Salvete,
I am again in need of your help in a matter of Greek/Latin. I am currently preparing (or rather finishing) a transcription of a translation of Hesiod’s “Carmina” (Theogonia, Scutum Herculis, Opera et Dies). I have a single question concerning line 431 in Hesiod’s Scutum Herculis:
The original (link to scanned page at Google-Books) says:
Hunc quidem dein reliquit Jovis ærumnosus filius:
ipse autem homicidam Martem accedentem observans,
sævum videns oculis, ut leo corpus aliquod forte-nactus,
qui admodum avide pelle validis unguibus
dissecta quam celerrime dulcem animam abstulit:
ferocia autem sane hujus nigrum intumuit cor:
splendidis-spectans vero oculis sævum costasque et humeros
canda > flagellans pedibus fodit, neque quisquam ipsum
sustinuit ex-adverso adspiciens prope ire, neque pugnare:
talis igitur Amphitryoniades insatiabilis belli
adversus stetit Marti in præcordiis audaciam augens,
celeriter: is autem ipsi prope accessit mœsto corde;
utrique autem clamantes se-invicem invaserunt.
I am finding it hard to decipher the beginning of line 431. Shouldn’t this be “cauda”???
Valete,
Carolus Raeticus