Notice here the improvement made by breaking up the one long sentence into two. +II.+ +Tenebam enim quosdam senariolos, quos in eius monumento esse inscriptos acceperam: qui declarabant in summo sepulcro sphaeram esse positam cum cylindro.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +senariolos+ = _some lines_, _i.e._ of poetry--dimin. of +senarius+ (+seni+) = _consisting of six each_, especially of the _iambic senarii_. +sphaeram+ = _a sphere_, _globe_--σφαῖρα. +cylindro+ = _a cylinder_, κύλινδρος. (ii.) _Translation._--The only principal verb is clearly +tenebam+ (with subject contained in the verb), and the principal object +senariolos+ (sc. +versus+). From +quos ... cylindro+ we have two subordinate adjectival clauses enlarging +senariolos+. _The fact is, I remembered some iambic lines which I had been told were inscribed on his monument, and which set forth that his tomb was surmounted by a sphere and a cylinder._ +III.+ +Ego autem, cum omnia collustrarem oculis--est enim ad portas Agragantinas magna frequentia sepulcrorum--animadverti columellam non multum e dumis eminentem, in qua inerat sphaerae figura et cylindri.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._-- +collustrarem+ = _I was surveying on all sides_; +con (cum) + lustro+. +lustro+, perhaps akin to +luc-eo+, +lu-men+; so, +il-lustris+ = _lighted up_, _illustrious_. +frequentia+ = _a large number_; cf. +frequens+, √φρακ, +farc+; cf. φράγ-μα = _a fence_, +farc-io+ = _pack close together_; so, +con-fer-tus+ = _crowded_, +freq-uens+ = _repeated_, _frequent_. +columellam+ = _a small column_, dimin. of +columen+, √cel; cf. +cel-sus+ = _lofty_; cf. +ex-cello+, +col-umen+ (= +cul-men+) = _the summit_; cf. _culminate_. (ii.) _Translation._--This sentence is apparently not quite so simple, but if you carefully bracket the subordinate clauses you will see that the only principal verb is +animadverti+, with subject +ego+ and object +columellam+. Notice next that-- (a) +cum ... oculis+ modifies the principal verb +animadverti+ and is an adverbial clause of _time_. (b) The parenthetical clause +est enim ... sepulcrorum+ explains +collustrarem+. (c) +in qua ... cylindri+ is an adjectival clause enlarging +columellam+. You may now translate into your best English, following closely the thought and the order of the Latin:-- _Well, as I was surveying the whole place (there is a large number of tombs at[18] the Agrigentine gate) I perceived a small column just showing above the undergrowth, on which appeared the figure of a sphere and a cylinder._ [Footnote 18: Var. lect. +ad portas Achradinas+.] +IV.+ +Atque ego statim Syracusanis--erant autem principes mecum--dixi me illud ipsum arbitrari esse, quod quaererem.+ (i.) _Vocabulary._--The words of this sentence present no difficulty. (ii.) _Translation._--With the practice you have now had, you may translate at once; but notice carefully that-- (a) the parenthetical clause +erant ... mecum+ enlarges +Syracusanis+; and