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53.5.

circumiecta multitudine (abl. abs.) … moenibus (dat., § 370 (228); B. 187. iii; G. 347; H. 429. 2 (386. 2); H-B. 376), a host of men being thrown round all the walls. Here the English absolute construction is admissible, though usually to be avoided.


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