Note 1, 56 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 3)
Reading edition
56. qui pote? Pote is an archaism for potis. Both potis and pote are used as predicates without regard to number and gender.—vis dicam: G., 546, R. 3; A., 70, 3, f, R. Vis does not wait for an answer. See 6, 63.—nugaris: ‘you are a twaddler’ (Conington).—calve: Persius calls up his vetulus (v. 22) again, and gives him a huge ‘bombard’ of a belly. Nero had a venter proiectus, and some editors fancy that Nero’s person is aimed at here, and Nero’s poetry in the verses that follow. See Introd., xxxvi.