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[640] He refers to the giant Cacus.
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[645]Servus, "a slave," from servare, "to preserve."
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[655] Augustine's words are: "ἐπι, quippe 'super;' σκοπός, vero, 'intentio' est: επισκοπεῖν, si velimus, latine 'superintendere' possumus dicere."
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[661] Augustine here warns his readers against a possible misunderstanding of the Latin word for "alone" (soli), which might be rendered "the sun."
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[664] 1 Tim. ii. 2; var. reading, "purity."

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The City of God, Volume II, Project Gutenberg eBook #45305

SIXTH YEAR (to be ready in 1871). Transcriber's Notes: