Hic versus notus Aeneidis est.
Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi;
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.
Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.
cur 'metus' nominativus (vocativus?!) et non accusativus est?
Solve metus
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Re: Solve metus
immo, metūs accusativus pluralis est.
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Re: Solve metus
Ahhhh.. gratias tibi ago...
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Re: Solve metus
Sometimes in poetry you can resolve (pardon the pun!) that 4th declension -us vs. -ūs problem with reference to the scansion; here it doesn't help because the following word (feret) begins with a consonant, but as whsiv says it must be accusative plural since the imperative solve precludes a nominative.