Note 45 — A. PERSIUS FLACCUS
Reading edition
non ego: ‘I do not decline your praise—no, not I.’ G., 447; A., 76, 3, d. Comp. 2, 3; 3, 78; and Hor., Ep., 1, 19, 37, non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.—si forte quid aptius exit: ‘if I chance to turn out (off) a rather neat piece of work.’ Exit may mean ‘to leave the shop’ (ex officina exire, Cic., Parad., pr. 5), or ‘to leave the potter’s wheel,’ as urceus exit, Hor., A. P., 22 (Jahn). Conington translates ‘hatch’ on account of rara avis. Κακὸν ᾠόν. The passage is imitated by Quint., 12, 10, 26.