eris_, which is now abandoned by the best scholars. There is no sound
corresponding to the _h_ in words of the same origin in cognate languages
(see Curtius, Greek Etym. 1, 423 of the Eng. Trans.), and although
undoubtedly _h_ was wrongly attached to some Latin words, there is no
evidence to show that this happened to _umerus_. -- HAS: _i.e. Milonis_,
corresponding to _Pythagorae_. -- PYTHAGORAE: chosen no doubt because
tradition made Milo a Pythagorean; see n. on 27. -- MALIS: _i.e. si
optandum sit_ (cf. Plaut. Miles 170). For the ellipsis see n. on 26. --
DENIQUE: 'in short'. -- UTARE: the second person of the present subjunctive
hortative is very rare, excepting when, as here, the command is general.
Had the command been addressed to a particular person, Cicero might have
written _ne requisieris_. Cf. Madvig, Opusc. 2, 105; Roby, 1596; A. 266,
_a, b_; G. 256, 2; H. 484, 4, n. 2. -- DUM ADSIT, CUM ABSIT: as both _dum_
and _cum_ evidently have here a temporal sense, the subjunctives seem due
to the influence of the other subjunctives _utare_ and _requiras_. A. 342;
G. 666; H. 529, II. and n. 1, 1). -- NISI FORTE: see n. on 18. -- CURSUS:
for the metaphor cf. n. on 83; also Fam. 8, 13, 1 (a letter of Coelius)
_aetate iam sunt decursa_; pro Quint. 99 _acta aetas decursaque_. For
_certus_ cf. below, 72 _senectutis certus terminus_. -- AETATIS: here =
_vitae_; see n. on 5. -- EAQUE: this is a common way of introducing with
emphasis a fresh epithet or predicate. Often _idque_ ([Greek: kai touto])
occurs, the pronoun being then adverbially used, and not in agreement with
the subject. Cf. n. on 65 _illius quidem_; also _neque ea_ in 22. --
SIMPLEX: life is compared to a race, in which each man has to run once and
only once around the course. -- TEMPESTIVITAS: 'seasonableness'; cf. 5
_maturitate tempestiva_, with n. -- INFIRMITAS: the context shows that not
physical but intellectual weakness is meant; so in Acad. 2, 9 _infirmissimo
tempore aetatis_; Fin. 5, 43 _aetas infirma_. -- FEROCITAS: 'exultation',
'high spirit'. -- IAM CONSTANTIS AETATIS: _i.e._ middle age, the
characteristic of which is _stability_; cf. 76 _constans aetas quae media
dicitur_; also 60; Tac. A. 6, 46 _composita aetas_. For _iam_ cf. Suet.
Galb. 4 _aetate nondum constanti_; pro Caelio 41 _aetas iam corroborata_;
Fam. 10, 3, 2 _aetas iam confirmata_. -- MATURITAS: 'ripeness', _i.e._ of
intellect or judgment. -- SUO: G. 295, Rem. 1; H. 449, 2.

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