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120.15. Dumnorix: as it appears, he had been kept four years under strict surveillance (18 11). 120.19.

accedebat huc quod, to this was added the fact that; cf. 84 2 for a different construction after accedebat. 120.20.

deferri: the present expresses the action as in process of completion, i.e. that Caesar was making arrangements, or intended, or the like. 120.21.

neque, and yet not , a very common force of the word ; cf. note on 80 11. 120.25.

timeret, diceret: cf. possent, 119 12. 120.26.

religionibus, scruples, perhaps in regard to leaving the country or crossing the sea; among superstitious peoples such ideas are common. 121.2.

territare: histor. infin.; see 13 18 and note. 121.3.

esse: depending on a verb of saying implied in metu territare. —fieri ut, etc., it was coming to pass that, etc.; or may be translated, that Gaul was, etc., compressing the two clauses into one. 121.6.

interponere: same constr. as sollicitare. — ex usu, to the advantage. 121.7.

intellexissent: here represents the fut. perf. of dir. disc. 121.8.

deferebantur: note the force of the tense.


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