operae pretium erat, si. . . , lit. to consider his negligence, if you observed it, was a reward for your trouble. We say, would have been worth your while. Cf. § 53, id erat, note. credo, not ironically, but in jest; I cannot help thinking that he must have inquired, etc. quaesisse, without eum as subject see Madvig, § 401, and cf. §§ 61 venisse, 74 fecisse, 97 audisse, 84 paratum esse, 100 proditurum esse, 126 occisum esse. Halm notices the last three as instances of the rare omission of the subject where there is a separate predicate (paratum, proditurum, occisum). in hisce subselliis, as advocati of the accused: cf. § 12, note on hic in foro. causam publicam: see Introd. § 1, note 1. cenam imperaret, as if the trial would soon be over. consessu, the jury; conventu, see § 11 in init. Pro summa solitudine = quasi esset summa solitudo. Cf. Verr. 2.1. 113, nos, si alienam vicem pro nostra iniuria (=perinde quasi nobis iniuria inlata esset) doloremus, vestigium istius in foro non esset relictum.
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