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Commentary Cons. Phil. Book 1 Prosa 5

Prosa 5

P. reacts to B.'s complaint calmly and indicates his illness is so serious that his cure will require two kinds of remedy.

section 1
delatraui: "barked."
nihil: adverbial.

section 2
quam id longinquum esset exsilium: Take id with exsilium; longinquum is predicate nominative.
ilico: "instantly."

section 3
quam procul a patria: almost an exclamation.
aberrasti: = aberrauisti, "strayed."
id: antecedent vague; must be drawn from whole preceding clause.

section 4
cuius: cuius . . . patriae : predicate genitive in an indirect question.
oriundo: gerund < orior, "arise, originate"; here therefore, "by origin." Not to be confused with the classical adjective, oriundus.
patriae: cuius . . . patriae : predicate genitive in an indirect question.
reminiscare: = reminiscaris.
uti Atheniensium quondam: sc. patria, subject of regitur.
EI(=J KOI/RANO/J E)STIN, EI(=J BASILEU/J: Iliad 2.204: "There is one lord, one king."
laetetur: characteristic subjunctive.
iustitiae: dative after obtemperare.

section 5
sanctum est: < sancio, "ordain, decree."
ei: ei . . . exsulare (< ex(s)ulo, "live as an exile"): "for him [quisquis . . . maluerit] to live as an exile."
exsulare: ei . . . exsulare (< ex(s)ulo, "live as an exile"): "for him [quisquis . . . maluerit] to live as an exile."
qui: = ei qui, where ei is dative with nullus metus est.
ne: ne . . . mereatur: clause of fearing.
mereatur: ne . . . mereatur: clause of fearing.
desierit: < desino, "cease."

section 6
tam: N.B. tam . . . quam then potius . . . quam in separate clauses.
loci huius: sc. facies.
quam: N.B. tam . . . quam then potius . . . quam in separate clauses.
potius: potius . . . quam: N.B. tam . . . quam then potius . . . quam in separate clauses.
quam: potius . . . quam: N.B. tam . . . quam then potius . . . quam in separate clauses.
id: followed by a relative clause (quod . . . facit) and a phrase in apposition (librorum . . . sententias).

section 8
obiectorum tibi: (< obicio) "things that have been charged against you," i.e., "the charges you face."
nota: object of memorasti.
strictim: "superficially, cursorily"; adverb with gerundive attingendum [sc. esse].
ea: i.e ., scelera fraudesque.
recognoscentis: recognoscentis . . . ore: "on the lips of the common people, who find out about everything."
ore: recognoscentis . . . ore: "on the lips of the common people, who find out about everything."

section 10
conquestusque: the participle governs the accusative/infinitive non aequa praemia pensari.
in extremo Musae saeuientis: "at the end of your raging Muse," i.e., in the last lines of 1M5.
uti: uti . . . regeret: substantive purpose clause, defining his vota; "that the peace which rules heaven may rule earth as well."
regeret: uti . . . regeret: substantive purpose clause, defining his vota; "that the peace which rules heaven may rule earth as well."

section 11
mentis: genitive of reference [LHS 74ff]; translate, "in your present state of mind."

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