[658] Serv. read ‘bonae,’ and so Rom., Gud. corrected, and at least two other of Ribbeck's cursives. It is a natural enough epithet for peace (comp. Hor. 2 Ep. 1. 102), but it would be rather out of place here. ‘Bonas’ on the other hand is the Homeric ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Il. 17. 345 &c. Serv. strangely says “sine dubio et ‘belli saevi’ diceret, si ratio versus admitteret,” adding as strangely (if the words are his), “quidam ‘bonum’ interdum pro ‘grandi’ accipiunt.” (These words are in none of the Oxford MSS. of Servius.) For the gen. after ‘minister’ see Forc.
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