[*] 60.14. locum idoneum: see chapter on military affairs, V. — deligant: cf. construction of dicerent, 50 15. — ex … Belgis: for part. gen. following complures, cf. 50 13, 53 12. [*] 60.15. dediticiis: i.e. the three states just subdued. [*] 60.16. unā, along （with him）. [*] 60.17. eorum dierum, during those days; see note on consili, 59 7. [*] 60.19. inter singulas legiones, between each two legions. — impedimentorum magnum numerum, a great number of baggage [-animals], i.e. a very long baggage-train. See chapter on military affairs, I. 6. [*] 60.20. neque, and that … not （or no）; notice that in Latin the connective has a strong attraction for the negative where our idiom separates them — negoti: part gen. ; cf. nihil vini, 59 23. [*] 60.21. cum … venissent … abessent: subjv., because subordinate clauses in the indir. disc.; the verbs refer to future time, and represent respectively the fut. perf. and the fut. indict of the dir. disc. [*] 60.22. hanc: i.e. the first legion. — sarcinis: see chapter on military affairs, IV. e, and Fig 14. — adoriri: subject of esse （l. 20）, quicquam being in the predicate. — quā pulsā … impedimentisque direptis （abl. abs. = protasis of a future condition）, if this should be routed, etc. [*] 60.23. futurum [esse]: apodosis of the condition. — ut … non auderent, subst . clause of result, subject of futurum [esse] （§ 569 (332. a); B. 297. 2; G. 553. 3 ; H. 571. 1 (501. 1); H-B. 521. 3. a）: the whole is little more than a roundabout way of expressing the fut. infin. （see § 569. a (147. c. 3); B. 270. 3; G. 248.2; H. 619. 2 (537. 3); H-B. 472. c）. — contra consistere, to withstand their attack. [*] 60.24. adiuvabat: the subject is the subst. clause quod Nervii … effecerant, the advice of those who reported the matter was REENFORCED by the fact that the Nervii, etc. Notice the emphatic position of adiuvabat, which may be expressed in English by using the pass. as above. [*] 60.25. antiquitus: adv ; the use of the hedges described below was an immemorial custom, and they are still, it is said, common in this region. Traces of such about 400 years oId still exist in England. — cum: causal. [*] 60.26. nihil （adv. acc. ） possent, had no strength. — neque enim, and in fact … not. — ad hoc tempus: opp. to antiquitus. — rei: cf. construction of imperiis, 49 11. [*] 60.27. quicquid （cf. nihil above） possunt, etc., all the strength they have is in infantry. — quo facilius … impedirent, in order to check the more easily; quo is the regular conj. introducing a purpose clause which contains a comparative （§ 531. a (317. b); B. 282. 1. a; G. 545. 2; H. 568 (497. ii); H-B. 502. 2. b）.
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| Figure 120. General view of siege operations. |
