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172.22. iter: acc. of extent; cf. 98 3.—expedito (dat.): i.e. to a man unencumbered with baggage.—nonnoverunt: i.e. the Germans who live there. So at the present day, in the mountain regions of Germany and Switzerland, distance is measured by "hours" (stunden) instead of miles. 172.24.

Nemetum, etc.: along the middle course of the Rhine, where it flows northward from Bâle.—recta regione: i.e. parallel. 172.25.

Dacorum, etc.: occupying the eastern and western portions of Hungary. 172.26.

sinistrorsus: in reality it is the river which leaves the course of the forest or highland, bending abruptly to the right, or southward. 173.1.

huius: that familiar to the Romans, viz. western. 173.2.

[aut audisse]: may be omitted in translation.—initium: as we should say the end, eastward, where it is lost in the Carpathian range. Its extent, in a direct line, is stated as 1600 miles. 173.3.

processerit: subjv. as an intermediate clause in inc. disc. for perf. indict 173.4.

acceperit: subjv. of characteristic. 173.5.

quae, such as, followed by the subjv. of characteristic. 173.6.

differant: subjv. of characteristic.


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