Aloidae, 174 Alps, earthquakes in, 191 Altars, kindling of, part of a solemn ban- Alter ab undecimo, 83 Altius repetere, 333 Arator, of a countryman, 358 Altus, of a river, 158: altum, the main sea, Arbos and arbor, 41 Ambrosia, 349 Amellus, flower so called, 332 Amoebaean singing, principle of, 36 Martis, 103: habendi, 322 Amurga (amurca), 164 Anacolutha, in Virgil, 310, 330 Angina, of swine, 294 Anima Mundi, doctrine of, 186, 326 Animosus, shades of meaning of, 240, 259 Annus, original meaning of, 237 magnus, doctrine of, 47 Arbustam, 37 Arbutus, eaten by kids, 43 Arcadia, historical and poetical characters Arcturus, rising and setting of stormy, 165 Arena, of the soil of a river, 335 Arethusa, the conventional pastoral foun- Aridus, of sounds, 182 Aristae, in the sense of messis, 27 Aristaeus, traditional account of, 146, 333: Ariusian wine, 60 Arma ferre, 194 Armare, of rigging ships, 171 Armenta and pecudes distinguished, 250: Army, Roman, disposition of, at different Arx, of a mountain, 169, 211, 250 Aspice, calling attention, 97 Anser, a poet contemporary with Virgil, 95 Asses, flesh of, 287 omnia, intensive with adjective, 244 Antes, 238 Assyrius, used loosely, 243 At non, in elliptical expressions, 282, 360 "Aloç, supposed form of "A0wc, 179 in an apodosis, 165 --, trajection of, 66 Auctor, used in its etymological sense, 147 Aureus, epithet of Saturn, 250 Auritus, by whom used, 177 Aut, introducing a new question, 339 Autobiographical introductions and conclu- Autumnus (auctumnus), perhaps of the Avernus, lake of, 210 Avertere, of derangement, 86 Averti, with accusative, 294 Balance, in the Zodiac, sometimes placed in Bull, zodiacal sign of, rising of, 167 the scorpion's claws, 148 Balantes, use of, for sheep, 173, 291 Barbarians introduced into the Roman ar- Barley supposed to degenerate into darnel Basket-work, one of the husbandman's home Beans, when sown, 166 'Conflictus Veris et Hiemis,' Bees make holes for themselves, 307: dis- Bird-catching, how far allowed on holy- Bulls with gilded horns in triumphal pro- Bumastus, 205 Buris, 161 Buskins worn by Bacchus, 196 C. Cacumen, a cutting from the top of a tree, Cadere, of being left to fall, 31: of winds, Cadit aliquid in aliquem, 93 Caeli orbis, of a planet, 180: caeli menses, Caeruleus, meanings of, 169, 346, 355 Calliopea, other form of Calliope, 53 Calves taught to step together, 266 Canalis, 331 Candidus, of beauty, 58 Canor, 310 Blood, coldness of, connected with slowness Cantabri, victory over, 255 of intellect, 245 Bloodshed, fertilizing effect of, 193 Boats on the Nile, 334 Capere ingressus, 338 Capi, captus, of injury or loss, 163 Caput, both of the root and of the top | Color, of beauty, 31, branches, 231: of a river, 338 Carceres, 194, 261 Carchesium, 345 Carmen, of a magic song, 86 Castella, of Alpine forts, 292 Caves, poets placed in, 358 Cedar and cypress, durability of, 241 Cella (vinaria), 204 Centaurs and Lapithae, 242 Centaury, 332 Coloratus, of dark colour, 335 Columella, his poem on gardening, 318 Commodus, of human qualities, 316 Compitalia, 234 Concidere, 220 Ceos, its connexion with Aristaeus, 146: Constituere, statuere, a sacrificial word, 361 its fertility, ib. Ceres, whether identified with the moon, 145 offerings to, 180 Cerintha, 309 Certamen ponere, 249 Certe, at any rate,' 103 equidem, 92 ginning, 40 Consumere in aliquem (aliquid), 267 Continere, of confinement to the house, 