Note 1, 53 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 2)
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53. citreis: ‘of citron wood,’ ‘wood of the thyia’ (Thyia articulata, African Arbor Vitae, Plin., 15, 29). The fabulous cost of tables of this material is well known. Cic., Verr., 4, 17, 37.—scis: ‘you know how.’ Scire in this sense is related to posse, as Fr. savoir to pouvoir, a traditional distinction.—calidum: ‘hot-and-hot’ (Pretor).—ponere: 1. ‘serve up;’ 2. ‘cause to serve up,’ ‘treat to.’ Heri non tam bonum posui et multo honestiores cenabant, Petron., 34.—sumen: a dainty dish in the eyes of Greek and Roman. Comp. vulva nil pulchrius ampla, Hor., Ep., 1, 15, 41; Plut., Sanit. Praec., 124F; Alciphr., Ep., 1, 20; and the joke in Alexis, fr. 188 (3, 473 Mein.).