[186] curculio Varro ait hoc nomen per antistoechon dictum, quasi gurgulio, quoniam paene nihil est nisi guttur. inopi metuens formica senectae quae semper alienum requirit auxilium: nam 'inopi' non tantum ad formicam pertinet, sed generale est epitheton senectutis. vel ne inops in senectute sit. et hoc iuxta opi- nionem poeticam dixit.
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