Note 75 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

cedo: Notice the quantity. G., 190, 4; A., 38, 2, f. Cĕdo, ‘give here,’ ‘let.’ For the construction: cedo ut bibam, Plaut., Most., 2, 1, 26; cedo ut inspiciam, Curc., 5, 2, 54.—admovere: a sacrificial word.—farre litabo: Comp. Hor., Od., 3, 23, 19: mollivit aversos Penatis | farre pio et saliente mica. Litare is the Greek καλλιερεῖν, ‘offer acceptably.’ The sentiment may be illustrated without end. Comp. θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ᾽ εὐσεβεῖν, Men., Mon., 246, and Eur., fr. 329 and 940 (Nauck).