Horace on indiscriminate fate

Horace reminds us that no fate surpasses any station we may hold in lifeAequa lege Necessitas sortitur insignis et imos.Necessity assigns according to a fair law, to the high and low born alike. aequa: with a fair; in the feminine singular ablativeLege: with a law; in the feminine singular ablativeTogether, aequa lege are an ablative of manner meaning ‘with a fair law’ or ‘according to a fair law’Necessitas: Necessity; personified as a force of fate, in the feminine singular nominativeSortitur: assigns or distributes; a deponent verb in the third person singular present indicativeInsignis: distinguished, noble or of high status; in the plural accusativeEt: andImos: lowest, most humble; in the plural accusative

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