[274] ‘Laterim’ Pal., corrected into ‘lateri:’ ‘lateri’ Gud. Virg. is thinking of Il. 4. 132 foll., where Athene, turning aside Pandarus's arrow from striking Menelaus full, ἴθυνεν, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες Χρύσειοι σύνεχον καὶ διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ. ‘Lateri’ in a locative sense (comp. Prop. 5. 7. 8, “lateri vestis adusta fuit”) would be tempting, supposing the authority in its favour were sufficiently decided. ‘Laterum’ can hardly mean, as Heyne thinks, the edges of the belt: ‘laterum inneturas’ probably = the ribs: comp. 1. 122, where “laterum compages” is used for the ribs of a ship. ‘Mordet,’ clasps closely: comp. Ov. M. 8. 318, “Rasilis huic summam mordebat fibula vestem” (Gossr.). “Qua fibula morsus Loricae crebro laxata revolverat ictu” Sil. 7. 624 (Cerda). Mr. Long inclines to think that ‘laterum iuncturae’ may mean the place where the ‘fibula’ may be said to join the sides of the man.
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