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[271] Debilis is exactly ‘disabled,’ being ‘de-habilis,’ as ‘debeo’ is ‘dehabeo.’ Heyne thinks ‘ordine debilis uno’ means that one whole side was disabled, not one tier only. In that case we may comp. Ov. 3 ex Ponto 1. 67 (quoted by Forc.), “Cumque ego deficiam, nec possim ducere currum, Fac tu sustineas debile sola iugum.

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