[28] viri … parentes: i.e. marriage-contracts arranged by husbands on the one side and parents on the other. viri is used by anticipation as in v. 65 genero; cf. also 64.328 “maritis” . With the change of form of the repeated tense for metrical reasons and for variety cf.
;“ verum haec ludus ibi susque omnia deque fuerunt,
susque haec deque fuere inquam, omnia, ludu' iocusque
”Lucil. 3.11 Müll.ff.
; Lucr. 6.2-5. “dididĕrunt, recreavērunt, rogarunt, dedĕrunt, genuēre.”“ illum etiam lauri, etiam flevere myricae,
pinifer illum etiam sola sub rupe iacentem
Maenalus et gelidi fleverunt saxa Lycaei
”