened words. [1943]
65 . . . rails at wretched me too. . . .
66 . . . first he denies that Chrysis returns intact. [1944]
67 . . . the Greeks call tripping up. [1945]
68 . . . all things alike he separates . . . and heinous. [1946]
69 . . . What man art thou? Man! no man. . . . [1947]
70 . . . [1948]
71 . . . all other things in which we are carried away, not to be
prolix. [1949]
72 † . . . . [1950]
73[1951]
FOOTNOTES:
[1915] _Lupus. _ Cf. lib. i. , Fr. 4, where he speaks of his perjuries,
and Fr. inc. 193, "Occidunt Lupe te saperdæ et jura siluri," where he
satirizes his luxuriousness; here he alludes to his unjust dealings as
judge. Cf. ad Pers. , i. , 114. _Interdicere aquâ et igni_, the technical
phrase for banishment. Cf. Cæs. , B. G. , vi. , 44. Cic. , Phil. , vi. , 4.
Fam. , xi. , 1. Lupus appears to grieve that the banished man has still
two elements, air and earth, left to enjoy. Thales is said to have
been the first to use ἀρχαὶ in the sense of "first principles. " (Vid.
Ritter's History of Philosophy. ) Empedocles first reduced the elements
to four, and called them ῥιζώματα. Plato first called them στοιχεῖα,
vid. Tim. , 48. _Adesse_ is applied both to the defendant who _appears_
before the tribunal and to the advocate who _stands by_ to support
him. «Cicero seems to allude to the passage in his speech for Roscius
(pro Rosc. Am. , xxvi. ), "Non videntur hunc hominem ex rerum naturâ
sustulisse et eripuisse, cui repente cœlum, solem, aquam, terramque
ademerint? " Cf. de Orat. , i. , c. 50, 1. »
[1916] _Deliacis_, the conjecture of Junius for _deliciis_. The
Fragment will then be connected with Fr. 8, and will refer to the
θεωρία sent to Delos; with which, of course, the death of Socrates is
connected. Plat. , Phæd. , 58.
[1917] _Annus vertens_, i. e. , "circumactus, completus. " Nizol. Cic.
pro Qu. , 40. Nat. De. , ii. , 54, "Mercurii stella anno ferè vertente
signiferum lustrat orbem. " Phil. , xiii. , 10, "intra finem anni
vertentis. " So mensis vertens. Plaut. , Pers. , IV. , iv. , 76. _Dies
religiosi_, ἀποφράδες ἡμέραι, "Days of ill omen," on which nothing
important was undertaken; as the Dies Alliensis. Cf. Cic. , Att. , ix. ,
4. Qu. , Fr. 3, 4. Liv. , vi. , 1. Suet. , Tib. , 61, "Nullus à pœnâ hominum
cessavit dies, ne religiosus quidem ac sacer. " Claud. , 14. Aul. Gell. ,
iv. , 9. Festus reckons thirty-six of these days in the year (in voc
"Religiosus" and "Mundus").
[1918] _Albâ lineâ signare_ is a phrase for "doing any thing carelessly
and negligently:" to make, as it were, a white line on a white ground,
which could not be distinguished; whereas careful workmen work by a
clearly-defined and durable line. Cf. Aul. Gell. , Præf. , 11, "Albâ ut
dicitur lineâ, sine curâ discriminis converrebant. "
[1919] _Tullius_, Gerlach supposes to have been an unjust judge, like
Lupus, Fr. 1, and to be the same as the "judex" mentioned, xi. , Fr. 2.
[1920] _Acceptum_, i. e. , deceptum. Nonius. _Veterator. _ Cf. Ter. ,
Andr. , II. , vi. , 26, "Quid hic volt veterator sibi? "
[1921] _Canis_, and its diminutive, _catulus_, are both used for a
species of fetter. Plaut. , Cas. , II. , vi. , 37, "Ut quidem tu hodie
canem et furcam feras. " Curcul. , V. , iii. , 13, "Delicatum te hodie
faciam cum catello ut adcubes ferreo ego dico. " σκύλαξ is used in Greek
with the same double meaning. _Collare. _ Cf. Plaut. , Capt. , II. , ii.
,
107, "Hoc quidem haud molestum est, jam quod collum collari caret. "
Other kinds of fetters are mentioned, Plaut. , Asin. , III. , ii. , 4,
"Compedes, nervos, catenas, numellas, pedicas, boias. " Capt. , IV. , ii. ,
109.
[1922] _Præbent. _ Cf. Ov. , A. Am. , ii. , 685, "Odi quæ præbet, quia sit
præbere necesse. "
[1923] _Albinus. _ It is doubtful whether the allusion is to Aulus or
Spurius Posthumius Albinus. The latter, Cicero tells us, was condemned
and banished by the "Gracchani judices," together with Opimius. Cic. ,
Brut. , 34. (Cf. lib. xi. , Fr. 1. ) He is here charged with incest, as
the phrase _repudium remittere_ properly applies to a wife, or one
betrothed (_divortium_ being applied to a wife only). Vid. Fest. in v.
