Note 35 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS

eliquat: ‘filters.’ Every rough particle is strained out so as to make the voice ‘liquid.’ The passage from Apul., Flor., p. 351, Elm., cited by Jahn, canticum videtur ore tereti semihiantibus in conatu labellis eliquare, indicates a cooing position of the lips, in which the mouth simulates a colander.—supplantat: ὑποσκελίζει (Lucil., 29, 50, L. M.), ‘trips up.’ To judge by Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 274, balba feris annoso verba palato, of which the language of Persius seems to be an exaggeration, the sounds impinge upon the roof of the mouth instead of coming out boldly—a kind of lolling utterance.—tenero: adds another shade: the tripping is light, for the roof is sensitive; ‘minces his words as though his mouth were sore’ (Pretor).