Pro S. Roscio Amerino

CH. XXXIV.] NOTES. 107
the speed with which he delivered it, confirms the auspicion attaching
to those who received the news.
Ch. XxXlV.—1. sicut cetera: sc. vidimus; svfpply ea as antecedent
of qjiae.
2. facta sunt : note the indicative, " let us look at what was
done " in its trae significance ; facta aint (dependent question)
would mean simply "let us see what was done."
3. medius fidius : sc. iuvet. Dius ( = deus)_fidius was the " God
of good faith " ;
the phrase was a surname of Jupiter.
4. cuicuimodi es : " whatever kind of man you are " ; cuicuimodi is
either (1) a shortened form of the genitive cuiuscuiusmodi, used
regularly for the sake of euphony, the genitive being one of quality,
or (2) an old locative which has been confused with the dative.
7. possim : consecutive subjunctive in a relative sentence restricting
a general assertion (cupio . . . parcere).
8. mihi : possessive dative. oris tui : the genitive is the regular
objective genitive after a verb of remembering ; since venit mihi in
mentem is practically equivalent to reminiscor. oris : = impudentiae.
tene . . . depoposcisse : infinitive of exclamation, depending on a
verb which is vaguely understood (^M