[433] οὐ δ᾽ ἔλληξαν ἐπισταδὸν οὐτάζοντες Apoll. v. 84, which may have led to the use of ‘volnus’ here and in v. 436 of a blow irrespectively of the wound given. ‘Nequiquam’ seemingly means without producing a decided effect, not that the blows were parried, as the next three lines appear intended, as Heyne remarks, to express in detail what is here put generally.
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