[67.3] ut . . . īgnōscerētur: a result clause, dependent on causam: ‘a reason as a result of which he ought to be pardoned.’ The subjunctive at times expresses necessity or obligation and propriety.
[67.4] tantī . . . fēcisset: ‘he had so highly esteemed Gracchus.’ tantī is a so-called gen. of price or value: H 448, 1 (405): M 576: A 252, a: G 380: B 203, 3. For fēcisset, cf. [p. 14, n. 1].
[67.5] Cf. [p. 47, n. 12].
[67.6] quidem emphasizes id. This emphasis in English would be indicated by the stress of the voice, thus: ‘he never would have dreamed of that.’ Cf. Nōlim quidem above, [l. 42].
[67.7] cum . . . tum: ‘not only . . . but also.’
[67.8] ex ūsū vestrō: ‘to your interests.’
[67.9] ‘a red cent,’ ‘a farthing,’ as we say.
[67.10] sūmptum facere = ‘to be put to expense.’
[67.11] Verbs and adjectives denoting fulness and want are construed with either the gen. or the abl., the abl. in reality expressing means.