39. #premitur ratione#: Comp. Verg., Aen., 6, 80: _fera corda domans
fingitque #premendo#_. --#vinci laborat# = _dum vincitur laborat_, _cum
labore vincitur_. '_Laborat_ shows that the pupil's mind co-operated
with his teacher' (Conington).
40. #artificem#: Passive, _arte factum_, 'artistic,' 'finished.' The
figure is of course taken from moulding in wax or clay. --#ducit
vultum#: Comp. _exigite ut teneros mores ceu pollice #ducat# | ut si
quis cera vultum facit_, Juv., 7, 237; only there the workman moulds,
here the material. Transl. 'take on,' 'assume,' as in Ov., Met., 1, 402:
_saxa #ducere# formam_ (Jahn). --#pollice#: The thumb is largely used in
moulding. See Juv., l.c., and Ov., Met., 10, 285; Stat., Achill., 1,
332, quoted by Jahn.
41. #etenim#: +kai gar+. See 3, 48. --#memini consumere#: See Prol., 2.
--#soles# = _dies_. The antithesis runs throughout. _Soles-- opus--
seria_ are opposed to _noctes-- requiem-- mensa_.
42. #primas noctes#: 'the early hours of the night.' --#epulis#: 'for
feasting.' Others, 'from feasting,' i.e., for study, 3, 54; 5, 62.
--#decerpere#: The expression is a cross between _carpe diem_ (Hor.,
Od., 1, 11, 8) and _partem solido demere de die_ (Hor., Od., 1, 1, 20).
_Decerpere_ is to pluck with resolute, eager hand.
43. #unum opus et requiem# = _unum opus et (unam) requiem_ (Jahn).
Casaubon comp. Verg., Georg., 4, 184.