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vates: the poet in his higher religious aspect as sacred bard. Cf. Verg. Aen. 6. 662, quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti; Epode 16. 66. In his prosaic mood he sneers at the old-fashioned word rehabilitated by Vergil. Cf. Epist. 2. 1. 26, annosa volumina vatum.—novum: new wine used in religious rites. Cf. 1. 19. 15.


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