[514] Rom., Med. second reading (the first being ‘lubat’), and two of Ribbeck's cursives have ‘libet,’ which was the reading before Cunningham and Heyne. ‘Libet’ however seems to mean to take a fancy to do a thing, at any rate in Virg. (comp. 12. 570, E. 2. 28., 3. 36., 10. 59, G. 3. 436), which would hardly suit the present passage. ‘Iuvat’ or ‘iubat’ is read by Pal. corrected, fragm. Vat. in an erasure, Gud., and another of Ribbeck's cursives. Pal. originally and others have ‘iubet:’ see on 4. 498. Virg., by using the word, transfers our sympathy for a moment to the besiegers, who are so confident in the strength of their defence that they regard the danger incurred as a pleasure: comp. G. 2. 37, 437 &c. ‘Casus’ may perhaps be meant to be taken in its original sense of a downfall.
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