[502] For ‘concipit’ Jortin very ingeniously conj. ‘concipere’ (as Bentley on Hor. 1 Od. 1. 6, conj. “evehere” for “evehit”), so as to make ‘concipere furores’ parallel to “concepit furias” above, v. 474. “Concepit mente furores” actually occurs in this sense Ov. M. 2. 640. “Concipere aliquid” is however found elsewhere of one person realizing the intention of another. Forb. quotes Ov. M. 10. 403, “Nec nutrix etiamnum concipit ullum Mente nefas.” For ‘aut’ some MSS. have ‘haud,’ which Hand in Tursell. 1. p. 545 needlessly prefers. ‘Quam morte Sychaei’ is rightly explained by Serv. “quam quae fecit vel passa est Dido” (morte Sychaei). He also gives another interpretation, making ‘quam’ pleonastic, which has had better fortune than it deserves, having been adopted by one or two later critics. ‘Morte,’ at the death, as probably 3. 333.
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