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PART IV.] NOTES. 1T9

245. Trachis — a town in Thessaly. 246. ad Artemisiiitn — 'ofif Artemisimn.' See 180, note, missunis esset—* would be likely to send.* 248. andpiti Marte — * with success uncertain/ UL 'with Mars uncertain.' Mars was the god of war. 249. sublatis ancoris — ' having weighed anchor.' ut committerentur— the subject of accidit. 250. inter se cohortati — ' exhorting each other.' visum est — * it seemed good,' * they resolved.' 251. sibi ipsis consuluenmt — * consulted for their own safety.' 252. nuntiatum. — See 26, note. • Parnassus — a mountain overhanging the town of Delphi 253. locaret—' let him place.' condita — ^from condio, ' flavoured.' 255. altero die ab — 'on the day after.' longitudinem. — Lot, Prim. § 102, 2. 256. Isthmum— the isthmus of Corintii between N. Greece and the Pelo- ponnesus. 257. regis partibus — ' the side of the King.' qui nuntiarem. — See 207, note. 258. in puppim remigarent—' backed water,' Ut, 'rowed towards the stem.' longius evectus — ' carried out too far to sea.' miseri — ' cowards. ' 259. ne quis • • . caperet, the object of veritus. quae cnstodirent — See 207, note. anno insequenti — ^b.c. 479. 260. Caria — a district in the south-west comer of Asia Minor, quod spectat ad — ' as regards.' 261. ponte.--^ 182, note. 262. moenia urbi ctrcumdare— 'to surround the city with a wall,' lU, ' to give-round a wall to the city.' invitis— ' against the will of. ' 263. certiorem faceret — See 136, note. 265. ut • . . videretur— the subject to accidit. 'It happened that,' etc. This constmction is here used instead of the accusative and infinitive, opus est IvLcenuL—Lat. Prim, § 119, a. 266. ut certior fieret — 'to be informed,' Ut» 'in order that he might be- come more certain.' sdendi. — Lai, Prim. § 141, 2. gratias ageret — ' gave thanks.' inter legendas literas — 'while reading a letter.' This construction of the gerundive participle is elegantly used instead of the gerund ; ' inter legendum literas.' — Lot, Prim. § 143.