[31.11] subjunctive in an ideal condition: H 576 (509): M 936: A 307, b: G 596: B 303.
[31.12] In 388 B.C. the Gauls had captured and destroyed all of Rome save the Capitol, which was commanded by M. Manlius, the father of Titus. He was aroused one night by the cackling of the sacred geese, to find that the Gauls had climbed by a secret path, and had almost effected an entrance. He awoke the garrison, hurled the foremost Gauls back upon their companions, and thus saved the Capitol.
[32.1] macte virtūte . . . estō: lit., ‘be glorified in (respect of) your valor.’ The phrase is in part an expression of commendation, like our ‘bravo!’ in part a prayer, like ‘success attend thee!’
[32.2] A straight, two-edged sword, not more than two feet long, used for thrusting rather than for striking. The Gallic sword was long and without point.
[32.3] = cingit sē, i.e. ‘girds himself,’ not ‘is girded.’
[32.4] ‘nearer,’ i.e. hand to hand.
[32.5] cōnsistō. What tense?
[32.6] ūnō alterōque īctū: ‘with one stroke after the other’; i.e. he killed him with two quick blows.
[32.7] Sc. eī, and render ‘from him as he lay (dead).’ See [p. 17, n. 4].
[32.8] respergō.