[*] 4.4. ea res, this （i.e. the conspiracy）. The word res is constantly used in Latin where we use some more specific word in English, as action, fact, event, estate, etc., according to the passage. The conduct of Orgetorix was treated as criminal because, though the Helvetians were prepared to emigrate in a body and subdue the rest of Gaul, they would not give to Orgetorix the power thus acquired. — moribus suis, according to their custom （abl. of spec. § 418. a and N (253. N.); B. 220. 3; G. 397; H. 475. 3 (416); H-B. 441, cf. 414 and a.）. [*] 4.5. ex vinculis, out of chains, i.e. （standing） in chains; a Latin idiom; cf. ex equo, on horseback. — causam dicere: a technical expression for being brought to trial. — damnatum （sc. eum, object of sequi）, if condemned = si damnatus esset. The Latin may almost always omit a pronoun of reference, if there is a participle or adjective to show what its form would be if expressed. （In this sentence the subject of oportebat is the clause damnatum … sequi; the subject of sequi is poenam; and ut … cremaretur is in apposition with poenam, defining the punishment;§ 562. 1, 571. c (329. 2, 332. f); B. 294, cf. 297. 3 G. 557; H. 571. 4 (501. iii); H-B. 502. 3. a. N）. Translate, he was doomed, if condemned, to be burned by fire; lit. it must needs be that the penalty should overtake him condemned of being burned with fire. （For the abl. in i, see § 76. b. 1 (57. b. 1); B. 38; G. 57. 2; H. 102. 4 (62. iv); H-B. 88. 2. c. This form is often used by Caesar and earlier writers.） [*] 4.7. die constituta, on the day appointed （§ 423 (256); B. 230; G. 393; H. 486 (429); H-B. 439）: for the gender of die, see § 97 (30. a, 73); B. 53; G. 64; H. 135 (123).; H-B. 101 — causae dictionis, for the trial （it would be more usual to say dicendae）; dictionis depends on die, and causae is the objective gen. after dictionis. [*] 4.8. familiam, clansmen: by Roman use this would mean slaves; but it is more probable that it here means all who bore his name or regarded him as their chief. — ad （adv.） … decem milia （in apposition with familiam）,to [the number of] ten thousand. [*] 4.9. clientīs, retainers: volunteer or adopted followers. — obaeratos, debtors, the only class of slaves that seems to have been known in Gaul; see Bk. vi. ch. 13. [*] 4.10. eodem: an adverb. — per eos, by their means （§ 405. b (246. b); G. 401; H. 468. 3 (415. i. 1, N. 1); H-B. 380. d）. — ne … diceret: a purpose clause. [*] 4.12. cum … conaretur, when the state attempted. The force of the subjv. here cannot easily be made apparent in translation, and may be disregarded as too subtle for this stage of the pupil's advancement. It is perfectly manifest, however, and can be learned later. See § 546 (323); B. 288. 1. b; G. 585; H. 600, ii. 1 (521. II. 2); H-B. 524 [*] 4.15. quin … consciverit （conscisco）, that he decreed death to himself （his own death）, i.e. committed suicide. The construction of the clause is analagous to that with non dubito, etc.; see § 558 (319. d); B. 284. 3; G. 555. 2; H. 595. 1 (504. 3. 2.); H-B. 521. 3. b Observe that ipse, self, agrees in Latin rather with the subject; not, as in English, with the object.
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