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59.15. honoris Diviciaci … causa, out of respect for Diviciacus （lit. for the sake of honor）. — Diviciaci: obj. gen. （§ 348 (217); B. 200; G. 363. 2; H. 440. 2 (396. iii); H-B. 354）. — causā: abl. of cause （§ 404. c (245. c); B. 198. 1; G. 373, 408; H. 475. 2 (416. ftn. 2); H-B. 444. d, 339. d）; used almost like a preposition with the gen., and always following its noun, as here honoris. 59.16.

recepturum [esse]: the fut. act. infin. commonly omits esse, as here — quod erat: the indic. implies that this was the real reason, not merely one given by Caesar at the time （which would require quod esset） ; cf 49 12. 59.17.

magna auctoritate: cf. 53 11. — multitudine: cf. 51 12. 59.20.

Ambianorum: about Amiens, near the coast of the Channel. 59.21.

eorum finīs: notice the emphatic position. Their territories reach to the Nervii. — natura: i e what sort of people they were, like quales essent. 59.22.

reperiebat: cf note on 49 2. — nullum aditum, etc : Direct —

Nullus aditus est ad eos mercatoribus; nihil patiuntur vini … inferri, quod his rebus relanguescere animos … existimant; sunt homines feri magnaeque virtutis; increpitant atque incusant reliquos Belgas, qui se populo Romano dediderint patriamque virtutem proiecerint; confirmant sese neque legatos missuros neque ullam condicionem pacis accepturos. 59.23.

mercatoribus （dat of poss.; cf nulli, 53 10）, traders have. — pati （subj. eos understood）: the subj. acc. of the infin. in indir. disc. should regularly be expressed, but occasionally it is omitted when the sense is clear. Caesar is very free in this respect, because his work is only brief notes of his campaigns （commentarii）. — nihil … vini: § 346. a. 1 (216. a. 1); B. 201. 1; G. 369; H. 440. 5 (397. 1); H-B. 346. 59.25.

relanguescere: an inceptive verb （ending, -sco） （§ 263. 1 (167. a); B. 155. 1; G. 133. V. ; H. 277 (280); H-B. 212. 2）. — esse, that they are. 59.26.

magnae virtutis: § 345 (215); B. 203. 1; G. 365; H. 440. 3 (396. V).; H-B. 355. Note that the descriptive gen. has exactly the force of an adj., so that it is even connected with feros by a coördinate conj. （§ 223. a (154. a); B. 341; G. 474; H. 657 (554); H-B. 305. i）. 59.27.

Belgas: object. — qui … dedidissent … proiecissent, who [they said] had surrendered, etc. （§ 592. 3 (341. d); B. 323; G. 628; H. 649. 1 (528. 1); H-B. 535. 1. a）; cf also note on 32 21. 60.1.

patriam: an adj. 60.2.

missuros … accepturos: on the omission of esse, cf. note on 59 16. The subject of the infinitives is sese, which refers back to the omitted subject （eos） of confirmare.


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

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