Note 15 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

scilicet: Ironical sympathy, ‘O yes!’—haec: The position is emphatic.—populo: ‘to the public,’ ‘in public.’ The political force of populus has ceased.—pexus: ‘with hair and beard well dress’d.’ ‘Combed’ hardly conveys the notion: say ‘shampooed.’—togaque recenti: ‘fresh’ (from the fuller).