[56] The reading of this line is doubtful. ‘Staret—maneret’ is attested by Pomponius Sabinus to have been read by Apronianus, and is the second reading of Med. Serv. recommends ‘stares—maneret,’ to avoid the jingle. ‘Staret—maneres’ is the first reading of Med., found also apparently in both Pal. and Rom. Wagn. adopts it, comparing 7. 684, and is followed by later editors, rightly it would seem. Weidner cites an imitation in Sil. 7. 561 foll. “Mutassentque solum sceptris Aeneia regna, Nullaque nunc stares terrarum vertice, Roma,” where it is quite in keeping with the practice of an imitator to borrow the words from one part of his original, the rhetorical use of the second person from another. ‘Stares—maneres’ is the reading of Heyne, but it appears to have no first-class authority, though Pierius speaks of it as found in ancient MSS. The occurrence of the imperf. subj. in conjunction with the pluperf. ind. is noticeable.
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