Note 6, 4 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 3)
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4. marem strepitum: like ἄρρην φθόγγος. Comp. Hor., A. P., 402: mares animos.—fidis Latinae: Stress is to be laid on Latinae. Persius himself is intensely Latin in his vocabulary.—intendisse: ‘Verg., Aen., 9, 774, speaks of stringing the numbers on the chords; Persius goes further [and fares worse], and talks of stringing sounds on the numbers’ (Conington).