external marks of respect (cf. _coli_ in 7), _diligere_ the inner feeling
of affection. -- PRAECEPTIS etc.: cf. Off. 1, 122 _ineuntis enim aetatis
inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentia est_. -- ME ... IUCUNDOS:
put for _me iucundum esse quam vos mihi estis iucundi_. The attraction of a
finite verb into the infinitive after _quam_ is not uncommon; cf. n. on 1
_quibus me ipsum_ (Roby, 1784, _b_; A. 336, _b_, Rem.; H. 524, 1, 2).
_Minus_, be it observed, does not qualify _intellego_, but _iucundos_. --
SED: here _analeptic_, _i.e._ it introduces a return to the subject proper
after a digression, so in 31. -- VIDETIS, UT ... SIT: here _ut = quo modo_;
'how'. -- SENECTUS ... CUIUSQUE: the abstract _senectus_ is put for _senes_
as in 34; hence _cuiusque, sc. senis_. So above _adulescentia_ =
_adulescentes_. -- AGENS ALIQUID: this phrase differs from _agat_ in that
while the subjunctive would express the _fact_ of action, the participial
phrase expresses rather the constant _tendency_ to act. _Agens aliquid_
forms a sort of attribute to _senectus_, parallel with _operosa. Moliri_
differs from _agere_ in that it implies the bringing into existence of some
object. Cf. Off. 3, 102 _agere aliquid et moliri volunt_; Acad. 2, 22 _ut
moliatur aliquid et faciat_; N.D. 1, 2 _utrum di nihil agant, nihil
moliantur_; Mur. 82 _et agant et moliantur_. -- QUID ... ALIQUID: for the
ellipsis in _quid qui_ cf. n. on 22 _quid ... Addiscunt_ = προμανθανουσι =
learn on and on, go on learning. -- UT ... VIDEMUS: put, as Allen observes,
for _ut Solon fecit, quem videmus_. -- SOLONEM: see also 50. The line
(_versibus_ here is an exaggeration; in 50 it is _versiculus_) is preserved
by Plato in his Timaeus and by Plutarch, Sol. 31 γαερασκο δ' αει πολλα
διδασκομενος. The age of Solon at his death is variously given as 80 or 100
years. -- VIDEMUS: the Latins frequently use 'we see' for 'we read'. See n.
on Lael. 39, also below, 69 _ut scriptum video_. -- GLORIANTEM: A. 292,
_e_; G. 536, 527, Rem. 1; H. 535, I. 4. Notice the change to the infinitive
in _uti_ below. -- SENEX: _i.e. cum senex essem_; so 27 _adulescens
desiderabam_; 30 _memini puer_. Plutarch (Cato 2) gives an account of