[538] “‘Facio’ with an accusative with the infinitive in the signification ‘to cause’ is poetical.” Madv. § 372. 6, obs. 5, quoting this passage. Forb. however cites from Varro R. R. 3. 5, “desiderium macrescere facit volucres;” and Taubm. from Cic. Lucull. 22, “Erant qui illum gloriae caussa facerent sperare,” though the reading there is doubted.
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