[466] “Quem fugis?” E. 2. 60 note. Taken in the ordinary way, the words will mean “Whom do you suppose yourself to be flying from in flying from me?” and may be illustrated by Horace's playful words (1 Od. 23. 9) “Atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo frangere persequor.” ‘Extremum est hoc quod te adloquor,’ a cogn. acc., as frequently in Greek. Heyne comp. Soph. Aj. 871, “προσεννέπω Πανύστατον δή, κοὔποτ᾽ αὖθις ὕστερον”. So Pers. 5. 153, “fugit hora: hoc quod loquor inde est.” He is addressing her for the last time, as his place after death will not be the same as hers, as Serv. rightly remarks.
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