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induatur
, etc.: §
156
, a (111, a) ; B. 175, 2, d; G. 218; H. 407 (377); H.-B. 288, 3;
tie himself up and strangle himself (as in a noose) ; Cf. our
give the man rope enough and hell hang himself.
qui esset
,
what he was (i.e. whether a citizen or not).
si . . . ducerere
,
quid . . . clamitares
, etc.: in this past condition, cont. to fact, the imperf. is used instead of the pluperf., because the supposition is general rather than particular ; §
517
, a (308, a) ; G. 597, R.1 ; H. 579, I (510, N.2) ; H.-B. 581;
if you, caught, etc.
had ever been in the hands of men who were dragging you off to punishment, what other cry would you have raised than,
I am a Roman citizene?
profuisset
,
would have availed, i.e. in the case supposed (as defined in the preceding sentence): thus
profuisset
involves its own protasis; §
522
(311); B. 305, 1; G. 600, 1; H. 575, 9 (507, N.7); H.-B. 582, 4. It is a complete proposition, which is made conditional by
si
; §
523
(311, d) ; H.-B. 582,4: it is also made the protasis of a new apod.,
potuit
, 1.15; §
522
, a (311, c); B. 304, 3; G. 597, R.3, a; H. 583 (511, I, N.3) ; H.-B. 582, 3, a.
qui
, concessive ;
cum
, causal.
usurpatione
,
claim (lit.
using the word).
Commmentary on Crucifiction of a Roman Citizen. James Bradstreet Greenough. ed. James Bradstreet Greenough, ed. George Lyman Kittredge. Boston. 1897.
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