Mortalia, for res mortalium, 83, 280 Mounting a horse, ancient manner of, 259 Multa nocte, 322 Nescia fallere vita, 243 Nescis, quid vesper serus vehat, 189 Nidus, uses of, 305 Munus, of funeral honours, 359: munere Niger, of sand, 335 Munuscula, gifts for children, 49 Nigidius Figulus, quotation from, by Ser- Mure, Colonel, his opinions about Hesiod, Nihil est quod, 40 Niphates, whether a river, 254 Nitere, of the effect of cultivation, 159, 215 Nola, Virgil's quarrel with, 217 Non-non-et, 246 Nonne vides, a Lucretian expression, 150, Nostri, genitive plural of nos, 100 Novellus and its derivatives, technical Novendiale, 361 Novus repentinus, 342 and namque, their respective positions Nubilarium, 162 in prose and poetry, 21 Namque like nempe, 236 Names, lists of, in heroic poetry, 340 Napaeae, 360 Νυκτὸς ἀωρί, 170 Numbers, odd, superstition about them, 87 Narcissus, with purple calyx, 57: time of Numerosus hortus, 224 its flowering, 315 Nare, of sailing, 357 Natantes, substantive, 299 Natura, shades of meaning of, 197, 200, Nature, external, images derived from -—, external, its sympathy with men, Ne-quidem and nec—quidem, 157, 301 Necdum, not simply for nondum, 93 Negatives, repetition of, 52, 56 Neptune, legends about his production of a horse, 146, 262 Neque in the sense of ne quidem, 45 enim, 205 (nec)-neu, 289 Nequiquam or nequidquam? 154 Ocean, Homeric notion of, 207, 328: parent Palma, what, 253 of all things, 345 Octavianus, (C. Julius Caesar,) deification Oeaxis, a name of Crete, 27 Oebalia, of Tarentum, 315 Offringere, of a second ploughing, 154 Palmes, the bearing-wood of the vine, 204 Pan, a formidable personage, 101: a patron Panchaia, for Arabia, 208 Pandere, a favourite word with Lucretius, Pandus, 214 Parcere with dative, 229 Oleaster, ancient and modern different, 212 Parcus, an epithet of bees, 144 Olim cum, ubi, &c., 237 Olive treated very slightly in Georgic ii., wild, affords fodder for cattle, 226 Omina and omnia confused, 291 Operari, of sacrifice, 180 Optare, senses of, 199 Orae, of the entrances of the hive, 307, 322 Ordine, in turn,' or 'in course,' 344 Osculum, senses of, 249 Ovid, avoids eliding long vowels after the Parsley used for garlands, 69 Parthini, Pollio's victory over, 79 , present, as a finite verb, 208: as Partum, 176 Pascere, whether for pasci, 264: pasci with Pastinatio, 215, 221 Pastor, one of the farm slaves, 29 Pater, a title of the Roman gods generally, 196 Patera, 213 Pati absolutely, 104 Patria, perhaps of a hamlet, 248 Patronymic form extended to sisters, 68: Greek, combined with Roman family- Pause in a verse justifies metrical licences, Pausia, 203 Pax, of reconciliation with the gods, 360 Oxen, white, priestess of Juno drawn by, Peculium, what, 23 P. Paestum, rosaries of, 315 Pedes ducunt and similar expressions, 91 Pelethronian wood, 262 Pellacia, meaning of, 351 Pellaeus, of things Egyptian, 334 Pendere, of the roof of a cave, 344 Penei, disyllable, 342 Per equivalent to inter, 169: per flumina, | Poles to support vines, 172 Perducere and producere, not synonymous,, 28 Pererrare, singular use of, 26 Perfect, of instantaneous action, 149, 179, Pergere, senses of, 64 Pollio (C. Asinius), his relation to the 4th : Pontus, its reputation for poisons, 88 Permittere, construction of, with infinitive, Pools, sources of rivers, 343 Pernix, sense of, 272: confused with per- Perseus and Andromeda, description of, by Persian royalty, 325 Personification of a field, 150, 152, 153: Pessimist feeling in Virgil, 164, 258, 304, Petere with ablative, 247 Petulcus, 304 Phaethon, a name of the sun, 68 Pharsalia and Philippi, whether confounded, 192 Phaselus or faselus, 168 'to Pope, his discourse on Pastoral Poetry, 13: Poplar sacred to Hercules, 78, 201 --, white, 95 Poppies, connexion of, with Ceres, 166: Populi, races or clans, 304 Possum, 'I can, but I will not,' 162 Postquam, different tenses joined with, 23 Praetorium, 311 Praise, extravagant, supposed to provoke the Preciae, grapes so called, 204 Philosophy, ancient conceptions of, as a Premere, of planting