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50.26. ab his: i.e. of the envoys （§ 396. a (239. c. N. 1); B. p. 126, top; G. 339. R. 1; H. 411. 4 (374. N. 4); H-B. 393. c）. — quae … essent: indir. quest. （§ 573 (334); B. 300. 1; G. 460; H. 649.ii (529); H-B. 537. b）. 50.27a.

quid … possent, what strength they had in war; quid is cognate acc. with adv. force （§ 390. c and d. N. 2 (240. a); B. 176. 3; G. 334; H. 409. 1, 416. 2 (371. ii. (2), 378. 2); cf. H-B. 387. iii）. — sic, as follows. — reperiebat: for force of the tense cf. adferebantur, 49 2; and note. Observe that the rest of the chapter is in indir. disc., except the words Remi dicebant, 51 8. — plerosque, etc.: Direct —

Plerique Belgae sunt orti ab Germanis, Rhenumque … traducti propter loci fertilitatem ibi consederunt, Gallosque qui ea loca incolebant expulerunt, solique sunt qui patrum nostrorum memoria, … Teutonos Cimbrosque intra suos finis ingredi prohibuerint; qua ex re fit uti … magnam sibi auctoritatem … sumant. De numero eorum omnia （nos） habemus explorata … propterea quod propinquitatibus … coniuncti, quantam quisque multitudinem … ad id bellum pollicitus sit cognovimus. Plurimum inter eos Bellovaci … valent; hi possunt conficere armata milia centum, polliciti ex eo numero electa milia sexaginta, totiusque belli imperium sibi postulant. Suessiones nostri sunt finitimi; finis latissimos feracissimosque agros possident. Apud eos fuit rex nostra etiam memoria Diviciacus, toituis Galliae potentissimus, qui cum magnae partis harum regionum tun etiam Britanniae imperium obtinuit; nunc est rex Galba; ad hunc … summa totius belli … defertur; oppida habent numero XII, pollicentur milia armata quinquaginta; totidem Nervii, qui maxime feri inter ipsos habentur, longissimeque absunt; quindecim milia Atrebates, （likewise） Ambiani, Morini, etc … . Condrusos, Eburones, etc … . qui … Germani appelantur arbitramur （conficere posse or polliceri） ad XL milia. 50.27b.

plerosque, most of （§ 293 (193); B. 241. 1; H. 497. 4 (440. N. 2); H-B. 244）; see the end of the chapter, and compare, regarding the Nervii, Tacitus, （Germania, 28）. The Belgians were, no doubt, chiefly of Celtic blood; but possibly they considered the Germans a more proud and heroic ancestry. 51.1.

ab Germanis: abl. of source （§ 403. a. N. 1 (244. a. R.); B. 215. 2; G. 395; H. 469. 1 (415. ii. N); H-B. 413. b.）. — Rhenum: acc. governed by trans in traductos （§ 393. b (239. b); B. 179. 1; G. 331; H. 413 (376. N).; H-B. 386. a）. 51.2.

traductos: participle agreeing with Belgas. — propter fertilitatem: construe with consedisse. 51.4.

qui … prohibuerint: ref. clause of characteristic with solos （§ 535. b (320. b); B. 283. 2; G. 631. 2; H. 591. 5 (503. ii. 1); H-B. 521. 1. a and ftn. 1.）. Note the retention of the perfect tense contrary to tense sequence, and cf. ut . . potuerint, 50 22, and note. — memoriā: cf. diebus, 50 11. — Teutonos, etc.: cf. 35 5. 51.5.

ingredi: the subjv. might have been used （see § 457 (271. a); B. 295. 1; G. 532. R. 1; H. 596. 2 (505. II. 1, 2); H-B. 587 and a.）. — qua ex re, in consequence of which （fact）; abl. of cause （§ 404 (245); B. 219; G. 408. N. 7; H. 475. 4 (416. 1); H-B. 444. b）. 51.6.

fieri uti, it was coming to be the case that: the subject of fieri is the clause uti … sumerent （§ 569 (332. a); B. 297. 2; G. 553. 3; H. 571. 1 (501. i. 1); cf. H-B. 521. 3. a.）. — memoria: abl. of cause. — sibi: § 376 (235); B. 188. 1. N.; G. 352; H. 425. 2 (384. ii. 1, 2); H-B. 366. 51.7.

de numero, etc.: the rest of the chap. depends on Remi dicebant. 51.8.

se habere explorata, had found out all about （de）, etc.: habere explorata differs but little in sense from explorasse （§ 497. b (292. c); B. 337. 6; G. 238; H. 431. 3 (388. 1. N); H-B. 605. 5 and a.）; in construction explorata agrees with omnia, which is obj. of habere. See note on compertum habere, 40 20. 51.9.

propinquitatibus, ties of blood. — adfinitatibus, alliances by marriage. 51.10.

quantam quisque … pollicitus sit: indir. quest., object of cognoverint; cf. 50 26. 51.11.

cognoverint: the primary tense is used in violation of the sequence of tenses. The statement is made more vivid by putting it in the same tense that was used by the speakers. They said, cognovimus, we know （lit. have found out）. The perfect is very often retained in indir. discourse. 51.12.

virtute, etc.: abl. of specification. 51.13.

armata milia centum = armatorum hominum milia centum. As here expressed, milia is the noun with which the adj. armata agrees （§ 134. d (94. e); B. 80. 5; G. 293; H. 168 (178); H-B. 131. 3）. 51.14.

electa, choice troops, picked men. 51.15.

sibi: dat. of reference; cf. sibi, l. 6 above; it refers to the Bellovaci. — suos, their own （i.e; of the Remi）; notice that the reflexive regularly refers back to the speaker. See note on cum ipsis, 50 24. 51.16.

possidere: sc. eos, i.e. the Suessiones. — fuisse … esse: notice the difference of time; fuisse （in the dir. disc. fuit） refers to time past, esse （dir. est）, to time present, with respect to the verb of saying （dicebant, l. 8）. — regem: showing that royal power had not yet been overthrown among the Belgians. 51.18.

cum … tum, not only … but also. 51.19.

Britanniae: the first mention of Britain by a Roman author. — obtinuerit, had held; in the dir. obtinuit, held. For tense, cf. note on cognoverint, line 11 above. 51.20.

summam: subject of deferri. 51.21.

voluntate: abl. of manner （§ 412. b and N. (248. R.); B. 220. 2; G. 399; H. 474. 1 (419. iii. N. 2); H-B. 445. 1）. — habere: the subject must be supplied from Suessiones, above. — numero: abl. of specif.; cf. 51 12. 51.22.

Nervios, etc. （see map, Fig. 26）: the names of several of these tribes are found in the modern towns, as: Atrebates, Arras; Ambiani, Amiens; Caleti, Calais; Viromandui, Vermandois; Condrusi, Condroz. 52.1.

feri: pred. after habeantur, are regarded. 52.5.

Condrusos, etc.: subjects of polliceri or conficere posse understood. — qui . . appellantur: the indic. shows that this is an explanatory note added by Caesar, and not a part of the indir. disc., while qui … habeantur above, on the other hand, is a remark made by the Remi, as is shown by the subjunctive. 52.6.

Germani: this name seems to belong especially to the four lastnamed （Condrusi, Eburones, etc.）. — arbitrari: in dir. arbitramur; in translation we may say they thought, parenthetically, as in the English usage in indir. disc.


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