[350] cano: here as elsewhere (cf. Catul. 17.13; Catul. 61.51; Catul. 68.142) Catullus emphasizes the relations between parent and child, and appeals to our sympathy, by representing the former as in advanced age; cf. putrida ( Hor. Epod. 8.7 “pectus et mammae putres” ) and infirmis.
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