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Elea (search for this): book 2, sectio P6
ingular of quispiam . exserere: < exsero , here "exert." imperabis: < impero ("command, give orders") is constructed with accusative of the command and dative of the one commanded. sibi: with cohaerentem ; where the subject of the sentence is in the second person, the reflexive points to the nearest noun. adacturum (sc. esse ) : < adigo , "compel" governs ut -clause to follow. The "free man" was Zeno of Elea (see on 1P3.9). adversum se: i.e., adversum tyrannum . proderet: < prodo , "betray." momordit: < mordeo , "bite." cruciatus: "tortures," accusative plural. virtutis: sc. materiam . possit . . . possit: Bear in mind that possum has the same root as potentia and potestas . sustinere: here, "suffer." Busiridem: < Busiris , king of Egypt; his story was told in Herodotus 2.45 and oft
Carthage (Tunisia) (search for this): book 2, sectio P6
< soleo , "be accustomed"; since soleo is semi-deponent, the perfect participle is active in meaning. Regulus: Roman hero of the first Punic war (264-241 B.C.); captured by the Carthaginians, he was released to report (ignominious) peace terms back to Rome, under oath to return if his mission failed. At Rome, he argued eloquently against the proposed treaty and when it was rejected returned honorably to Carthage, where he was put to (gruesome) death. plures: literally "more," but here there is no comparative force: "many." victorum: < victor . potest: sc. facere . ne . . . valeat: substantive clause of result after efficere ("to bring it about"). Ad haec: see on 2P4.26. pessimis: dative with provenirent , "come to." adversa: "opposites" (subject of solent ). sociari, natura: connective omitted (asyndeton); En
Egypt (Egypt) (search for this): book 2, sectio P6
to follow. The "free man" was Zeno of Elea (see on 1P3.9). adversum se: i.e., adversum tyrannum . proderet: < prodo , "betray." momordit: < mordeo , "bite." cruciatus: "tortures," accusative plural. virtutis: sc. materiam . possit . . . possit: Bear in mind that possum has the same root as potentia and potestas . sustinere: here, "suffer." Busiridem: < Busiris , king of Egypt; his story was told in Herodotus 2.45 and often elsewhere. solitum: < soleo , "be accustomed"; since soleo is semi-deponent, the perfect participle is active in meaning. Regulus: Roman hero of the first Punic war (264-241 B.C.); captured by the Carthaginians, he was released to report (ignominious) peace terms back to Rome, under oath to return if his mission failed. At Rome, he argued eloquently against t
264 BC - 241 BC (search for this): book 2, sectio P6
possit . . . possit: Bear in mind that possum has the same root as potentia and potestas . sustinere: here, "suffer." Busiridem: < Busiris , king of Egypt; his story was told in Herodotus 2.45 and often elsewhere. solitum: < soleo , "be accustomed"; since soleo is semi-deponent, the perfect participle is active in meaning. Regulus: Roman hero of the first Punic war (264-241 B.C.); captured by the Carthaginians, he was released to report (ignominious) peace terms back to Rome, under oath to return if his mission failed. At Rome, he argued eloquently against the proposed treaty and when it was rejected returned honorably to Carthage, where he was put to (gruesome) death. plures: literally "more," but here there is no comparative force: "many." victorum: < victor . potest: sc. facer