Note v. 42 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 2)
Reading edition
42. os populi: ‘popular applause,’ ‘a place in the mouths of men’ (Conington). Comp. the phrase in ore esse.—cedro digna: Cedar oil was used to preserve manuscripts. Speramus carmina fingi | posse linenda cedro, Hor., A. P., 331-2.