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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 1394 — PERSIUS.

Lewis Evans translation

Caudam jactare, a metaphor either from "a dog fawning," or "a peacock displaying its tail." Hor., ii., Sat. ii., 26, "Rara avis et pictâ pandat spectacula caudâ."

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