"Repudium. " Plaut. , Aul. , IV. , x. , 57, c. not. Hildyard.
[1924] _Mæstum_, i. e. , fame enectum. Non.
[1925] Compare the whole scene in Plaut, Asin. , act. iv. , sc. 1.
[1926] _Subblanditur. _ Plaut. , Cas. , III. , iii. , 23. Bacch. , III. ,
iv. , 19. _Palpatur. _ Plaut. , Merc. , I. , ii. , 60, "Hoc, sis, vide ut
palpatur! Nullus 'st quando occœpit, blandior. " Amph. , I. , iii. , 9,
"Observatote quam blande mulieri palpabitur. "
[1927] Cf. xxviii. , Fr. 49. The Fragment is assigned to both books.
[1928] _Æra_, "numeri nota. " Nonius. Cf. Cic. in Hortens. , "Quid tu
inquam soles; cum _rationem_ ad dispensatorem accipis, si _æra_ singula
probasti, _summam_ quæ ex his confecta sit, non probare? " This and the
31st, 32d, 34th, and 38th Fragments, are part of the old man's speech,
inveighing against the profligacy and extravagance of young men. Vid.
Argument.
[1929] _Subducere rationes. _ Cf. Plaut. , Curc. , iii. , 1, "Beatus
videor: subduxi ratiunculam, quantum æris mihi sit, quantumque alieni
siet; dives sum si non reddo eis, quibus debeo; si reddo eis quibus
debeo plus alieni est. "
[1930] _Vomica. _ Cf. Juv. , xiii. , 35. The _vulnus Chironium_ is
described by Celsus, "Magnum est, habet oras duras, callosas, tumentes:
sanie tenui manat, odorem malum emittit, dolorem modicum affert:
nihilominus difficile coit et sanescit:" v. , 28. It took its name from
Chiron, who is said to have first found out the way of treating it.
«Cf. Orph. , H. , 379. Hom. , Il. , xi. , 831. Pind. , Pyth. , iii. »
[1931] _Magna mercede. _ Merces, i. e. , "cost, injury, detriment. " Cic. ,
Fam. , i. , 9, "In molestia gaudeo te eam fidem cognoscere hominum non
ita magnâ mercede, quam ego maximo dolore cognôram. " The sentiment is
probably the same as Cato's, "asse carum esse dicebat, quo non opus
esset. "
[1932] _Emungi. _ Cf. Ter. , Ph. , IV. , iv. , 1, "Quid egisti? Emunxi
argento senes. " Plaut. , Bac. , V. , i. , 15, "Miserum med auro esse
emunctum. " Hor. , A. P. , 238, "Pythias emuncto lucrata Simone talentum. "
_Bolus_, "any thing thrown as a bait;" hence "profit, gain. " Ter. ,
Heaut. , IV. , ii. 6, "Crucior, bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito de
faucibus. " Plaut. , Pers. , IV. , iv. , 107, "Dabit hæc tibi grandes bolos. "
[1933] _Exterminare. _ "To expel, banish beyond certain limits. "
[1934] _Aulæa obducite. _ Cf. Plin. , ii. , Ep. 17, "Velis obductis. "
[1935] _Cardines. _ Plaut. , Amph. , IV. , ii. , 6, "Pœne effregisti, fatue,
foribus cardines. " Asin. , II. , iii. , 8, "Pol haud periclum est cardines
ne foribus effringantur. " Cf. iv. , Fr. 15; xxviii. , Fr. 27.
[1936] _Carpere_, "celeriter præterire. " Non. Cf. Virg. , Georg. , iii. ,
141, "Acri carpere prata fuga. "
[1937] _Pluteus_, _tecta_, _testudines_, are all military terms, and
signify sheds, pent-houses, or mantlets, made of wood and hurdles
covered with hides, under cover of which the soldiers advanced to the
attack of a town. The vinea and musculus were of the same kind. (Cf.
xxvi. , Fr. 9. ) Cf. Fest. , in v. Pluteus. , Veget. , iv. , 15. They are
also used metaphorically, as perhaps here. Plaut, Mil. Gl. , II. , ii. ,
113, "Ad eum vineas pluteosque agam. "
[1938] _Polypus_, one that sticks as close as a polypus or barnacle.
Cf. Plaut. , Aul. , II.
58 . . . whence he can scarcely get home, and hardly get clear out.
59 . . . and heaviness often oppresses you, by your own fault. [1942]
60 . . . the annihilation of our army to a man--
61 . . . thrust forth by force, and driven out of Italy.
