Note 85 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
Reading edition
hoc est quod palles: G., 331, R. 2; A., 52, 1, b. Comp. 1, 124. The Cognate Accusative is susceptible of a great variety of translations. ‘Is this the stuff that you get pale on?’ (Pretor). ‘Is this what makes you pale?’—prandeat: The prandium, originally a military meal, was dear to the military stomach. Comp. impransi correptus voce magistri, Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 257.