Abbreviations
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Symbols and Terms
| § | Indicates a section (e.g. of the Introduction or of a reference work). |
| * | Indicates a term defined in either Appendix 1 (Versification) or Appendix 2 (Glossary of Rhetorical and Syntactic Figures). |
| ⌣ | Indicates a syllable that scans short (for details of scansion, see Appendix 1). |
| — | Indicates a syllable that scans long (for details of scansion, see Appendix 1). |
| CE/BCE | Common Era/Before Common Era (a designation for the calendar year, equivalent to AD/BC). In this volume CE should be assumed when no indication is provided. |
| Comm. | Refers to the Commentary in this volume. |
| Intro. | Refers to the Introduction (normally with following section specification). |
| n. | Refers to an entry in the Commentary (normally with preceding line specification). |
Reference Works
| AG | Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kitteredge, A. A. Howard, and B. L. D’Ooge (Boston, 1903). |
| CIL | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (Berlin, 1862). |
| L-S | A Latin Dictionary, edited by C. T. Lewis and C. Short (Oxford, 1879). |
| LSJ | A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edition, with Supplement, edited by H. J. Liddle and R. Scott, revised by H. S. Jones (Oxford, 1968) |
| OLD | Oxford Latin Dictionary, edited by P. G. W. Glare (Oxford, 1968–82). |
| TLL | Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (Leipzig, 1900). |
Grammatical Terms
| abl. | ablative (similarly nom. = nominative; gen. = genitive; dat. = dative; acc. = accusative) |
| act. | active voice (similarly pass. = passive voice) |
| fut. | future tense (similarly perf. = perfect; pres. = present; etc.) |
| indic. | indicative (similarly subjunct. = subjunctive) |
| part. | participle |
| pers. | person |
| pl. | plural (similarly sing. = singular) |
Ancient Literature
| Apollod. | Apollodorus, Bibliotheca (Library) |
| Ap. Rhod. | Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica |
| Apul. | Apuleius |
| Met. Metamophoses (or Golden Ass) | |
| Arat. | Aratus |
| Phaen. Phaenomena | |
| Cat. | Catullus, Carmina (Poems) |
| Cic. | Cicero |
| Fam. Epistulae ad Familiares (Letters to his Friends) Leg. De Legibus (On the Law) Nat. D. De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) |
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| Enn. | Ennius |
| Ann. Annales (Annals) | |
| Eur. | Euripides |
| Bacch. Bacchae | |
| Hdt. | Herodotus, Histories |
| Hes. | Hesiod |
| Op. Opera et Dies (Works and Days) | |
| Hom. | Homer |
| Il. Iliad Od. Odyssey |
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| Hor. | Horace |
| Carm. Carmina (Odes) Epod. Epodes |
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| Hyg. | Hyginus |
| Fab. Fabulae | |
| Hymn. Hom. | Homeric Hymns |
| Liv. | Livy, Ab urbe condita |
| Luc. | Lucan, Bellum Civile (Civil War) |
| Lucr. | Lucretius, De Rerum Natura |
| Mart. | Martial |
| Ep. Epigrams | |
| Ov. | Ovid |
| Am. Amores Ars Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) Fast. Fasti Her. Heroides Met. Metamorphoses Trist. Tristia |
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| Plaut. | Plautus |
| Cas. Casina Merc. Mercator |
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| Plin. | Pliny (the Elder) |
| NH Naturalis Historia (Natural History) | |
| Plut. | Plutarch |
| Caes. Caesar | |
| Prop. | Propertius, Carmina (Poems) |
| Sen. | Seneca (the Younger) |
| Oed. Oedipus | |
| Serv. | Servius |
| Stat. | Statius |
| Ach. Achilleid Silv. Silvae Theb. Thebaid |
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| Suet. | Suetonius |
| Aug. Divus Augustus (Life of Augustus) | |
| Theoc. | Theocritus |
| Id. Idylls | |
| Val. Max. | Valerius Maximus |
| Val. Flacc. | Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica |
| Varr. | Varro |
| Ling. De Lingua Latina (On the Latin Language) | |
| Virg. | Virgil |
| Aen. Aeneid Ecl. Eclogues G. Georgics |
