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173.26. uri: this name is generally understood to refer to the German Urochs (the primitive or wild ox, probably buffalo), said still to be found in the forests of Lithuania. Caesar evidently describes a very different animal, with spreading horns like those of a reindeer or moose; but the whole description must have been derived from a confused account. 174.6.

quae sint testimonio, to serve as evidence, a purpose clause. 174.7.

neexcepti, not even when caught quite young.


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