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Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book One, Prosa 4: (search)
to say or do anything." Veronae: locative; the Ostrogothic kings held court at several cities in northern Italy, principally Verona, Pavia, and Ravenna. avidus: "greedy for" + genitive. Albinum: see on 1P4.14. delatae: transferred epithet, i.e., applies more precisely to crimen than to to express distance, with procul , adverb, "at a distance [of]." The location of B.'s imprisonment is not certain, but was probably in or near Ticinum (mod. Pavia), about 20 m. south of Milan. Distance must be calculated by tracing the standard Roman roads through the Apennines, not by air mileage or Pavia), about 20 m. south of Milan. Distance must be calculated by tracing the standard Roman roads through the Apennines, not by air mileage or modern highways, and by using the Roman mile (approx. 95 yards shorter than the English). propensius: comparative of < propensus , "well-disposed"; here, "too well-disposed"; modifies studium . morti: this is the only explicit indication in the Consolatio that B. foresaw his own imminent death.