Note 25 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
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solidum crepet: like sonat vitium, 3, 21. G., 331, R. 2; A., 52, 3, a.—pictae tectoria linguae: The comparison is taken from a stuccoed party-wall painted to look solid. Comp. Afran. ap. Non., 152, 28, v. 14 (Ribbeck): fallaci aspectu paries pictus putidus (= puter). The notion in pictae belongs rather to tectoria than to linguae—‘painted tongue-stucco.’ The figure will not bear close examination any more than the stucco.