[96] Nec me adeo fallit is from Lucr. 1.922, where the word is ‘animi,’ not ‘adeo.’ ‘Adeo’ seems to answer to our colloquial expression ‘I am not so blind either,’ where if called upon to complete the phrase we should supply ‘as you think’ or ‘as I might be.’ Comp. E. 2. 25, “Nec sum adeo informis.” This, which is substantially Wund.'s view, seems better than with Forb. to understand ‘adeo’ as emphasizing ‘me.’ ‘Me of all others.’ ‘Moenia’ = ‘urbem.’ Wakef. reads ‘numina’ from one or two MSS. With the general sense comp. 1. 661, 671.
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