[649] Lacrimis et mente seems to be a modal abl., as we might say ‘she paused awhile to weep and think,’ or ‘for tears and thought,’ so that we may comp. 5. 207, “magno clamore morantur.” Val. Fl. 2. 169 (quoted by Forb.), in an imitation of the present passage, has “lacrimisque iterum visuque morantur,” of the Lemnian women before leaving their homes.
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