ab hoc epigrammate coepit poetarum esse mentio diuque summa carminis penes Mopsum Thracem memorata est, donec Trimalchio 'rogo,' inquit 'magister, quid putas inter Ciceronem et Pub⟨li⟩lium interesse?
If I treat penes as the preposition 'belonging to' (and goes with Mopsum), and summa as the nt pl, and it forms a partitive genitive with carminis, I get: 'and for a long time the greatest part of the song/poem was said to belong to Mopsus of Thrace' - I'm not sure if this is right though.
If I treat penes as the preposition 'belonging to' (and goes with Mopsum), and summa as the nt pl, and it forms a partitive genitive with carminis, I get: 'and for a long time the greatest part of the song/poem was said to belong to Mopsus of Thrace' - I'm not sure if this is right though.