the proper modes of conducting religious ceremonial. _Ius civile_, which is
often used to denote the whole body of Roman Law, here includes only the
secular portion of that Law. Cf. n. on 38. -- HUIUS P. SCIPIONIS: 'the
present P. Scipio'. So in 14 _hi consules_ 'the present consuls'; Rep. 1,
14 _Africanus hic, Pauli filius_, and often. The P. Scipio who is meant
here is not Africanus, but Nasica Corculum. -- FLAGRANTIS: 'all aglow'; so
_ardere studio_ in Acad. 2, 65. -- SENES: = _cum senes essent_, so _senem_
below. -- SUADAE MEDULLAM: 'the essence (lit. marrow) of persuasiveness'.
The lines of Ennius are preserved by Cicero, Brut. 58. _Suada_ is a
translation of πειθω, which the Greek rhetoricians declared to be the end
and aim of oratory. This Cethegus was consul in 204 and in 203 defeated
Mago in the N. of Italy. -- EXERCERI: here reflexive in meaning. A. 111, n.
1; G. 209; H. 465. -- VIDEBAMUS: see n. on 49. -- COMPARANDAE: for the idea
of _possibility_ which the gerundive sometimes has (but only in negative
sentences or interrogative sentences implying a negative answer, and in
conditional clauses) see Madvig, 420, Obs.; Roby, 1403. -- HAEC QUIDEM: a
short summary of the preceding arguments, preparatory to a transition to a
new subject, introduced by _venio nunc ad_. The succession of two clauses
both containing _quidem_ seems awkward, but occurs in Fin. 5, 80 and
elsewhere. -- HONESTUM SIT: 'does him honor'. -- UT ANTE DIXI: in 26, where
see the notes. -- POTEST ESSE: Meissner (n. on 27) says that Cicero's rule
is to say _potest esse, debet esse_ and the like, not _esse potest_ and the
like. It is true that _esse_ in such cases is very seldom separated from
the word on which it depends, but _esse potest_ is just as common as
_potest esse_; the difference to the sense is one of emphasis only, the
_esse_ having more emphasis thrown on it in the latter case.

51. MIHI ... VIDENTUR: see Introd. -- HABENT RATIONEM CUM 'they have their
reckonings with', 'their dealings with'; a phrase of book-keeping. --
IMPERIUM: so Verg. Georg. 1, 99 _exercetque frequens tellurem atque imperat