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18.15. qualis esset, etc.: indir. quest. after cognoscerent.natura, character.qualisascensus: i.e. what kind of an ascent there was at various points of its circuit. — qui cognoscerent§ 531. 2 (317. 2); B. 282. 2; G. 630; H. 589.ii (497. 1); H-B. 502. 2): the antecedent of qui is eos, quosdam, or some such word, to be supplied as object of misit, he sent men to ascertain. Such a relative may in Latin always imply its own antecedent, as in English the relatives whoever and what; cf. quiappellantur, 1 2and note.


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