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17.18. ne quid gravius （a common euphemistic phrase）, no severe measures. Notice that gravius is an adj., modifying quid （anything）, a subst. — scire se, etc.: Direct —

Scio haec esse vera, nec quisquam ex eo plus quam ego doloris capit, propterea quod, cum ego gratia plurimum [possem] … ille minimum … posset, per me crevit; quibus opibus … paene ad perniciem meam utitur. Ego tamen et amore … commoveor. Quod si quid ei a te acciderit, cum ego hunc locum … apud te teneam （teneo）, nemo existimabit non mea voluntate factum. Qua ex re totius Galliae animi a me avertentur. 17.19.

plus doloris: except as an adv., this comparative is mostly used, as here, with the part. gen. 17.20.

ipse, se, suam, sese: all refer to Diviciacus; ille to Dumnorix, which is also the subject of crevisset and uteretur. 17.22.

opibus ac nervis = sinews of power, after uteretur （§ 410 (249); B. 218. 1; G. 407; H. 477 (421. 1); H-B. 429） 17.23.

gratiam, as well as perniciem, takes suam. 17.24.

amore fraterno （§ 348. a (217. a); B. 353. 5. b; H. 439. 3 (395. N. 2); H-B. 354. d）, love to his brother. 17.25.

si quid accidisset （a euphemism; cf. incommodi, 11 16, and note）: pluperf. representing fut. perf. indict （acciderit） of the direct by sequence of tenses; a future condition （§ 516. f (307. f); B. 319. b; G. 656, 657; H. 644. 2 (525. 2); H-B. 580. b. and N）. — ei: i.e. Dumnorix. 18.1.

futurum [esse] uti … averterentur, the hearts of all the Gauls would be turned from him.: periphrastic fut. infin. § 569. a (147. c. 3, 288. f); B. 115, 270. 3; G. 248; H. 619. 2 (537. 3); H-B. 472. c. Cf. 8 18. 18.4.

rogat [ut] … faciat: see § 565. a (331. f. R); G. 546. b. 2; H. 565. 4 (499. 2). 18.5.

tanti, of so great account （§ 417 (252. a); B. 203. 3; G. 380. i; H. 448. 4 (405); H-B. 356. 1）. 18.6.

eius … precibus, in deference to his wish and prayers. — condonet （subjv. of result）: this word means to give up a right to some one; here the just resentment of Caesar was given up to Diviciacus. 18.8.

reprehendat: why subjv. ? cf. 15 16. Note the same construction in the next clause. 18.10.

praeterita, things bygone, the past. 18.11.

custodes: i.e. spies.


Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.

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