Laudator Temporis Acti

Quotations are from the edition of Dracontius' poems in F. Vollmer, ed., Poetae Latini Minores, Vol. V (Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1914).

De Laudibus Dei 1.6-8 (construing noti as nominative plural of Notus, south wind; cf. Vergil, Aeneid 3.268 etc. for Noti = winds) :

sidera signa noti nix imber grando pruinae
fulmina nimbus hiems tonitrus lux flamma procellae
caelum terra iubar chaos axis flumina pontus

De Laudibus Dei 1.13-16:

paupertas mors vita salus opulentia languor
taedia tristitiae splendor compendia damnum
gaudia nobilitas virtus prudentia laudes
affectus maeror gemitus successus egestas

De Laudibus Dei 1.435:

spes opifex dominus rector dux arbiter index

De Laudibus Dei 1.527:

bucula rana sues formicae corvus hirundo

De Laudibus Dei 2.1:

inventor genitor nutritor rector amator

De Laudibus Dei 2.439:

taedia bella lues clades iactura labores

Romulea 5.35:

Sarmata Persa Gothus Alamannus Francus Alanus

Romulea 5.41:

moenia rostra forum capitolia templa penates

Romulea 7.72:

sollicitus, tabidus temerarius, anxius audax

Romulea 10.129:

affectus natura genus fons auctor origo

Romulea 10.142:

diligat optet amet cupiat suspiret anhelet

Romulea 10.405:

ursus cervus aper pantherae damma leones

Romulea 10.411 (construing inops as a noun):

dives pauper inops raptor pirata sacerdos

Romulea 10.571:

Impietas, Furiae, Luctus, Mors, Funera, Livor

Orestes 560:

affectus natura pudor reverentia fama

Orestes 775 (construing poli as vocative plural):

sol pietas elementa poli mare flumina tellus

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