ut . . . videatur: § 569, 2 (332, a, 2); B. 297, 2; G. 553, 4; H. 571, 2 (501, 2); H.-B. 521, 3, a. auctoritate et sententia , i.e. the weight which one must attach to the opinion of so great a man as Catulus (a kind of hendiadys). cum . . . quaereret: cf. cum . . . dixistis, just below; § 546, N.3 (323); G. 579; H. 600, ii, I (521; ii, 2); H-B. 524 and c. si . . . poneretis: fut. protasis; the apod. is the compound sentence si . . . factum esset, in quo spem essetis habituri, which itself consists of a fut. prot. and apod.; § 523 (31r, d); H-B. 582, 4. The tenses depend for their sequence on the perf. cepit. si . . . esset, if anything should happen to him (a common euphemism then as now). eo: § 403, c (244, d); B. 218,6; G.401, N.7; H. 474,3 (415, iii, N.1); H.-B. 423, b. essetis habituri: indir. quest.; for use of periphrastic form, see § 575, a (334, a); B. 269,3; G. 515; H. 649, ii, I (529 , ii,4); H-B. 537, d, I. quominus. . .hoc magis: § 414,a(250,R.); B.223; G.403; H. 479 (423); H.-B. 424.
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