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105.21.

adisset, etc.: the pluperf., represents the fut. perf. adierit of dir. disc. Observe in this sentence that while Caesar's action is given in the perf. (contendit), his reasons are in the imperf. (intellegebat, arbitrabatur); cf. note on 3 5. The conditional clauses si deficeret, si adisset, etc., are strictly fut. conditions carried into the past by the indir. disc.


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