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[40] aethera album: etc. the adjectives album, dura, ferum describe permanent characteristics and not those peculiar to the morning, and hence album must be understood not merely of the sky brightened by dawn, but of the bright, fiery aether; cf. Cic. ND 1.13.33caeli ardorem” ; Cic. ND 2.15.41in ardore caelesti qui aether vel caelum nominatur” .


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