PART I.] NOTES. 107 pugnatum est — ' it was fought,' — an impersoiial constniction ; that is to say, no subject is apparent. equabus. — Words of the first declension, that have masculine forms of the second declension, make dat. and abL plur. abus for the sake of distinction. * secum. — Cum is written after and joined to— me, te, se, nobis, vobis, quo, qua, quibus or quis. 63. Amazones — ^the Amazons, a raee of warlike females, said to have come from the Caucasus, and to have settled in Asia Minor, manus conseraenmt — 'joined battle.* 64 Eiythia— -(the red), so called because it lay under the rays of the setting sun. nomen Hercnleis colttmnis— 'the name of the pillarB of Hercules.' —Lai. Prim, § 109. Helios — ^the sun god. Helion, Greek aocusatiye. 65. Atlas— <»ie of the Titans who warred against Zeus, was changed into a mountain, and condemned to support the weight of the heavens. Mount Atlas was in N. Af rica^ tni vice. — See 61, note. 66. Tartaia— the regions below the earth, to which the souls of the dead were sent. Hermes — ^the messenger of the gods, identified with the Mercurius of the Latins. Athena— the patroness of Athens, identified with Minerva^ 67. Corinthnm.— See 1, note. caussam dixerat — ' had pleaded a cause.' criminis. — Lot, Prim, § 133. 68. singulis — ^used instead of unis, as unus is only used with words that have a plural only; or whose singular and plural differ in meaning. Ne turn quidem. — See 33, note. Ephori — ^the five chief magistrates at Sparta. Sacra facere — 'to offer a sacrifice.' 69. Ne edideris — See 21, note. Phrygia — a country in the north-west of Asia Minor. 70. alii • . . alii — See 91, note. 71. ad condiendum — * to the embalming.' — Lot. Prim, § 14i, 1. 72. hominis figura — 'in the shape of a man.' 73. quam maxima — 'with the very greatest;' quam strengthens the superlative. 75. Ceres — ^the goddess of the earth. aleam lusisse. — Lot, Prim, § 97. ferentem — ' leading.' 76. drcuitu absoluto — lU, ' the circuit having been completed ' — ' having gone the round.'
