Adkin, Neil2021-06-282021-06-282020-07-08Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 51 (2015) , 43–580418-453Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317253The undis -acrostic that has recently been discovered in Eclogue IX 34-38 has proved problematic. The present article argues that the acrostic’s point is the etymology of litus as the place where these “waves” do not “play” (39: ludus ), but “strike” (43: feriant for synonymous but exceedingly scarce lidant ). This acrostic is accordingly hot-potato politics, since it pertains to the land confiscations round Virgil’s “wave”-begirt Mantua. The poet also provides endorsement in the form of an unidentified onomastic.application/pdfacrosticetymologyland-confiscationlitusonomasticfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum DebreceniensisActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis51Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.2732-3390