[327] _Officere_ is properly 'to oppose,' 'obstruct,' _aliquid alicui rei_; then omitting the object (_aliquid_) with the dative alone, 'to be an obstacle to,' or 'to hinder,' therefore, _officia famae tuae_, 'I oppose something to your fame.' 'Internal fear is a hindrance to the ear,' so that admonitions are either not heard at all, or do not penetrate into the mind. [328] Catiline assigns the circumstance that he had expected aid and succours from Rome itself, as the cause of his not having set out for Gaul earlier, when he might have accomplished his end. _Opperior_, 'I wait for,' or _expecto dum aliquis veniat_. [329] _Quo in loco_, 'in which situation.' The preposition _in_ might have been omitted. See Zumpt, S 481. [330] _Egestas_, 'want,' with the genitive of the thing wanted, is of rare occurrence for _inopia_ or _penuria_. _Egestas_ is commonly used absolutely in the sense of 'poverty,' 'neediness.' [331] _Haec_ is here used in the general sense of 'these circumstances;' that is, this honourable but difficult war. This we must infer from the _haec_ following. [332] For the construction of _mutare_, see Zumpt, S 456. [333] _Quis_ for _quibus_. _Ea_, not _id_. Zumpt, S 372. [334] 'Give me courage,' or 'give me hope,' for _hortari_ is applied to persons doing good things, and _admonere_ to persons doing bad ones: _hortamur properantem, admonemus cunctantem_. [335] _Cavete--amittatis, neu trucidemeni_ for _cavete, ne amittatis, neve (neu) trucidemini_. See Zumpt, S 586. 59. Haec ubi dixit, paululum commoratus, signa canere jubet,[336] atque instructos ordines in locum aequum deducit. Dein, remotis omnium equis, quo militibus exaequato periculo animus amplior esset, ipse pedes exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit. Nam, uti planities erat inter sinistros montes et ab dextera rupe aspera,[337] octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa[338] in subsidio artius collocat. Ab his centuriones omnes, lectos et evocatos, praeterea ex gregariis militibus optimum quemque armatum in primam aciem subducit.[339] G. Manlium in dextera, Faesulanum quendam in sinistra parte curare[340] jubet; ipse cum libertis et colonis propter aquilam assistit,[341] quam bello Cimbrico G. Marius in exercitu habuisse dicebatur. At ex altera parte G. Antonius, pedibus aeger,[342] quod proelio adesse nequibat, M. Petreio legato[343] exercitum permittit. Ille cohortes veteranas, quas tumulti[344] causa conscripserat, in fronte post eas ceterum exercitum in subsidiis locat. Ipse equo circumiens, unum quemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, ut meminerint, se contra latrones inermes, pro patria, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis certare. Homo militaris, quod amplius annos triginta tribunus aut praefectus aut legatus aut praetor cum magna gloria in exercitu fuerat, plerosque ipsos factaque eorum fortia noverat; ea commemorando militum animos accendebat.