Note 6, 73 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 2)

73. patriciae: implies great expense. This coarse combination of sensual pleasures is an argument in favor of the old-fashioned interpretation of Calliroen, 1, 134.—trama: Fr. trame, ‘woof.’ Such terms are apt to stick. Others translate falsely ‘warp.’ ‘Trama figurae is “a thread-paper figure,” as trama is the thread of the woof, which crosses that of the upright stamen or warp, and when the nap is worn off the cloths, these threads are laid bare.’ Stocker, quoted by Pretor.