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145.16. ferventisglandis, red-hot balls of clay. 145.18.

casas: the huts of the encampment, thatched with straw. 145.20.

distulerunt: sc. ignem. 145.21.

clamore: see 142 4. 145.26.

non modo, etc.: needs a 'pulpit' paraphrase, which, after all, would be, like many, less forcible than the original. It is a masterly bit of compressed expression. Omit the bracketed words. 146.2.

pugnarent: same construction as respiceret and decederet. 146.5.

ut, etc.: this use of ut, as, is almost precisely parallel to the English causal as, inasmuch as. In fact, the expressions have really the same origin. milestone unit="smythp" id ="s146.6" n="146.6"/>

intermissa, etc.: while the flames were raging, such exploits of attack and defence were of course impossible. 146.7.

turri: this advance of a tower was quite in the manner of Roman attack. 146.10.

vellent: implied indir. disc.; in their words, sivultis, cf. 121 24, (§ 592. 2 (341. c); B. 323; G. 662; H. 652 (529. ii); H-B. 536. a). 146.11.

deturbati: i.e. the enemy.


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