III
Pseud-Acro on Horace, Epodes 5, 48:
Canidia biting her thumb
: He expressed the appearance and movements of Canidia in a rage. Petronius, wishing to portray a furious person, says
biting his thumb to the quick.
phi0972.phi001f. Petronius. Michael Heseltine (Editor). London. 1913.
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