Note 776 — Chapter XIX
E. J. (Edward James) Chinnock translation
Cf. Curtius (ix. 35, 36); Cæsar (Bell. Gall. iv. 29). τὰ σκάφη ἐμετεωρίζοντο. Arrian does not comply with the Attic rule, that the plural neuter should take a verb in the singular. Compare ii. 20, 8; v. 17, 6 and 7; etc.