letum

"Quem damnet labor, aut quo vergat pondere letum," the difficulty is solved both by the iteration in the line itself, by which _damnet labor = vergat letum_; and also by its close parallelism with another (v. 717), which is meant to illustrate it:

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

If so, I want proof of Hillary's bona fides, the fetus letum as it were.

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The affirmation would be 'est aliquid Lethe'; compare Prop IV vii 1 'Sunt aliquid Manes: letum non omnia finit'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Troia uirum et uirtutum omnium acerba cinis quaene etiam nostro letum miserabile fratri

The Friendship of Allius 1912

There is yet another exceedingly interesting psychical trait to be noticed in the lower animals, especially in insects; I refer to the instinctive habit, letisimulation (_letum_, death, and _simulare_, to feign).

The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881

Perfolvant grates dignas, et praemia reddant Debita: qui nati coram me cemere letum Fecifli, et patrios fcedadi funere voltus.

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796

They hear; and the letum we find Is, that no prayers can alter Fate.

The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779

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Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ... Lactantius, Paul Bauldri, Etienne Baluze , Nicolas Thoynard , Johan Columbus , Thomas Spark , Joannes Georgius Graevius, Gisbertus Cuperus, Elias Boherellus, Thomas Gale 1692

(from _letum_, death, and _simulare_, to feign) is not confined to any particular family, order, or species of animals, but exists in many, from the very lowest to the highest.

The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881

'nondum attigit arcem iuris et humanum columen, quo cuncta premuntur, egressus meruit fatis tam nobile letum.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills