[143] Ostendit perhaps involves the sense of “ostentum,” i. q. “prodigium,” but in 5. 443 we have the word simply in the sense of ‘holding up’ or ‘holding out.’ ‘Ab aethere’ may denote a clear sky: but the word can hardly be pressed: comp. 1. 90, “Intonuere poli, et crebris micat ignibus aether.” In Soph. O. C. 1456 ἔκτυπεν αἰθήρ seems to refer to a thunderstorm: comp. vv. 1502 foll. ‘Ipse manu’ G. 4. 329 &c.
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