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45.8. instituto suo, according to his previous practice§ 418. a (253. N); B. 220. 3; G. 397; H. 475. 3 (416); H-B. 414). 45.11.

tum: note the emphasis. 45.13.

quaeoppugnaret: a purpose clause; cf. l. 3 above. 45.14.

pugnatum est: how translated ? Cf. note on 23 1. 45.19.

matres familiae: according to Tacitus (Ger. 8), it was not matrons only, but women as a class, or most of them, to whom this prophetic power was ascribed. 45.20.

sortibus: lots of leaves or twigs marked with certain signs and drawn by chance. — vaticinationibus: perhaps omens interpreted from the noise of waters, river eddies, etc., or possibly the mere prophetic impressions analogous to 'second sight.' — declararent: § 568 (332); B. 297. 1; G. 557; H. 571. 2 (501. i. 2); H-B. 521. 3. a. — utrumnecne: § 335 (211); B. 162. 4; G. 458; H. 380 (353); H-B. 234. a. 45.21.

non esse fas, it was not fated. 45.22.

novam lunam: a common superstition among semi-civilized peoples (cf. Tacitus, Ger. II); so the Spartans refused to advance to Marathon before the full moon.


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