62 . . . this then he possessed, and nearly all Apulia--
63 . . . with some intricate beginning out of Pacuvius.
64 . . . may the king of gods avert ill-omened words. [1943]
65 . . . rails at wretched me too. . . .
66 . . . first he denies that Chrysis returns intact. [1944]
67 . . . the Greeks call tripping up. [1945]
68 . . . all things alike he separates . . . and heinous. [1946]
69 . . . What man art thou? Man! no man. . . . [1947]
70 . . . [1948]
71 . . . all other things in which we are carried away, not to be
prolix. [1949]
72 † . . . . [1950]
73[1951]
FOOTNOTES:
[1915] _Lupus. _ Cf. lib. i. , Fr. 4, where he speaks of his perjuries,
and Fr. inc. 193, "Occidunt Lupe te saperdæ et jura siluri," where he
satirizes his luxuriousness; here he alludes to his unjust dealings as
judge. Cf. ad Pers. , i. , 114. _Interdicere aquâ et igni_, the technical
phrase for banishment. Cf. Cæs. , B. G. , vi. , 44. Cic. , Phil. , vi. , 4.
Fam. , xi. , 1. Lupus appears to grieve that the banished man has still
two elements, air and earth, left to enjoy. Thales is said to have
been the first to use ἀρχαὶ in the sense of "first principles. " (Vid.
Ritter's History of Philosophy. ) Empedocles first reduced the elements
to four, and called them ῥιζώματα. Plato first called them στοιχεῖα,
vid. Tim. , 48. _Adesse_ is applied both to the defendant who _appears_
before the tribunal and to the advocate who _stands by_ to support
him. «Cicero seems to allude to the passage in his speech for Roscius
(pro Rosc. Am. , xxvi. ), "Non videntur hunc hominem ex rerum naturâ
sustulisse et eripuisse, cui repente cœlum, solem, aquam, terramque
ademerint? " Cf. de Orat. , i. , c. 50, 1. »
[1916] _Deliacis_, the conjecture of Junius for _deliciis_. The
Fragment will then be connected with Fr. 8, and will refer to the
θεωρία sent to Delos; with which, of course, the death of Socrates is
connected. Plat. , Phæd. , 58.
[1917] _Annus vertens_, i. e. , "circumactus, completus. " Nizol. Cic.
pro Qu. , 40. Nat. De. , ii. , 54, "Mercurii stella anno ferè vertente
signiferum lustrat orbem. " Phil. , xiii. , 10, "intra finem anni
vertentis. " So mensis vertens. Plaut. , Pers. , IV. , iv. , 76. _Dies
religiosi_, ἀποφράδες ἡμέραι, "Days of ill omen," on which nothing
important was undertaken; as the Dies Alliensis. Cf. Cic. , Att. , ix. ,
4. Qu. , Fr. 3, 4. Liv. , vi. , 1. Suet. , Tib. , 61, "Nullus à pœnâ hominum
cessavit dies, ne religiosus quidem ac sacer. " Claud. , 14. Aul. Gell. ,
iv. , 9. Festus reckons thirty-six of these days in the year (in voc
"Religiosus" and "Mundus").
[1918] _Albâ lineâ signare_ is a phrase for "doing any thing carelessly
and negligently:" to make, as it were, a white line on a white ground,
which could not be distinguished; whereas careful workmen work by a
clearly-defined and durable line. Cf. Aul. Gell. , Præf. , 11, "Albâ ut
dicitur lineâ, sine curâ discriminis converrebant. "
[1919] _Tullius_, Gerlach supposes to have been an unjust judge, like
Lupus, Fr. 1, and to be the same as the "judex" mentioned, xi. , Fr. 2.
[1920] _Acceptum_, i. e. , deceptum. Nonius. _Veterator. _ Cf. Ter. ,
Andr. , II. , vi. , 26, "Quid hic volt veterator sibi? "
[1921] _Canis_, and its diminutive, _catulus_, are both used for a
species of fetter. Plaut. , Cas. , II. , vi. , 37, "Ut quidem tu hodie
canem et furcam feras. " Curcul. , V. , iii. , 13, "Delicatum te hodie
faciam cum catello ut adcubes ferreo ego dico. " σκύλαξ is used in Greek
with the same double meaning. _Collare. _ Cf. Plaut. , Capt. , II. , ii.
,
107, "Hoc quidem haud molestum est, jam quod collum collari caret. "
Other kinds of fetters are mentioned, Plaut. , Asin. , III. , ii. , 4,
"Compedes, nervos, catenas, numellas, pedicas, boias. " Capt. , IV. , ii. ,
109.
