2. rogata:
i.e. in answer to his supposed inquiries.
comiti: cf. notes
to Sat. I.5. Neronis:
Tiberius, cf. I.3.2.
3. multa,
etc.: cf. Sat. II.3.9.
4. haud
quia, etc.: i.e. not on account of the ills
to which the wealthy man is exposed.
6. longinquis,
etc.: the wealthy Romans pastured great herds of cattle on the public
lands throughout Italy, paying a small hire to the state (scriptura).
7. mente
minus validus: cf. I.6.29, I.2.33 seq., I.1.102,
and many other passages where diseases of the soul are referred to.
12. ventosus,
fickle as the wind.
14. iuveni:
Tiberius. cohorti:
i.e. amicorum, his fellows.
15. gaudere,
say you are glad to hear it, as Horace himself would say
gaudeo.
17. fortunam:
here of good fortune, in reference to his acceptability to his patron
and his companions. |
