[424] iam rapidus hic distinguendum propter duo epitheta. sirius autem stella est in ore canis, per quam nimios aestus acci- pimus. sitientes indos populos subsolanos. et aliter: 'Sirius' stella in ore canis. hac oriente maximi calores et ex his graves morbi: ideoque Romae omnibus annis sacrum canarium fit per publicos sacer- dotes. 'medium' autem 'orbem' ideo dixit, quoniam in medio mundo terra est et in hac omnis aqua, quam sidera in alimentum trahunt, maxime meridiano tempore, quo ardentissimus sol est. et 'hauserat' hic pro 'tenuerat'; ut ibi "simul hausit dextera". alii sic: ordo 'tor- rens Indos Sirius ardebat'; Sirius enim a poetis et pro sole ponitur: ab aliquo eorum canicula intellegitur. 'ardebat caelo' siccabat. 'hau- serat' invaserat.
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