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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)
    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
    Hor. Horace
      Carm. Carmina (Odes)
    Epod. Epodes
    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
    Plaut. Plautus
      Cas. Casina
    Merc. Mercator
    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
    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
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