Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Further proof of Professor Kenney's assertion that in the case of prodelided <jats:italic>est</jats:italic> the syncopated form was written by Ovid as well as spoken (<jats:italic>CQ</jats:italic> 36 [1986], 524) is provided by <jats:italic>Metamorphoses</jats:italic> 15.426ff.</jats:p>