[631] Quis is restored by Wagn. from Med. a m. sec. (‘qui’ a m. pr.), Pal. &c., for ‘quid’ (Rom.). It is little better than refining to attempt to decide between them on intrinsic grounds. “Aut metus Ausonia prohibet consistere terra,” 6.807, is slightly for ‘quid:’ “Non dabitur regnis, esto, prohibere Latinis,” 7. 313, slightly for ‘quis,’ suggesting the notion of an interference by a higher power, though the context here will be quite satisfied by understanding it of human interference. ‘Iacere muros’ like “iacere fundamenta.” Forb. comp. Prop. 2. 26. 64 (speaking of the subject of the Aeneid), “Iactaque Lavinis moenia litoribus.” ‘Dare civibus urbem:’ there was a nation, but its natural correlative, a city to inhabit, was wanting.
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