[107] Quando hic dicitur = “quando hic est quae dicitur.” Comp. Soph. Trach. 638, ἔνθ᾽ Ἑλλάνων ἀγοραὶ Πυλάτιδες καλέονται (καλεῦνται Herm., κλέονται Musgrave). ‘Refuso’ must here be taken in the sense of overflowing, as it was the overflow of the river that formed the ‘palus Acherusia.’ The river is apparently looked upon as imbibing the water which forms its current and disgorging it when there is too much. It matters little whether ‘Acheronte refuso’ is taken as a descriptive abl. or as abl. abs. Not unlike is 7. 569, “ruptoque ingens Acheronte vorago.”
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