171 Continuo, 150, 161, 258, 276, 330 6 Contrarius, unfavourable,' 174 Contubernales, given to slaves, 23, 42, 73 Challenger in singing had the right of be- Copper vessels split by cold, 283 Copulative, where some other particle might Corpus in periphrases, 256, 258: of de- Corripere campum, &c. 261 Corsica not known to have been famous for yews, 94 Cortex, the bark of the suber, 242 Corulus or corylus, 21 Coruscare with ablative, 310 Corycus famous for saffron, 315 Cosmogony, Virgil's inconsistent views of, Cotes for sheep and goats, position of, 278 the same person, 73 Cows rarely have twins, 38: points of, 256 Crasis, metrical effect of, 191 Crater declined by Virgil as Greek, 59: Crates, bush-harrows, 154 Cogere in ordinem, &c., 201: cogere, of Credere aliquid, 104 gathering produce, 328 Cognoscere Cohortes villaticae, 281 Cold, said to burn, 153 Colere vitam, aevum, &c., 249 Crescere, Döderlein's etymology of, 229: in Creta for argilla, 162, 212, 216 Crops, charming away of, 89 Cross-ploughing, 154 Crown, rising and setting of the stars so Crowning a bowl, Virgil's notion of, 249 Cultus, in the sense of cura, 144 Cum, of close connexion, e.g. of causation, - primis and cumprimis, 162 Deerunt, deesse, disyllables, 214 Defluere, of floating or swimming down, Defringere and deplantare, 226 Dehinc, disyllable, 266 Deification of the sons of gods, 339 Cumulus, of the earth at the top of the Deiicere, in hunting, 288 ridges, 155 Cur non with present indicative, 51 Curetes, 319 Currus, of a thing in motion, 162: for equi, Cyllarus, the horse of Castor or Pollux, 259 Cymbeline (Shakspeare's), its incongruity Dead body, robe put on, 357 Deiopea (Δηιόπεια), 341 Demittere and subducere, of a slope differ- Dens, of any curved implement, 237, 239 Depasci, with accusative, 291 349 Dercylos the Arcadian, inventor of springes, Deripere and diripere confounded, 196 Detexere, of completing work, 36 Di patrii distinguished from indigetes, 193 Didactic poetry, brief sketch of the history Diducere, to break and loosen, 231 Dis in composition, intensive, 38 Diversus, of things locally separated, 343 Dogs, Molossian, 286: Spartan, 256, 282, Domare, uses of, 242 Decedere, of stars or sun setting, 167: with Donec, with indicative and subjunctive, 300 dative, 88, 306 Decurrere, of ships, 199 Doors and gates, ornaments of, 254 Drains to be half filled with small stones or Drinking did not begin till after the first Drones, how treated, 320 Duci, of animals led, not dragged, to the Dulichium or Dulichia, Ulysses supposed to Dum, with present followed by pluperfect, 353 93 after dum-dumque, 60 (69) Epicureans supposed the sun to perish every Epidaurus for Argolis, 256 Epithets, local, Virgil's habit of character- redeo, while I am on my way back,' | Error, of madness, 83, 296 Duplex spina, 259 Durare, intransitive use of, 66 E facili, &c., 306 E. E, shortened in third person plural of per- E, termination of Greek feminine adjectives Ea, pronounced monosyllabically in Greek Ear, touching of, to recall a thing to the Earthquake, affecting rivers, 191 Eclogue, first, confusion in, 11, 19, 24 Erumpere se, 343 Ervum, 45 Essedum, 270 Et, atque, where some other conjunction Etruria, connexion of with Rome, 193; Eudoxus, 39 Evolvere, of recounting, 358 - ordine, of continuous succession in Excipere, to receive from another, 230, 324 Excretus from excernere, 286 Extulit, with a present force, 22 |