15. vidissent. We say 'saw,' but Latin makes it plain that the seeing
(and falling in love) came before the attempt to persuade.

ei. Keep a list of all intransitive verbs which are used with the dative.

16. negaret. This verb is commonly used instead of _dico_ when a negative
statement follows; when thus used, it should be translated by 'say' with
the appropriate negative, here 'said that he would not.'

37. 1. praebuisset, subjunctive in a subordinate clause of indirect
discourse.

2. supplici. See the note on 7, 8.

6. accubuerat. The Romans reclined at table, supporting themselves on the
left arm and taking the food with the right hand. They naturally
represented others as eating in the same way.

appositum, 'that had been placed before him.' See the note on
_exanimatum_, 14, 4.

7. Quo ... moreretur, 'and so it came to pass that Phineus was nearly
dying of starvation,' literally 'that not much was wanting but that
Phineus would die.' Ut ... abesset is a clause of result, the subject of
factum est; quin ... moreretur is a form of subordinate clause with
subjunctive verb used after certain negative expressions; fame is
ablative of cause. Notice that _fames_ has a fifth-declension ablative,
but is otherwise of the third declension.