Pro S. Roscio Amerino
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CH. XIII.] NOTES. 85<br />
the indicative, instead of in the imperfect or pluperfect subjunctive,<br />
since these verbs convey by their meaning a potential force. Here<br />
cogehant (instead of the regular coijerent) follows the analogy of mori<br />
debtbat.<br />
25. qui in crimen vocetur " : who is called to answer the charge."<br />
vocettir : subjunctive in consecutive relative clause.<br />
26. immanem naturam " : the nature of a brute," as opposed to<br />
that of a man.<br />
27. ad pemiciem profligata et perdita " : reduced to an irretrievable<br />
condition of depravity," or " abandoned to depravity and<br />
lost." Pemicies here seems to have the unusual meaning of<br />
"depravity." It generally means " ruin."<br />
29. ne obiciendi quidem causa " : not even with the view of casting<br />
unproven taunts at him."<br />
XIV., §§ 39-41. Argument.—Even his accusers acquit him of<br />
being cme practised in murder, or of luxurious habits, or deeply in<br />
debt, or of an avaricious disposition. They say he did not please his<br />
faiher; but as the son had no vices, the father had no cause for<br />
displeasure.<br />
Ch. XIV.— 1. qui : = qualis.<br />
2. nequam : "good-for-nothing."<br />
3. annos natus maior quadraginta : since natus is not itself<br />
capable of comparison, natus maior is used instead, and the number<br />
of years is either placed in the ablative, or left unchanged in the<br />
accusative of " time throughout which " with Tvxtus (as here).<br />
6. nimirum : ironical, " of course." aeris alieni : lit. " another<br />
person's money," i.e. "debt."<br />
8. in convivio . . . interfuisse : interesse ("to be present at") is<br />
commonly used with the dative.<br />
9. nihil . . . debuit : "he owed no money," with reference to<br />
aeris alieni midtitudo above (line 6).<br />
11. habitarit . . . vixerit : subjunctives in consecutive relative<br />
13. tantum istiun furorem . . . obiecit : " dazzled hira with such<br />
frenzy as that," "caused him to be infatuated with sueh frenzy<br />
as that."<br />
15. eam quoque : i.e. as well as the cause which led him to kill<br />
his father.<br />
16. iustam : " valid," "well-grounded."<br />
19. odio : predicative dative, which is accompanied by the dative<br />
of indirect object parenti, the two forming a " double dative."<br />
20. eodem : "tothesamepoint,"{.e. toaconsiderationof theson'3<br />
personal character, for it was by reference to this alone that the<br />
statement patri non placebat could be proved.<br />
21. is : emphatic ; " that one," " he above all."<br />
22. displiceret: in "sub-dependent" clauses, i.e. thosedepending<br />
on a subjunctive dependent clause, the sequence of tenses is so far