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cuniculi: the Spanish rabbit described by Martial in Mart. 13.60; cf. also Varr. R. R. 3.12.6tertii generis est, quod in Hispania nascitur, similis nostro lepori ex quadam parte, sed humilis, quem cuniculum appellant. … cuniculi dicti ab eo, quod sub terra cuniculos ipsi facere solent, ubi lateant in agris” ; Plin. N. H. 8.217. Catullus had doubtless been instructed in Spanish matters by Veranius (cf. Catul. 9.6-7).


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