Note 1 — IX. The Emotions
H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation
These expressions are metaphors from the fencing-school. gradus is the position taken up by a combatant, so gradu depelli, deici = to be driven out of one's ground.
H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation
These expressions are metaphors from the fencing-school. gradus is the position taken up by a combatant, so gradu depelli, deici = to be driven out of one's ground.