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Dear List Serve Members,
Would anyone know the meaning of the Latin verb "udere" (NOT "udare")? The
context is as follows:
"An quidquam est tam pronu ad libidines, quam...udere
oculis...?" (Ambrose). In a German translation I have found of this
passage, the meaning is given as "roll", but I cannot confirm this in any
Latin dictionary.
The other passage I have struggled with involves the word "magis" and its
precise meaning in this context. John Chrysostom is condemning dancing,
saying that "God gave us feet not...so that we might leap (or dance) about
like camels," and proceeds, in parentheses, "nam et cameli saltantes
ingratum spectaculum edunt, moltoque magis mulieres." Perhaps
"magis" means "better"? Or might it mean "more often", or something else?
If anyone can lend a hand with these I would greatly appreciate it.
Many thanks,
Victoria Reed
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