Note 442 — BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
We have an example in Martial, v. 34. 9, of the imprecation which has been common in all ages:
Mollia nec rigidus cespes tegat ossa, nec illi Terra gravis fueris;
and in Seneca’s Hippolytus, sub finem:
... istam terra defossam premat, Gravisque tellus impio capiti incubet.