Chapter VIII
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CHAPTER VIII.
domi meae: would domi with other adjectives be allowable?
qui—essem=quippe qui—essem: “inasmuch as I was in great danger.”
quod—contineremur: when does quod take the indicative and when the subjunctive: H. 516, I., II.?
a vinculis: the state prison which was used to detain prisoners, not for penal imprisonment in opposition to (custodia libera) private custody.