Commentary Cons. Phil. Book 4 Metrum 4
Life is short: take pity on the wicked. Meter: Phalaecean hendecasyllable, alternating with elegiac pentameter.
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remoratur: < remoror, "hinder, delay."
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leo: here, the second syllable is short.
aper: here, the first syllable is long.
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idem: nominative plural, antecedent of quos.
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An: governs whole sentence.
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satis: adverb with iusta.
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Uis: < uolo.
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miseresce: imperative < miseresco, "have pity"; here governs dative.