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statque . . . rabie, ‘swarms with fierce dogs.’ Cf. Virg. Aen.XII. 407, pulvere caelum stare vident, where Servius explains stare by plenum esse. See also Henry on Virg. Aen.VI. 300.Rabie is a conjecture due to Heinsius, all MSS. having the nominative: [rabies Can.7 ‘and stands one rabid pack of hounds.’ So King in his translation. R. E.]. For the expression, equivalent to canes rabidi, cf. Virg. Aen.V. 257(of a scene represented in embroidery), saevitque canum latratus in auras, Milton P.l. II. 653, ‘about her middle round a cry of Hell-hounds never ceasing barked.’ Cf. Ellis on Cat. LX. 2.
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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