[402] innuptae: virgin; the idea apparently is that the father conceives a passion for his son's promised bride, has him put out of the way upon the eve of the marriage, and proceeds to contract a practically incestuous union with her himself, uniting two unnatural crimes. And as the father sins with the daughter, so (v.403) the mother with the son.
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