Note 10 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
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scis etenim, etc.: and (well you may) for you know how, etc. On scis, see 1, 53; on etenim, 3, 48. Comp. Plato, l.c. 110C: ᾤου ἄρα ἐπίστασθαι καὶ παῖς ὤν, ὡς ἔοικε, τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ ἄδικα. It may be necessary to observe that all this is sarcasm. Conington takes it literally, and considers these statements as so many concessions.—gemina lance = geminis lancibus. Comp. Ov., A. A., 2, 644: geminus pes.