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roseam: Verg. Aen. 1. 402, rosea cervice; Tenn. Princess, 'the very nape of her white neck was rosed,' etc.—cerea: apparently of the smooth, even texture of the flesh. But Ovid uses wax as type of whiteness (A. A. 3. 199; Ex Pont. 1. 10. 28). Lactea has been read. Cf. 'faite de cire à l'égard des bras,' Mém. de Grainmont (Munro, Eng. J. Phil. 11. 336).


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