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praesentior, ‘more powerful.’ So IV. 612, “tanta est praesentia veri”. The same development of meaning from the literal sense (825, XIV. 123) may be noticed in instans and instantia. Perhaps we may compare the transition of ‘handsome’ from its original meaning of ‘handy,’ habilis.edam, ‘I could tell.’
Charles Simmons. Metamorphoseon XIII. xiv. The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books XIII. and XIV. Edited, with introduction, analysis, and notes by Charles Simmons. New York. Macmillan. 1899.
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