[679] An expansion of the comParison of v. 674 into a formal simile. Comp. 3. 679 foll. Serv. has a variant ‘Liquetia,’ the name of a river of Cisalpine Gaul lowing into the Adriatic (also called “Limentia”); and this is found in one of Ribbeck's cursives, and in two others, including Gud., from a correction. ‘Liquetia’ might possibly have an adj. “Liquetius:” comp. “Lyaeus,” “Lenaeus,” “Sychaeus:” but the transition from the general to the specific, marked by ‘sive—seu,’ is more in Virg.'s manner (Heyne comp. 11. 68 foll.), though Serv. actually makes it a ground of objection to the common reading. For ‘liquentia’ see on 1. 432. “Liquuntur rupibus amnes” G. 2. 187.
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