[p. 307] or inanimate may be substituted for animate, as inAnd gave his fleet the rein,
Aen. vi. 1.
or animate for inanimate, as in the following lines:Did the Argive bulwark fall by sword or fate?
From an unknown tragedian.
The shepherd sits unknowing on the height
Listening the roar from some far mountain
brow.Aen. ii. 307.