Note 150 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

nutrieras: We use ‘nursing’ in similar connections, but rather in the sense of ‘husbanding.’ The figure is an extension of the Greek τόκος. See Shaksp., M. of V., 1, 3, where the ‘breed for barren metal’ embodies an ancient prejudice. Comp. further Hor., Ep., 1, 18, 35: nummos alienos pascet.—nummi—pergant avidos sudare deunces: So Jahn (1843). ‘May go on to sweat out a greedy eleven per cent.’ Hermann edits: nummos—peragant avido sudore deunces, and so Jahn (1868). H. (L. P., II., 57) refers to bona peragere (6, 22), and says that the merchant, dissatisfied with his modest five per cent. which had increased his capital, goes in for eleven per cent., which gobbles it up, and has his sweat for his pains. On pergant, see note on v. 139; with sudare deunces comp. Verg., Ecl., 4, 30: sudabunt roscida mella.