Note 6, 57 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS (continued 4)
Reading edition
57. progenies terrae: is the indignant remonstrance of the heir, progenies terrae being = the more familiar terrae filius, Cic., Att., 1, 13, 4 al.; our ‘groundling’ can answer only as a play on the word.—quartus pater = abavus, ‘great-great-grandfather.’