[80] Os is meant to remind us at once of the mouth of the horse and the tongue of the Sibyl. The object of ‘fingit’ is the Sibyl herself, not ‘os’ or ‘corda:’ comp. Hor. 1 Ep. 2. 64, “Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister,” and G. 2. 407, “Persequitur vitem attondens, fingitque putando,” where see note. ‘Premendo,’ as it was by restraint that Apollo gained the victory.
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John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane. 1876.
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