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[72] Genitor i. q. “pater” as an epithet of reverence. Macrob. Sat. 6. 1, says the line is from Ennius (A. 1. fr. 37) “Teque pater Tiberine tuo cum flumine sancto.” See on G. 2. 147, and Munro on Lucr. 1.413., 4. 394. Aeneas' prayer strongly resembles that of Cocles to the Tiber, Livy 2. 10, “Tiberine pater, te sancte precor haec arma et hunc militem propitio flumine accipias.” Serv. quotes a form of prayer, “Adesto, Tiberine, cum tuis undis.”

John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of. Virgil. , with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. and Henry Nettleship, M.A. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane;. George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1876.

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