[1922] _Præbent. _ Cf. Ov. , A. Am. , ii. , 685, "Odi quæ præbet, quia sit
præbere necesse. "
[1923] _Albinus. _ It is doubtful whether the allusion is to Aulus or
Spurius Posthumius Albinus. The latter, Cicero tells us, was condemned
and banished by the "Gracchani judices," together with Opimius. Cic. ,
Brut. , 34. (Cf. lib. xi. , Fr. 1. ) He is here charged with incest, as
the phrase _repudium remittere_ properly applies to a wife, or one
betrothed (_divortium_ being applied to a wife only). Vid. Fest. in v.
"Repudium. " Plaut. , Aul. , IV. , x. , 57, c. not. Hildyard.
[1924] _Mæstum_, i. e. , fame enectum. Non.
[1925] Compare the whole scene in Plaut, Asin. , act. iv. , sc. 1.
[1926] _Subblanditur. _ Plaut. , Cas. , III. , iii. , 23. Bacch. , III. ,
iv. , 19. _Palpatur. _ Plaut. , Merc. , I. , ii. , 60, "Hoc, sis, vide ut
palpatur! Nullus 'st quando occœpit, blandior. " Amph. , I. , iii. , 9,
"Observatote quam blande mulieri palpabitur. "
[1927] Cf. xxviii. , Fr. 49. The Fragment is assigned to both books.
[1928] _Æra_, "numeri nota. " Nonius. Cf. Cic. in Hortens. , "Quid tu
inquam soles; cum _rationem_ ad dispensatorem accipis, si _æra_ singula
probasti, _summam_ quæ ex his confecta sit, non probare? " This and the
31st, 32d, 34th, and 38th Fragments, are part of the old man's speech,
inveighing against the profligacy and extravagance of young men. Vid.
Argument.
[1929] _Subducere rationes. _ Cf. Plaut. , Curc. , iii. , 1, "Beatus
videor: subduxi ratiunculam, quantum æris mihi sit, quantumque alieni
siet; dives sum si non reddo eis, quibus debeo; si reddo eis quibus
debeo plus alieni est. "
[1930] _Vomica. _ Cf. Juv. , xiii. , 35. The _vulnus Chironium_ is
described by Celsus, "Magnum est, habet oras duras, callosas, tumentes:
sanie tenui manat, odorem malum emittit, dolorem modicum affert:
nihilominus difficile coit et sanescit:" v. , 28. It took its name from
Chiron, who is said to have first found out the way of treating it.
«Cf. Orph. , H. , 379. Hom. , Il. , xi. , 831. Pind. , Pyth. , iii. »
[1931] _Magna mercede. _ Merces, i. e. , "cost, injury, detriment. " Cic. ,
Fam. , i. , 9, "In molestia gaudeo te eam fidem cognoscere hominum non
ita magnâ mercede, quam ego maximo dolore cognôram. " The sentiment is
probably the same as Cato's, "asse carum esse dicebat, quo non opus
esset. "
[1932] _Emungi. _ Cf. Ter. , Ph. , IV. , iv. , 1, "Quid egisti? Emunxi
argento senes. " Plaut. , Bac. , V. , i. , 15, "Miserum med auro esse
emunctum. " Hor. , A. P. , 238, "Pythias emuncto lucrata Simone talentum. "
_Bolus_, "any thing thrown as a bait;" hence "profit, gain. " Ter. ,
Heaut. , IV. , ii. 6, "Crucior, bolum mihi tantum ereptum tam desubito de
faucibus. " Plaut. , Pers. , IV. , iv. , 107, "Dabit hæc tibi grandes bolos. "
[1933] _Exterminare. _ "To expel, banish beyond certain limits. "
[1934] _Aulæa obducite. _ Cf. Plin. , ii. , Ep. 17, "Velis obductis. "
[1935] _Cardines. _ Plaut. , Amph. , IV. , ii. , 6, "Pœne effregisti, fatue,
foribus cardines. " Asin. , II. , iii. , 8, "Pol haud periclum est cardines
ne foribus effringantur. " Cf. iv. , Fr. 15; xxviii. , Fr. 27.
[1936] _Carpere_, "celeriter præterire. " Non. Cf. Virg. , Georg. , iii. ,
141, "Acri carpere prata fuga. "
[1937] _Pluteus_, _tecta_, _testudines_, are all military terms, and
signify sheds, pent-houses, or mantlets, made of wood and hurdles
covered with hides, under cover of which the soldiers advanced to the
attack of a town. The vinea and musculus were of the same kind. (Cf.
xxvi. , Fr. 9. ) Cf. Fest. , in v. Pluteus. , Veget. , iv. , 15. They are
also used metaphorically, as perhaps here. Plaut, Mil. Gl. , II. , ii. ,
113, "Ad eum vineas pluteosque agam. "
[1938] _Polypus_, one that sticks as close as a polypus or barnacle.
Cf. Plaut. , Aul. , II.
