[*] 55.4. nostrum: poss. pron. （poss. gen. could not be used; § 302. a (197. a); B. 243; G. 362. R. 1; H. 440. 1. N. 2 (396. ii. N); H-B. 339. a.）. [*] 55.5. hanc: i.e. paludem. — si … transirent, （to see） if our men would cross （§ 576. a (334. f); B. 300. 3; G. 460; H. 649. 3 (592. ii. I. N. 1); cf. H-B. 582. 2）. [*] 55.6. si … fieret, in case they should begin the passage （lit. a beginning of crossing should be made by them）: fut. condition （si … fiet）; here in the subjv. because part of the final clause ut … adgrederentur; cf. note on esset, l. 1. [*] 55.7. adgrederentur: purpose, depending on parati, etc. [*] 55.8. contendebatur: impers.; cf. note on 23 1. [*] 55.9. nostris: § 384 (234. a); B. 192. 1; G. 359; H. 434. 2 (391. i); H-B. 362. [*] 55.11. ad flumen, etc.: evidently somewhat lower down, so that they were concealed by the hills beyond the marsh. [*] 56.1. eo consilio ut, etc.: the final clauses are in apposition with consilio （§ 531. 1. N. 1 (317. a); G. 545. 1; H. 564. iii (499. 3); H-B. 502. 2. a）. [*] 56.2. castellum, the redoubt beyond the river, held by Sabinus （52 25）. — cui: cf. oppido, 5311. [*] 56.3. pontem: the bridge held at one end by a garrison, at the other by the redoubt （52 25）. By destroying this, the Belgae would cut off Caesar's supplies and hinder his retreat; cf. 52 21-24. — si possent （l. 1）, si minus potuissent: fut. conditions; possent represents the fut., potuissent the fut. perf. indict; for change of mood and tense, cf. note on 55 1. — minus, not. [*] 56.4. popularentur, prohiberent: in same construction as expugnarent. — magno nobis usui: cf. note on subsidio oppidanis, 54 3. — ad bellum gerendum （gerundive）, for carrying on the war; cf. 49 13. [*] 56.5. commeatu: abl. of separation; cf. defensoribus, 53 6.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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