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daturos: cf. 2.3.4. n. Without this fut. part. Horace could hardly have packed four generations in three lines. But cf. Arthur C. Benson's lines 'To my father'--who 'Didst nurse and kindle generous fires| That as the old earth forward runs| May fit the sons of herDesires |To be the sires of hero sons.' Cf. Arat. Phaen. 123.


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