[*] 180.1. Cicero: up to this time he had shown himself to be an unusually discreet and courageous officer. [*] 180.2. continuisset （concessive subjv.）, though he had, etc. [*] 180.4. vii = septimo.—de numero: construe with fidem servaturum. [*] 180.5. progressum: cf. profectum, 179 18. [*] 180.7. illius, etc., who called his quiet waiting a blockade. [*] 180.8. si quidem, since: with subjv., indicating the ground of their complaint. [*] 180.9. quo （following eius modi, of such sort that）, with posset as subjv. of result.—oppositis, had gone to meet the enemy; the abl. abs. expresses cause. [*] 180.10. in milibus passuum tribus: i.e. within three miles of his camp. [*] 180.11. offendi （impers.）, an attack could be made. [*] 180.12. quas inter: several prepositions sometimes follow their cases, especially those of two syllables. [*] 180.14. hoc spatio: i.e. since Caesar's departure. [*] 180.15. sub vexillo: here the vexillum was a little scarlet flag （quite distinct from the metal signum）, used by small bodies detached for some special service. The name vexillarii was given to the soldiers of such a corps; see chapter on military affairs, II, and Figs. 121, 128. [*] 180.16. calonum: i.e. officers' servants and grooms for the horses. These were slaves.—iumentorum: to bring in the expected supplies. [*] 180.17. subsederat, had remained behind when Caesar left.—facta potestate, obtaining leave.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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