Note 50 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
Reading edition
Saturnumque gravem, etc.: ‘We together cross malignant Saturn by propitious Jove.’ ‘Saturnine’ and ‘jovial’ are remnants of astrological belief. Nostro is not only ‘our,’ but ‘on our side,’ ‘propitious.’
Reading edition
Saturnumque gravem, etc.: ‘We together cross malignant Saturn by propitious Jove.’ ‘Saturnine’ and ‘jovial’ are remnants of astrological belief. Nostro is not only ‘our,’ but ‘on our side,’ ‘propitious.’