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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 36 36 Browse Search
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Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book Two , Metrum 7: (search)
levare: "lighten, ease." gestiunt: translate as second person plural after the vocative o superbi ; B. seems here to have erred. (For an attempt to defend B., see Gruber ad loc.) explicet: "loosen." titulis: "titles, inscriptions." aequat summis infima: cf. 2P2.9. Fabricii: Fabricius, the hero of the war with Pyrrhus (c. 280 B.C.), renowned for an austere and virtuous way of life. quid: "[to] what [purpose]?" There is no need to decide which Brutus (the expeller of kings or the assassin of Caesar) and which Cato (the consul of 195 and later censor renowned for strict morals and hostility to Carthage or the contemporary and opponent of Caesar) B. has in mind; all were proverbial heroes. superstes: nominative, modifies