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30.23. ut … mitteret: a purpose clause, subject of placuit. 30.24.

medium utriusque, between the two. 30.25.

conloquio （dat.）, for a conference. — velle, etc. depends on the idea of saying in postularent. Give the direct words of Caesar. 30.27a.

si quid, etc.: Direct —

Si quid mihi a Caesare opus esset, ego ad eum venissem; si quid ille me vult, illum ad me venire oportet. [The first condition is contrary to fact （§ 589. b (337. b); B. 321. b; G. 597. R. 4; H. 647 (527. iii); H-B. 581 and b. 1, and cf. 12 4）; the second is a simple present condition （§ 589. a. 1 (337. a. 1); B. 319. b; G. 595. R. 1; H. 646 (527. i); H-B. 536）.] Praeterea ego neque … in eas partīs … venire audeo quas Caesar possidet, neque exercitum … in unum locum contrahere possum. Mihi autem mirum videtur quid in mea Gallia, quam bello vici （vicerim）, aut Caesari aut omnino populo Romano negoti sit. 30.27b.

opus: § 411. b (243. e. R.); B. 218. 2. a; G. 406; H. 477. iii. N (414. iv. N. 4); H-B. 430. 2. a. — ipsi: dat. of poss. （§ 373 (231); B. 190; G. 349; H. 430 (387); H-B. 374）. Observe in this sentence that the reflexives ipse and se refer to Ariovistus （§ 298. e (195. k); B. 249. 3; G. 521. N. 3; H. 509. 5 (452. 5); H-B. 263. 1）, and the demonstratives is and ille to Caesar; cf. also note on 3 26. 31.1.

quid … se velit, wants anything of him （lit.wants him for anything）: a colloquial construction; see § 390. d (238. b); B. 176. 2; G. 333. R. 2; H. 416. 2 (378. 2); H-B. 397. 1. 31.5.

mirum quid … esset: a sort of indir. quest.;it seemed strange to him, i.e. he wondered, what business, etc. — in sua Gallia, in HIS [part of] Gaul. Notice the emphasis of sua. 31.7.

negoti: part. gen. with quid （§ 346. a. 3 (216. a. 3); B. 201. 2; G. 369; H. 442 (397. 3); H-B. 346）.


Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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