Note 1, 47 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 3)
Reading edition
47. laudari metuam: So Hor., metuens audiri, Ep., 1, 16, 60; metuit tangi, Od., 3, 11, 10. In prose the construction is less common with metuo than with vereor. G., 552, R. 1; M., 376, Obs.—cornea: ‘of horn.’ The metaphorical use seems to be novel. Comp. Hom., Od., 19, 211: ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἔστασαν ἠὲ σίδηρος.—fibra: ‘heart.’ See 5, 29.