[312] supinis: the hand is turned palm upward as the fingers draw the filaments from the elevated distaff, but palm downward (prono pollice) as they grasp the hanging thread near the spindle and set it twirling; cf. Tib. 2.1.64 “fusus apposito pollice versat opus” ; Ov. Met. 6.22 “levi teretem versabat pollice fusum” .
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