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A. 240, a; G. 331, R. 3; H. 378, 2. For mood of accusem see H. 503, I. n. 2, and references on 12 discerem. PRAECLARUM RESPONSUM: est is not required, because responsum is in apposition to the last part of the preceding sentence. Similar appositions occur in Laelius, 67, 71, 79. DOCTO: applied especially to philosophers, but also to poets.
Qui, cum ex eo quaereretur cur tam diu vellet esse in vita, 'nihil habeo, inquit, 'quod accusem senectutem'. Praeclarum responsum et docto homine dignum! 14 Sua enim vitia insipientes et suam culpam in senectutem conferunt, quod non faciebat is, cuius modo mentionem feci, Ennius: sic ut fortis ecus, spatio qui saepe supremo vicit Olumpia, nunc senio confectus quiescit.
N.D. 1, 60 auctore ... obscurior. CUR ... VITA: a hint at suicide, which the ancients thought a justifiable mode of escape from troubles, particularly those of ill health or old age. See n. on 73 vetat Pythagoras. Esse in vita is stronger than vivere; cf. Qu. Fr. 1, 3, 5. NIHIL HABEO QUOD ACCUSEM: 'I have no reason to reproach'. Cf. the common phrase quid est quod ...? Quod, adverbial acc.
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