§3.2μέμβλετο δ’ εἰσπνήλαις, ὁππότε κοῦρος ἴοι φωλεὸν ἠὲ λοετρόν.
He was the object of concern to his inspirers, whenever the boy would go to the school or the bath.
That this belongs to the Cydippe episode may be inferred from
"οἱ δὲ φιλοθεάμονες τοῦ κάλλους εἰς διδασκάλου προϊόντα περιεσκόπουν συνωθοῦντες ἀλλήλους. " §3.3πολλοὶ καὶ φιλέοντες Ἀκόντιον ἧκαν ἔραζε οἰνοπόται Σικελὰς ἐκ κυλίκων λάταγας. ; cf.
That this belongs to the Cydippe episode may be inferred from "οἱ δὲ φιλοθεάμονες τοῦ κάλλους εἰς διδασκάλου προϊόντα περιεσκόπουν συνωθοῦντες ἀλλήλους." Many wine-drinkers, also loving Acontius, cast the Sicilian drops from their cups to the ground.; cf.
§3.4ἄγραδε τῷ πάσῃσιν ἐπὶ προχάνῃσιν ἐφοίτα.
Therefore he used to go to the countryside on every excuse.
Cf.
Cf.
καὶ εἰς ἀγρὸν ἐπὶ πάσῃ προφάσει τὸν πατέρα φεύγων ἐφοίτα. §3.5ἀλλ’ ἐνὶ δὴ φλοιοῖσι κεκομμένα τόσσα φέροιτε γράμματα Κυδίππην ὅσσ’ ἐρέουσι καλήν. "ἴδιον ἐραστῶν ἦν τὰ τῶν ἐρωμένων ὀνόματα γράφειν ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις ἢ δένδροις ἢ φύλλοις οὕτως· ὁ δεῖνα καλός· καὶ παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ· "
ἀλλ’ κτλ. ; cf.
"and he used to go to the countryside on every excuse, fleeing his father." But rather, O letters carved in the bark, may you bear as many characters as will say "Cydippe is beautiful." "It was characteristic of lovers to write the names of their beloved on walls or trees or leaves in this way: 'So-and-so is beautiful'; and also in Callimachus:" "But rather" etc.; cf.
"εἴθε, ὦ δένδρα, καὶ νοῦς ὑμῖν γένοιτο καὶ φωνή, ὅπως ἂν εἴποιτε
Κυδίππη καλή,
ἢ γοῦν τοσαῦτα κατὰ τῶν φλοιῶν ἐγκεκολαμμένα φέροιτε γράμματα ὅσα τὴν Κυδίππην ἐπονομάσει καλήν. " §3.6λιρὸς ἐγώ, τί δέ σοι τόνδ’ ἐπέθηκα φόβον;
"Would that, O trees, you had both mind and voice, so that you might say 'Cydippe is beautiful,' or at least that you might bear so many letters carved upon your bark as will name Cydippe beautiful." I am impudent; why did I impose this fear upon you?
Probably from the Cydippe episode, cf.
Probably from the Cydippe episode, cf.
"τί δέ σοι τοῦτον ἐπῆγον τὸν φόβον; " §3.7τὼς μὲν ὁ Μνησάρχειος ἔφη ξένος, ὧδε συναινῶ. ; cf. and; §3.8, τὸ νεογνὸν παιδίον.
"Why was I bringing this fear upon you?" Thus spoke the guest, the son of Mnesarchus; in this way I agree.; cf. and;..., the newborn child.
κυρίως ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπου.
Strictly of a human.
Καλλίμαχος ἐν τρίτῳ τῶν Αἰτίων καὶ ἐπὶ σκύμνου τίθησιν.
Callimachus in the third book of the *Aetia* applies it also to a cub.