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142.17. neque noctem neque diem intermittit: Ambiorix marched only one night and one day. More than that would have been expressed by nocturnis diurnisque itineribus; cf. 33 16. 142.19.

in Nervios: see introductory note to Bk. ii. and note on 68 18. 142.23.

nihil esse negoti, that it was a matter of no difficulty. — oppressaminterfici: render by two verbs, to be surprised and slain§ 496. N. 2 (292. R.); B. 337. 2; G. 664. R. 1; H. 639 (549. 5); H-B. 604. 1).


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    • A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, G. L. Kittredge, J. B. Greenough, Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar, 496
    • Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, 664
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