(i.) _Vocabulary._--
+aliquantum+ = _considerable_, used in the neuter as a noun, with a
partitive genitive +voluntariorum+. Cf. use of +satis+, +parum+, etc.
+concivit+ = _raised_, lit. roused, stirred up. Cf. +ci-eo+, and our
_ex-cite_, _in-cite_.
+substiterat+ = _had halted_. +si-st-o+ is only a form of +sto+
strengthened by reduplication (cf. ἵστημι) with a causal force. Cf.
+restitit+, p. 27, sentence iv. [[Demonstration II:iv]]
(ii.) _Translation._--The principal subject is clearly +ipse+; there are
two principal verbs, +concivit+ and +pervenit+, coupled by +ac+, and one
subordinate clause, +ubi ... substiterat+, introduced by +ubi+, and
modifying +pervenit+.
The sense is so clear that you may translate at once into good
English:--
_Moreover he himself raised a considerable number of volunteers in the
country during his march; and so, with his numbers nearly doubled, he
reached Lucania, where Hannibal, after his fruitless chase of Claudius,
had halted._
The following version was shown up by a boy of fifteen in a recent
scholarship examination:
‘Hannibal in _carrying on his successful campaign met with some
different luck in this district_. Marcus Centenius, whose cognomen was
Penula, was famous among the centurions of the first rank for his huge
limbs and great courage. This man, after having accomplished his years
of military training, on being introduced into the Senate by the Prætor
P. Cornelius Sulla, requested the Patricians to give him 5000 soldiers.
He said that he was well acquainted both with the enemy’s tactics and
the district round about, and in a short time _would convert the
engagement into a prize for the State_: moreover, he added, I will
employ the same tactics against the _enemy_ as those by which our
generals and troops have been captured in these parts. This was
_faithfully_ believed as it was _faithfully_ promised: the tactics of
the soldiers and of the commanders were so much alike! He received 8000
men instead of 5000: half of them were Roman citizens, half allies:
moreover he himself _got_ some volunteers while on the march in the
country districts and so almost doubled his army: he thus reached the
territory of the Lucani, where Hannibal after a fruitless pursuit after
Claudius, had taken up his position.’
This version is neither bad nor good. The style is, on the whole fair,
knowledge of vocabulary very fair, and the rendering generally accurate.
It will, however, be of use to you as an object lesson: so notice
carefully the following points:--
I. _Style._
_Sentence IV._--
(i.) The Oratio Obliqua of the original he renders partly as Reported
Speech and partly as Oratio Recta. This is, of course, to be avoided.
Contrast the rendering given under Sentence IV.
_Sentence III._--
(ii.) +Is perfunctus ... darentur.+ He uses too many participles.
Contrast version under Sentence III.
_Sentences VI., VII._--
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