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‘Which is not hereafter allowed (οἵη; cf. i. 29. 2) to conceive again in its womb.’ The mother-cow was kept in a stall near the Apis stall (Strabo 807). The Egyptians thought the Apis was conceived ὅταν φῶς ἐρείσῃ γόνιμον ἀπὸ τῆς σελήνης καὶ καθάψηται βοὸς ὀργώσης (Plut. Mor. 718; cf. ib. 368).

κατίσχειν: intransitive; ‘comes down upon.’

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