Book 9
2.16
Old writers are full of such usages. At the beginning of the Eunuchus Eun. I. i. 1. What shall I do then? of Terence we have quid igitur faciam, while another comic poet says ain tandem leno? The poet is unknown. Do you agree then, you pimp? The figure in this and the preceding instance lies in the idiomatic use of igitur and tandem. Catullus in his Epithalamium writes: dum innupta manet, dum cara suis est, Cat. lxii. 45. While she remains unwed, so long is she dear to her own. Such is Quintilian's interpretation. The line, however, runs sic virgo, dum intacta (MSS. of Catullus), etc., and is most naturally interpreted: Even so ( i.e. like to a perfect blossom) is the maiden, while she remains unblemished and dear to her own. where the first dum means while, and the second means so long.
