The Anabasis of Xenophon .. . costly tunics and those variegated trowsers oftheirs, i. e., which the Persian nobility are accustomed to that the demonstrative ovroc is frequently employed to de-note, not a really present or just mentioned person or thing, but whatis known and obvious to all, or circumstances common to all. (Mat-thicB, § 470, 4.)—TzoiniXac. avagvpldac. The epithet 7TOLKtXag seemshere to denote either striped, or else ornamented with a woof ofvarious colors ; probably the former. The articles of dress calledhere ava^vpidec were common to all the nations which encirc
The Anabasis of Xenophon .. . costly tunics and those variegated trowsers oftheirs, i. e., which the Persian nobility are accustomed to that the demonstrative ovroc is frequently employed to de-note, not a really present or just mentioned person or thing, but whatis known and obvious to all, or circumstances common to all. (Mat-thicB, § 470, 4.)—TzoiniXac. avagvpldac. The epithet 7TOLKtXag seemshere to denote either striped, or else ornamented with a woof ofvarious colors ; probably the former. The articles of dress calledhere ava^vpidec were common to all the nations which encircled theGreek and Roman population, extending from the Indian to theAtlantic Ocean. The Latin term is braccce, coming from the Gallicbrakes, and which last remains in the Scottish breeks andEnglish breeches. The proper braccae of the Eastern and North-ern nations were loose, like those worn by the Orientals at thepresent day. The following cut, taken from Trajans Column, rep-resents a group of Sarmatians habited in orpcKTovg. Consult note on arpe-Krov xpvaovv, i., 2, 27.—-Suttovfj &c tic, *• T- %? More quickly than one could have thought (it pos-sible). Observe that $ &c (literally, than as) after comparativesis usually followed by the infinitive ; here, however, we have theoptative with av.—/zeTetopovc. Lifted up. They actually, in theirzeal to execute the orders of Cyrus, lifted the wagons quite out ofthe mire. $9. to de av/nrav. il Upon the whole, then, i. e., as regarded the gen-eral character of the enterprise. The article is often put in theneuter with adjectives, and converts the phrase into an adverbial NOTES TO BOOK I. CHAPTER V. 289 one. (Matthia, § 283.)—6rjAoc tjv Kvpog oxevduv, k. t. a. Consultnote on d?)?.oc tjv aviuuevoc, i., 2, 10.—ov diarpiSov. Not , not wearing away (i. e., wasting) time. Supply xpovov.—ottov [MTj kaade^eTo. Where he did not halt i. e., except where hehalted.—vofii&v. Dawes (Misc. Crit., p. 79) conj
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