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seciltI una. 1 iter facerent, qutdam ex hts, ut postea. ex captIvIs eognitum est, eorum 2 dierum eonsuetudine itineris ' nostrI exercitils perspecta, nocte ad N ervios pervenerunt atque his demonstrarunt, inter singulas legiones impedtmentorum magnum 3 numerum intercedere,' neque 4 esse II quicquam uegott, cum prIma legio in castra 6 venisset 1 reliquaeque legiones magnum spatium abessent, hanc sub sarcints 8 adorlrt ; qua 9 pulsa impedtmenttsque dtreptts, futurum," ut reliquae 11 contra 12 consistere non auderent . . Adjuvilbat 13 etiam eorum consilium quI rem deferebant,10 quod N ervil anttq uitus, cum 14 equitatn nihil 14 possent (neque enim 16 ad hoc tempus eI reI11 student, sed, quicquid possunt, pedestribus valent copits), quo 18 facilius fInitimorum equitatum, sl praedandI causa. ad eos venissent,t9 impedlrent, tenerIs arboribus 110 incIsIs atque InflexIs crebrYsque 111 1 una: the adverb. 2 eorum dierum consuetudine, etc.: h'J.ving noticed the customary march of our army during those days; con8uetudine Is limited by dierum and itineris, while itinerls is further limited by e:l:ercitU8. 8 magnum numerum: a l(trge amount. 4 intercedere; i.e. was placed between. 6 neque esse quicquam negoti: and there wa, no diJIicully; quicquam Is predicate accusative with esse, the subject of e8se being adoriri In line 8, below; negoti is Genitive of the Whole. 6 in oaatra: the Romans regularly constructed a fortified camp when they came to
the end of the day's march, 7 venia set, abessent: corresponding respectively to the future perfect and future of direct statement. 8 sub sarcinis: i.e. carrying the heavy packs of rations, tools, and cooking utensils regularly borne by every soldier. 9 qua pulsa, ete.: the Ablatives Absolute here denote means, - by routinrl this, etc. 10 futurum ut non auderent: equivalent to non ausuras esse , literally, it would be (happen) that they would not dare .. ut non auderent is a Substantive Clause of Result, the subject of futurum (esse). 1l reliquae: namely, legiones. 12 contra: the adverb. 18 adjuvabat etiam eorum consilium, etc.: a thin.q that also supported the advice of these was the fact that, etc.; literally, it 8upported their advice that the Nervii, etc.; (tdjuvabat Is emphatic, and hence heads the sentence. 14 cum: here causal. 15 nihil: for the accusative, see note on p. 217, line 12. 16 neque enim: nor indeed; enim did not originally mean for, but nou), indeed. This meaning has for the most part disappeared In classical Latin, but survives in a few phrases like neque enim, 8ed enim, etc. H ei r81: i.e. cavalry forces;'for the dative, see 306, 2. 18quo impedirent: In purpose clanses quo is regularly used, if there Is a comparative in the sentence. 19veDi8sent: Subjunctive by Attraction. lIlarboribus iDoiBia,