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[287] Naiasin: i.e. the nymphs of the vale of Tempe; cf. Cul. 18Pierii laticis decus, ite, sorores Naides” ;

hic etiam viridi ludentes Panes in herba
et Satyri Dryadesque choros egere puellae
Naiadum coetu.

Cul. 115ff.
This form of the Greek dative plural apparently occurs here first in extant Latin; but cf. citations from Varro Charis. 1.15, p. 38schemasin” , and Non. p. 374ethesin” ; Prop. 1.20.12Adryasin” , 32 Hamadryasin, 34 Thyniasin; Ov. Her. 13.137Troasin” ; Ov. AA 3.672Lemniasin” , etc.


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