Note 3, 3 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 3)
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3. stertimus: Ironical First Person, excluding the speaker.—indomitum: ‘heady,’ ‘unmanageable’ (Conington). Falernian was a strong wine: ardens, Hor., Od., 2, 11, 9; severum, Od., 1, 27, 19; forte, Sat., 2, 4, 24. Add Lucan, 10, 162: Indomitum Meroe cogens spumare Falernum.—quod sufficiat: ‘what ought to be enough.’ G., 633; A., 65, 2.—despumare: ‘work off,’ ‘carry off the fumes of’ (Conington). Despumare is a technical term ‘skim’ (Verg., Georg., 1, 296), like ‘rack’ in English.