Note 8 — URBIS RŌMAE VIRĪ INLŪSTRĒS Complete text as printed

30.8 Cf. p. 3, n. 4.

30.9 patrī . . . esse: ‘that a day had been set against his father (for trial),’ i.e. ‘that his father had been summoned to appear for trial.’ Among the charges against the elder Manlius was that of cruelty to his son. patrī is a dat. of disadvantage.

30.10 cēpit . . . laudābile: ‘he formed a plan (which, though it gave token) of a rough and uncouth temper (was) nevertheless commendable by reason of the filial devotion (which it showed).’ For quidem . . . sed, cf. p. 10, n. 10. animī is a genitive of quality or description with cōnsilium.

30.11 ad Pompōnium = ‘to (the house of) Pomponius.’

30.12 = a temporal clause: ‘when he had been ushered in.’

30.13 For the mood, cf. p. 29, n. 16.

31.1 quīppe quī: ‘since indeed he,’ etc. quī = cum is (cf. p. 4, n. 3), and the relative clause has its verb in the subjunctive because it expresses a reason: H 592, 1 (517, 3, 1)): M 840: A 320, e, N. 1: G 633: B 283, 3, a.

31.2 dat. of advantage.

31.3 eō = ‘for this reason,’ explained by quod . . . āvertisset.

31.4 māiōrī fuit honōrī: ‘was all the more credit’; cf. p. 25, n. 6.

31.5 In the fifth century B.C. the Gauls left their homes in northwestern Europe, and, crossing the Alps, gained control of the fertile valley of the Po. Hence that part of the Italian peninsula was called Gallia Cisalpina. Thence they made raids into the lands to the south.

31.6 With tertium sc. ab urbe Rōmā. On all the roads leading from Rome milestones were set up to mark the distance from the gate in the Servian Wall (see map, p. xxviii), by which the road issued from the capital.

31.7 Sc. duōrum exercituum, i.e. ‘between the two armies.’

31.8 quam . . . potuit: cf. p. 26, n. 10.

31.9 subjunctive of exhortation or command: H 559, 1 (484, II): M 713: A 266: G 263, 3: B 274.

31.10 Iniussū tuō: ‘without your consent.’

31.11 subjunctive in an ideal condition: H 576 (509): M 936: A 307, b: G 596: B 303.

31.12 In 388 B.C. the Gauls had captured and destroyed all of Rome save the Capitol, which was commanded by M. Manlius, the father of Titus. He was aroused one night by the cackling of the sacred geese, to find that the Gauls had climbed by a secret path, and had almost effected an entrance. He awoke the garrison, hurled the foremost Gauls back upon their companions, and thus saved the Capitol.

32.1 macte virtūte . . . estō: lit., ‘be glorified in (respect of) your valor.’ The phrase is in part an expression of commendation, like our ‘bravo!’ in part a prayer, like ‘success attend thee!’

32.2 A straight, two-edged sword, not more than two feet long, used for thrusting rather than for striking. The Gallic sword was long and without point.

32.3 = cingit sē, i.e. ‘girds himself,’ not ‘is girded.’

32.4 ‘nearer,’ i.e. hand to hand.

32.5 cōnsistō. What tense?

32.6 ūnō alterōque īctū: ‘with one stroke after the other’; i.e. he killed him with two quick blows.

32.7 Sc. eī, and render ‘from him as he lay (dead).’ See p. 17, n. 4.

32.8 respergō.

32.9 What case?

32.10 In its compounds, dare more often = ‘to put’ than ‘to give.’

32.11 pavor cum admīrātiōne = pavor et admīrātiō; cf. mentēs cum oculīs, II, 12.

32.12 nē quis . . . pūgnāret: ‘that no one should fight.’ For the subjunctive, see p. 9, n. 6.

32.13 Subject of accessisset. For its position, see p. 19, n. 7.

32.14 āgnōscō.

32.15 dētrēctandī . . . pudor: ‘his unwillingness to decline the fight.’ A literal translation would be impossible. Pudor implies that he was ashamed to decline lest his refusal should be attributed to cowardice.

33.1 oblivīscor.

33.2 dependent on oblītus: H 454 (406, II): M 588: A 219, 1: G 376: B 206, 1.

33.3 excussum trānsfīxit: cf. p. 2, n. 8.

33.4 oportet restituās: ‘it is fitting that you restore.’ Oportet is construed either with the infinitive or with the subjunctive of result with ut omitted.

33.5 Why abl.?

33.6 in posterum (cf. p. 4, n. 9) = ‘for the future.’

33.7 Imperative of eō.

33.8 Cf. Stābant ad pālum dēligāti, IX, 21.

33.9 ērumpō.

33.10 omnī . . . vītā: ‘throughout his whole subsequent life.’ In this sense the simple acc., or the acc. with per is far more common. deinde, standing between an adj. and a noun, may be rendered by an adj.: cf. p. 10, n. 14.

33.11 in . . . abeat: ‘passes over into,’ ‘degenerates into.’

33.12 fuit . . . sed: we would say, ‘was, to be sure, . . . but, after all,’ i.e. ‘although he was . . . yet.’ In this sense quidem . . . sed is commonly used: cf. p. 10, n. 10.

33.13 H 426 (385, I): M 531: A 227: G 346: B 187, II.

33.14 Cf. p. 3, n. 6.

33.15 Sc. mīlitī, and join with dedit.

33.16 Sc. commīlitōnem.

33.17 Sc. esse.

34.1 praefor.

34.2 H 426 (385): M 531: A 227: G 346: B 187, II.

34.3 Join with propriam. Proprius, like similis, is construed with both the gen. and the dat.

34.4 dependent on ostendit, l. 81.

34.5 supine of conqueror, expressing purpose. Cf. p. 5, n. 20.

34.6 ‘when praetor,’ or ‘during his praetorship.’

34.7 Many, indeed most, governors of provinces enriched themselves by extortion.

34.8 See Vocab., cōnscrīptus.

34.9 summae . . . perītissimō: these words contain the reasons why Id . . . concessum est.

34.10 percellō.

34.11 lūcem . . . sustinuit: ‘he refused to live longer.’ How literally?

34.12 The context must determine whether proximā nocte = ‘the next night’ or ‘last night.’

34.13 pergō.

34.14 ‘role.’ This meaning of partēs is borrowed from the theater.

34.15 nē . . . quidem is a very strong negative, and generally emphasizes some word or phrase placed between the nē and the quidem.