vereor
: for emphat. position cf.
credo
, p.2, l. 1.
imperitior
: §
291
, a (93, a) ; B. 240, 1 ; G. 297, 2; H. 498 (444, 1); H.-B. 241, 2.
tametsi
,
and yet.
meo jure
,
with perfect right -(as belonging to that party) ;
jure
alone would mean justly ;
meo
limits it to the speaker's own case. The passage that follows is interesting, as showing the way in which Cicero regarded the general principles at stake in the Civil War, and the excesses of the victorious party.
pro mea
, etc.,
to the extent of my poor and feeble ability.
ut componeretur
,
that reconciliation should be made: a clause of result in appos. with id: §
567
, 568 (332 and headnote) ; B. 297 and 3; G. 557; H. 571,4 (501, iii); H.-B. 521,3,a.
qui vicerunt
,
who did (in fact)
conquer: the subj. here would mean, whatever party
might conquer: §
593
, a, N.1 (342, N.) ; G. 629, E. ; H. 652, I (529, ii, N.1).
humilitatem
, not merely
low rank, but meanness and vulgarity ;
dignitate
,
personal worth, from birth and services ;
amplitudine
(next line),
rank or position-prominence in the state. With all his arrogance, blood-thirstiness, and narrow conservatism, Sulla was, in fact, the representative of orderly government against anarchy and mob-law.
perditi civis erat
(pred. gen.),
it was the part of a bad citizen: §
343
, C (214, d) ; B. 198, 3; G. 366; H. 439 (401, 402); H.-B. 340.
quibus incolumibus
(abl. abs.),
by whose safety.
retineretur
,
would be preserved: fut. Cond., the protasis being
quibus incolumibus
: §
516
,f (307,f); G. 596, ; H. 575,9 (507, N.7); H.-B. 580, b.
quae
, i.e. the reinstating of the nobility.
felicitate
: see note on
p. 6, l. 7
.
