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Sallust, on the other hand, borrows a number of idioms from the Greek, such as vulgus amat fieri: Such things as the people love to see done. Not found in Sallust's extant works. But cp. Jug. 34: ira amat fieri. the same is true of Horace, who strongly approves of the practice. Compare his nec ciceris net longae invidit avenae. Sat. II. vi. 83. Nor grudged him vetches nor the long-eared oat. The gen. of respect is regarded as a Graecism. Virgil Aen. i. 67. He sails the Tyrrhene deep. The internal ace. after the intrans. navigat is treated as a Graecism, as is ace. of part concerned after saucius. does the same in phrases such as Tyrrhenum navigat aequor or saucius pectus ( wounded at heart ), an idiom which has now become familiar in the public gazette.
