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