E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poem 61, line 166

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[166] transfer: apparently addressed to the bride, who here steps over (not upon) the threshold, instead of being lifted across it; cf.

“ i, sensim superattolle limen pedes, nova nupta;
sospes iter incipe hoc ut viro tuo
semper sis superstes,
ut potior sis pollentia, victrixque sis,
superetque tuum imperium.

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Pl. Cas. 767ff.

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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