Vol. 12 No. 1 (1986): XII - 1986, fascicolo 1
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Verg., <em>Aen.</em> 1.462 <em>sunt lacrimae rerum</em>

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  • Adelmo Barigazzi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-19029

Published 2016-09-19

Keywords

  • Vergil,
  • Latin semantics
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Abstract

This much disputed Vergilian phrase does not imply cosmic pessimism: rerum just means ‘common’, ‘general’, according to a well known Latin usage.
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