[557] Praefixa has been restored by Wagn. and Jahn from Med., Rom., Pal., and others for ‘praefixo,’ which Heins. retained. The sense is of course the same with either: comp. 7. 817. Spears of cornel wood 9. 698., 12. 267: comp. 3. 22, 23. Two spears as in 1. 313. Baebius Macer, according to Serv., said that Augustus gave a helmet and two spears to each of the boys who performed in the ‘Troia.’
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