[36.19] Why subjunctive?
[36.20] abl. of cause.
[36.21] nōmina dare = to hand in one’s name to a recruiting officer, i.e. ‘to volunteer.’
[36.22] prīmum nōmen: i.e. the man whose name was first drawn.
[36.23] bona . . . subiēcit: i.e. he sold his goods at auction. At Roman auctions, especially of booty taken in war, a spear was set in the ground, just as nowadays a flag is exposed.
[37.1] queror.
[37.2] The tribūnī plēbis had been created for the express purpose of protecting the people from unjust treatment by the patrician magistrates, especially the consuls. They could veto the acts of any magistrate.
[37.3] nihil (adv. acc.) . . . cīve: ‘the state had no need of that citizen.’
[37.4] abl. with opus: H 477, III (414, IV): M 646: A 243, e: G 406: B 218, 2.
[37.5] For the two datives see [p. 25, n. 6].