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Clauses introduced by the Relative or one of its particles, unde, ubi, quo, etc., are called adjectival, as they are related to the Principal Sentence like adjectives.
For the agreement of the Relative, see Lat. Prim. § 91.
91. qui occupavit acts as an adjective to Polycrates: 'Polycrates who,' etc.
alter ... alter—'the one ... the other,' of two; alii ... alii, 'some ... others,' of many.
natu minore—'the younger,' lit. 'less by birth.'
Samos—an island in the Aegean Sea, which is now called the Archipelago.
Ionia—the western seaboard of Asia Minor, colonised by Greeks of the Ionian race.
agebat ferebatque—'drove and carried off,' i.e. 'pillaged.'
amico.—Lat. Prim. § 106, 3.
Lesbos—an island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Mysia.
92. curae—dat. '(for) a cause of anxiety.'—Lat. Prim. § 108.
auro vinctus—'set in gold.' Distinguish between 'vinctus' and 'victus.'
domum.—Lat. Prim. § 101.
94. monumenta sui—'as a memorial of himself.' Monumenta sua would mean 'his memorials.'
Vulcanus—the god of fire, and the patron of workers in metals.
Ex adverso—'opposite to.'
septentrio—more usually septentriones—‘the seven ploughing oxen’; the seven stars of the constellation called the Wain, or the Great Bear, near the North Pole, hence, ‘the north.’
a septentr.—lit. ‘from’ the north, here ‘on,’ ‘in the direction of.’
96. vim—'a quantity.'
aedificandas curavit—'got built.'
96. illos speciem docuit—Lat. Prim. § 98.
vita fungi—'to finish life,' i.e. 'to die.'
97. in dies—'from day to day.'
98. haerens animo—'in doubt,' lit. 'hesitating in mind.'
99. asinis.—Lat. Prim. § 106, a.
multum vini.—See 5, note.
102. Xerxes—the Ahasuerus of Scripture.
pro imis cuspidibus—'instead of points at the end,' lit. 'lowest points.'
103. victus.—See 6, note.
104. Pythi—See 23, note.
in posterum—'for the future.'
105. quibus vescuntur.—Lat. Prim. § 119, a.
his hominibus.—Lat. Prim. § 106, a.
Argipaeis.—Lat. Prim. § 109.
