Note 185 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

tum: As soon as the man has got over his Jewish fright he is assailed by other superstitions.—lemures: ‘hobgoblins.’ See note on 2, 3. Comp. Hor., Ep., 2, 2, 208: somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, | nocturnos lemures, portentaque Thessala rides?—ovoque pericula rupto: The Schol. refers these words to the Gr. ᾠοσκοπική (Jahn). ‘The priests used to put eggs on the fire, and observe whether the moisture came out from the side or the top, the bursting of the egg being considered a very dangerous sign.’ So Conington, after the Scholiast. Lemures and pericula have no strict grammatical connection. Some supply timentur out of palles, others connect with incussere by Zeugma.