[450] Campos Pal. originally for ‘campo.’ ‘Atrum,’ probably of the appearance of the host in the distance: comp. Il. 4. 281 (where an advancing army is compared to a cloud), Δήϊον ἐς πόλεμον πυκιναὶ κίνυντο φάλαγγες Κυάνεαι, σάκεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι πεφρικυῖαι: so 7. 525, “Atraque late Horrescit strictis seges ensibus.” Heyne thinks it = black with dust. ‘Rapit’ as in 10. 308, “Rapit acer Totam aciem in Teucros.”
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