[329] Nomen posuit, laid down its name, on receiving a new one. Elsewhere ‘nomen ponere’ is used of the giver of a name 7. 63. Virg. has told us 1. 530 foll. of three other names, Hesperia, Oenotria, and Italia, the first however being a Greek appellation. ‘Saturnia tellus’ need not imply that the land was ever called after Saturn, but merely that it was his land. He seems to be speaking of Italy generally, not merely of Latium.
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