In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neven Jovanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> Isn't the point that the bark exudes the musk, i.e. the amber? (Cf. >> Ovid,_Met._ 2. 344-66 for a fuller account.) >> >You see, this is the point where my _hubris_ started; I have seen the >_muscus_ = musk note in the Lewis-Short; but OLD is silent on this point, >and Vergil in other places writes _muscus_ and _muscosus_ always meaning >_moss_. I have checked, and my beautiful idea had to evaporate.
Oops: of course you're right: 'the moss that belongs to (i.e. grows on) the bitter bark', i.e. the bitter bark with its moss. Clausen, Williams. and Coleman see no difficulty, perhaps for the same reason that Nelson saw no signal. Leofranc Holford-Strevens *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ tel. +44 (0)1865 552808(home)/267865(work) fax +44 (0)1865 512237 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