or sowing, 230, 316: poet's province, 62, 244 Philyra and Saturn, 260 Physical degeneration of mankind, 193 Pilum, the Roman weapon, 193 Pine sacred to Pan, 74: when to cut down, Pingue and adeps, 263 Pinguis caseus, a cream cheese, 23 Pisces, zodiacal sign of, put for winter, 328 Plantare, plantarium, 198 a hunting term, 287 Prendere, of oxen or horses, 174, 270 bring forth,' in a perfect sense, 83, 174 Priapus, statues of, generally of wood, 75 Priscian, character and specimen of the Prizes in different kinds of poetry, 43 Procedere, of the rising of a star, 96 Pleiades, setting of, 167, 328: rising of, 328 Procne, legend of, 70, 305 Plough, by whom invented, 147: various Ploughing to begin as soon as winter is Plurimus qualifying a verb, 163 Po, swiftness of, 241, 344, 399: gold found Pocula, of a pair of cups, 39: of a draught, Pole of a waggon, 266 Procubare, 264 Promptum est with dative, 220 Pronouns used instead of corresponding ad- Prophecy not restricted to knowledge of the Rainbow supposed to draw up moisture, future, 346 Propolis, 307 Proprius, permanent,' 75 Proscindere, of a first ploughing, 154 Proteus, legends and theories concerning, 346 Protinus or protenus, 21 Psithia, 204, 332 183 Rams, points of, 285 Rapax, of a river, 264 Rapere, intransitive, 258 Rapidus, violent,' equivalent to rapax, 30, supposed use of, with a genitive, 27 Rapin, his poem on gardening, 318 Raptim, meaning of, 185, 239 Rarus panctilis, 316 Pudet, pudor, of moderation or regard for Rastrum, a rake, 154 others, 76, 152 Puer, of a slave, 24 Pulli, pulluli, of suckers, 197 Pulveratio, 238 Ravens, omens from, 92 Reaping, most common mode of, 153 Receptare, possible force of the frequenta- Purpureus, meanings of, 57, 95, 309, 344: Red, Greek and Roman gods sometimes a name of a kind of grape, 204 Purus, of the sky, 95, 232 Putris, of soil, 215 Pyrrha and Deucalion perhaps regarded by Q. Quadrigae, properly of horses, 275 Quae semper, 25 Quaerere, of fruitless search, 298 Refrains in Theocritus and Virgil, 81 Reiicere, technical sense of, 44 Reins, passed round the driver's body, 261 Quam, omission of, after plus, amplius, &c., Relative clause, second verb in, not regu- 325 magis, 279 Que, disjunctive, 203, 208, 227: transposed, 206 position of, in Virgil, 273 Question, double, 220 Qui and cui confused, 53 and quis, distinction between, 22 Quid and quod after non habeo, 29 qui, &c., 95, 274 si with conjunctive, 55 Repetition of noun or verb equivalent to Quidam without reference to a real indi- Rerum, possibly 'in the world,' 250, 351 Rocks, savage men supposed to be born | Scindere, of ploughing, 236 from, 83 Roes, fondness of, for vines, 233 Roman imitation of Greek literature, 4 poets boast of originality, 4, 62, 149, 212, 255, 278 Rooks apt to forget their young, 186 Rota orbis, 355 Scire, of bearing witness, 292 Scorpion originally occupied two places in Scrobs, 217: and sulcus, 225 Scyllas, legends about the two identified or Scythia for the north generally, 169 Rubens, vague use of, 170: of spring, 227, Sea, rise of in connexion with earthquakes, Rubeus, adjective of rubus, 172 Rudere, of various animals, 284 Ruere, uses of, 155, 226: portis, 322 Rural deities of Italy, 147 life, sacred associations of, 159, 161 Rust produced by earth or iron, 216 S. 245 Sabellians, tribes included under the name, Septuma post decumam, the seventeenth, Sabines, hardy life of, 249 Sacer ignis, 301 174 Sequi, where there is nothing to follow, 226 Saeculum (seculum) may perhaps be ren- Serenity produced by a rural life, 247 Sand, infinite number compared to, 205: Severus Sanctus, his poem, 'De mortibus at the bottom of the sea, 273 Sandyx, 51 Sapa, 175 Sarcire, of repairing buildings, 330 Satirical talent of Virgil, 38 Satis from satum, 147, 155, 239, 240 Saturn in Capricorn supposed to cause rain, how represented, 237 Saturnian verse, 235 Saw, by whom invented, 158 Scaliger, J. C., his Virgilian enthusiasm, Sceleratus, half playful use of, 220 Scenery, Romans insensible to, 104, 297 Scilicet, use of, 174, 250 boum,' 116 |