[545] “‘Rauco,’ the ordinary adjunct (comp. “raucosque repulsus Umbonum” Claud. Bell. Gild. 433), expresses in this case rather the weakness than the strength of the stroke, as if Virg. had said, made the shield ring, but was unable to penetrate.” Henry. ‘Repulsum:’ for the use of participles for finite verbs even in relative sentences Wagn. comp. 3. 673, G. 1. 234, though with Heyne he would prefer ‘e summo’ in the next line, the reading of one MS.
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