[685] The meaning seems to be that the wind moves it at last, whether it be a storm or length of time that has originally loosened it. Heyne however considers ‘vento’ as a third alternative: “avolsum vento, seu imbre seu vetustate.” ‘Turbidus imber’ is an abbreviation of Hom., whose words are: Ὅντε κατὰ στεφάνης ποταμὸς χειμάρ᾽ῥοος ὤσῃ, Ῥήξας ἀσπέτῳ ὄμβρῳ ἀναιδέος ἔχματα πέτρης.
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