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60.3. cumfecisset: for similar cum clauses, cf.49 1, 53 8, 53 10. — eorum: i.e. of the Nervii. — triduum: § 423 (256); B. 181; G. 336; H. 417 (379); H-B. 387. 60.4a.

Sabim flumen, etc.: Direct —

Sabis flumen a castrismilia passuum X abest; trans id flumen omnes Nervii consederunt adventumque Romanorum exspectant una cum Atrebatibus … (nam hispersuaserunt uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur); exspectantur etiam ab eis Aduatucorum copiae atque sunt in itinere; mulieres quiqueinutiles videbantur in eum locum coniecerunt, quo propter paludes exercitui aditus non esset. 60.4b.

Sabim§ 75. a. 1 (56 a. 1); B. 37; G. 57. R. 1; H. 102. 2 (62. ii. 2. (I)); H-B. 88. 1 ): the Sambre, which flows northeasterly into the Meuse (Mosa). The Nervii occupied the basin of this river and of the upper Scheldt. — non amplius milia, etc.: milia is acc. of extent, and is not affected in construction by amplius; cf a similar construction, 54 9, and see § 407. c (247. c); B. 217. 3; G. 296 R. 4; H. 471. 4 (417. i. N. 2); H-B. 416. d. 60.7.

Atrebatibus, etc.: small tribes to the south and west; modern Arras, Vermandois. — his: § 367 (227); B. 187. ii. a; G. 346; H. 426. 2 (385. ii); H-B. 362. i. 60.8.

experirentur: subst. clause of purpose; cf 59 10. 60.9.

exspectari: note throughout this indir. disc. the variation between pres. and perf. infin., according as the dir. disc. has the pres. or perf. indic. 60.10.

quique, and [those] who [not to be confounded with the plu. of quisque with the same form]; qui, as so often, implies its own antecedent, eos, the obj. of coniecisse. 60.11.

quo = in quem. 60.12.

esset: already in dir. disc. a ref. clause of characteristic (§ 535 (320); B. 283. 1; G. 631. 1; H. 591. 1 (503. 1); H-B. 521. 1); cf 51 4. The emphasis is shown in "to which on account of the MARSHES an army could not get access."


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