[812] Conscius audacis facti expresses Hom.'s θηρὶ κακὸν ῥέξαντι. ‘Remulcens,’ as Forc. s. v. remarks, a wild beast's tail is erected in anger, relaxed in fear. ‘Re’ seems to express partly the change, partly the act of drawing back the tail between the legs, ‘mulceo’ partly the unbending of the tail, partly the stroking of the belly with it. The word is a picturesque one, and its use seems peculiar to Virg. Pal. and Gud. have ‘remulgens.’
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