ipse percussit
,
did he strike the fatal blow himself?
ipsum
, sc.
percussisse.
per alios
: for abl. of means, when persons are intended, see §
405
, b (246, b) ; G. 401; H.468, 3 (415,1, N.1); H.-B. 380, d.
indidemne Ameria
,
from
Ameria there ? (lit.
the someplace).
hosce sicarios
,
these cut-throats here of ours.
convenit
, i.e. to bargain for the murder.
unde
, i.e. on whom did he draw for the money ? All such banking business being in a manner public, the sum could be traced, as by cheques and the like in modern times.
caput
,
fountain-head .
tibi
, dat. instead of poss. gen.: §
377
(235, a); B. 181, I, N.; G. 350, I; H. 425, 4, N. (384, 4, N.2); H.-B. 368.
veniat
, with
facito
(
fac) for simple imperat.: §
449
, c (269, g) ; cf. G. 553, I ; cf. H. 561, 2 (489, 2). The fut. form of the imperat. is used, because the accuser is bidden to
reflect on the point raised, so that there is a distinct reference to future time: §
449
(269, d); B. 281, 1, a; G. 268, 2; H. 560, 4 (487, 2); H.-B. 496.
agrestem
,
boorish (see next clause).
in oppido constitisse
,
stayed in any town;
oppidum is distinguished both from
urbs,
the great city, and
vicus,
a country village; it would be a place of some society and cultivation.
