FIRST LATIN et alias partis Ciliciae petere,
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Amano
abessemque ab
unlus die! et castra apud Epiphaneam fecissem,
cum
Id. Oct.,
advesperasceret, expedite exercitu
iter feel, ut a. d. 5
ascenderem
Id. Oct.,
iii
M. Anneius
sent), plerosque necoplnantls
non
iiii
noctu
Amanum
luclsceret, in
distributisque cohortibus et auxiliis (cum alils frater legatus mecum simul, aliis C. Pomptmus
Qumtus
interclusl fuga.
sunt,
tlque
a. d.
ita
legatus, reliquls
10
cum
iter
et
L. Tullius legati praees-
oppressimus
sed urbis, quod erat
vlcl Instar
qui occlsl cap-
Eranam autem (quae
Amam
fuit
caput) itemque
Sepyram et Commorim, acriter et diu repugnantibus, Pomptmo illam partem Amani tenente ex antelucano tempore usque ad horam diel X, magna multitudine hostium occisa, His
cepimus, castellaque vl capta complura incendimus. Epiphaneam: see the map
2.
on
a. d. iiii Id. Oct.
p. 179.
ante diem quartum Tdus Octobres, on Ihefourth (we would say,M/'r^)
day before the Ides of October, namely, Oct. 12. as adj.;
expedite:
3.
noun
use,
p.
1.
177,
cf.
the
d.
a.
4.
(cf.
Id. Oct.
on
1.
luclscit, 3, 5. -ui,
2).
Oct. 13 luclsceret
,
,
distribute
grow
frater
.
.
Qitintus
of some,
.
.
cum
aliis
praeessent .
.
etc.
being (cf.
3,
make a Qumtus
my brother in command
alii
.
.
.
alii,
intercludo, 3, -clusi, -clusus, cut fuga: transoff. late the abl. "from." Eranam:
(along with the town names of n), object of cepimus, 1. 14. 10.
instar:Mi
size
1.
cf.
(of)
quod (and} which ; p. 32, 1. 5. for the gender, cf. quod, p. 30, 1. 6. item: adv., likewise. 11. repugnantibus i.e. resistertibus (repugno, i) abl. absol. with
iis
(i.e.
incolis)
The
supplied.
two following clauses also are
abl.
absolutes. 12.
tenente
antelucano:
i.e.
keeping
antelucanus,
-a,
to.
-um,
Preceding dawn.
p. 20,1. 15). 6.
legatus: lieutenant', (as) Quintus' similar relation to simul Caesar in the Gallic war. cf.
with mecum.
interclusi:
light.
distribuo,
-utus, divide up, or
division of.
sc. hostes. plerosque: " or." -que we would say
iii
the note
9.
ita:
3.
at such speed.
i.e.
8.
i.e.
13.
and sign
X:
14.
cf.
decimam, ordinal
i.e.
cardinal
having
the
same
the dates above.
vi capta
i.e.
expugnata.
