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PYTHAGORAE: chosen no doubt because tradition made Milo a Pythagorean; see n. on 27. Plaut. For the ellipsis see n. on 26. DENIQUE: 'in short'. UTARE: the second person of the present subjunctive hortative is very rare, excepting when, as here, the command is general. Had the command been addressed to a particular person, Cicero might have written ne requisieris. Cf.
Moderatio modo virium adsit et tantum quantum potest quisque nitatur, ne ille non magno desiderio tenebitur virium. Olympiae per stadium ingressus esse Milo dicitur, cum umeris sustineret bovem: utrum igitur has corporis an Pythagorae tibi malis viris ingeni dari?
As to Milo see n. on 27. For cum sustineret a modern would have been inclined to use a participle, which was perhaps avoided here because of the close proximity of another participle, ingressus. UMERIS: this spelling is better than humeris, which is now abandoned by the best scholars. HAS: i.e. Milonis, corresponding to Pythagorae.
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