neuter = ne + uter (uter = eu-ter or quo-ter-us = comparative in form of quis), neither of two.
detrectavit = declined (de + traho, draw-off).
extemplo = immediately. Ex + templum (dimin. tempulum).
templum √tem = cut; cf. τέμνω = prop. a section. So
(a) a space marked out, a consecrated place, a temple.
(b) a portion of time; cf. extempore.
(ii.) Translation.—This sentence again is quite simple (in form very similar to Sentence I.), consisting of one main statement, extemplo instructae acies, and an introductory subordinate statement of time introduced by ut = when.
‘When the armies came in sight of each other, and neither side declined battle, the ranks were at once drawn up in fighting order.’
[14][III.] Pugnatum tamen, ut in nulla pari re, duas amplius horas, concitata et, donec dux stetisset, Romana acie.
(i.) Vocabulary.—