[402] Casta seems to be a predicate. “Servare limen” 2. 567. Here it seems i. q. the Greek ἔσω καθῆσθαι, ἔνδον μένειν, οἰκουρεῖν, &c., the Roman “domi mansit, lanam fecit,” the characteristic of a good wife in ancient times. So Prop. 2. 6. 24, quoted by Cerda, “Felix Admeti coniunx et lectus Ulixis Et quaecunque viri femina limen amat.” Perhaps I may be allowed to refer to my notes on Aesch. Cho. 919, 138.
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