Salvete,
Here's a longish sentence from Fleischer and Moreland that confuses me. Any help would be appreciated!
Neque refert cuiusquam utrum rex cupidus sit auctoritatis ostendendae necne. Cives ei favent, nec sua interest quo modo viribus utatur, dummodo sibi ipsis ne noceat.
Here is my tentative attempt:
And it is of no concern to anybody whether the king is desirous of manifesting authority or not. The citizens favor him, and he does not care in what way to use his power, provided that he does not hurt himself with this very power (???)
rd3482
I think I might have understood it; it's the whole indirect reflexive rules thing... I am right by assuming that the second sentence actually reads: "provide that he does not hurt THEM with this power"?
Here's a longish sentence from Fleischer and Moreland that confuses me. Any help would be appreciated!
Neque refert cuiusquam utrum rex cupidus sit auctoritatis ostendendae necne. Cives ei favent, nec sua interest quo modo viribus utatur, dummodo sibi ipsis ne noceat.
Here is my tentative attempt:
And it is of no concern to anybody whether the king is desirous of manifesting authority or not. The citizens favor him, and he does not care in what way to use his power, provided that he does not hurt himself with this very power (???)
rd3482
I think I might have understood it; it's the whole indirect reflexive rules thing... I am right by assuming that the second sentence actually reads: "provide that he does not hurt THEM with this power"?