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- Titi Livi ab urbe condita libri editionem priman, Pars I-IV, Libri I-XL. Editio Stereotypica. Weissenborn, Wilhelm; Mueller, Moritz, editors. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1911.
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The Achaeans defeat the Macedonian general Androsthenes near Corinth. Taking advantage of the enemy's carelessness during their plundering, the Achaean praetor Nicostratus secretly gathers troops from neighboring states to prepare a surprise attack.
eodem tempore atque, ut quidam tradidere, eodem die ad Corinthum Achaei ducem regium Androsthenem iusto proelio fuderunt.
At the same time and, as some have recorded, on the very same day, the Achaeans defeated the royal commander Androsthenes in a regular battle near Corinth.
eam urbem pro arce habiturus1 Philippus adversus Graeciae civitates et principes inde evocatos per speciem conloquendi, quantum equitum dare Corinthii ad bellum possent, retinuerat pro obsidibus,2 et praeter quingentos Macedonas mixtosque ex omni genere auxiliorum octingentos, quot iam ante ibi fuerant, mille Macedonum eo miserat et mille ac ducentos Illyrios Thracasque et Cretenses, qui in utraque parte militabant, octingentos.
Philip, intending to hold that city as a stronghold against the states of Greece, had, under the pretext of a conference to discuss how many cavalry the Corinthians could supply for the war, detained the leading men summoned from there as hostages; and, in addition to the five hundred Macedonians and eight hundred auxiliaries mixed from every class who had already been there before, he had sent thither one thousand Macedonians, twelve hundred Illyrians and Thracians, and eight hundred Cretans who were serving on both sides.
his additi Boeoti Thessalique et Acarnanes mille, scutati omnes, et septingenti ex ipsorum Corinthiorum iuventute, impleta ut essent sex milia armatorum, fiduciam Androstheni fecerunt acie decernendi.
To these were added one thousand Boeotians, Thessalians, and Acarnanians, all shielded troops, and seven hundred from the youth of the Corinthians themselves, so that when the six thousand armed men were completed, they gave Androsthenes the confidence to decide the issue in a pitched battle.
Nicostratus, praetor Achaeorum, Sicyone erat cum duobus milibus peditum, centum equitibus, sed imparem se et numero et genere militum cernens moenibus non excedebat.
Nicostratus, the praetor of the Achaeans, was at Sicyon with two thousand infantry and one hundred cavalry, but seeing that he was unequal both in number and in the quality of his soldiers, he did not venture outside the walls.
regiae copiae peditum equitumque vagae Pellenensem et Phliasium et Cleonaeum agrum depopulabantur;
The royal forces of infantry and cavalry, dispersed in groups, were plundering the territory of Pellene, Phlius, and Cleonae;
postremo exprobrantes metum hosti in finis Sicyoniorum transcendebant; navibus etiam circumvecti omnem oram Achaiae vastabant.
finally, taunting the enemy for their fear, they crossed over into the territory of the Sicyonians; they even sailed around in ships and devastated the entire coast of Achaea.
cum id effusius hostes et, ut fit ab nimia fiducia, neglegentius etiam facerent, Nicostratus spem nactus necopinantes eos adgrediendi circa finitimas civitates nuntium occultum mittit, quo die et quod ex quaque civitate armati ad Apelaurum — Stymphaliae terrae is locus est — convenirent.3
When the enemy were doing this too loosely and, as usually happens from excessive confidence, even more carelessly, Nicostratus, having found a hope of attacking them unawares, sent a secret messenger around the neighboring states, to direct on what day and how many armed men from each state should assemble at Apelaurus — this is a place in the territory of Stymphalia.
omnibus ad diem edictam paratis profectus inde extemplo per Phliasiorum fines nocte Cleonas insciis omnibus, quid pararet, pervenit.
When all things were ready by the appointed day, starting immediately from there, he arrived by night through the territory of the Phliasians at Cleonae, with everyone ignorant of what he was preparing.
erant autem cum eo quinque milia peditum, ex quibus * armaturae levis,4 et trecenti equites. cum iis copiis, dimissis qui specularentur, quam in partem hostes effunderent sese, opperiebatur.
Now there were with him five thousand infantry, of whom * were light-armed, and three hundred cavalry. With these forces, having sent out scouts to watch in what direction the enemy were spreading themselves, he waited.
- 33.14.2habiturus
A future active participle expressing the intention or purpose of the subject Philippus ('intending to hold' or 'in order to hold').
- 33.14.2principes inde evocatos ... retinuerat pro obsidibus
The noun phrase with a perfect passive participle principes evocatos (the summoned leaders) is the direct object of the transitive verb retinuerat. inde (from there, i.e., Corinth) modifies the participle evocatos, and the prepositional phrase per speciem conloquendi (under the pretext of a conference) explains the pretext for their summoning.
- 33.14.10quo die et quod ex quaque civitate armati ... convenirent
The subjunctive convenirent forms an indirect question (or indirect command) introduced by the preceding nuntium mittit. The word quod is usually understood as a variant of quot (how many) or interpreted as 'what kind/force of armed men', specifying the instructions sent through the messenger.
- 33.14.12ex quibus * armaturae levis
The genitive armaturae levis (of light armor) is a genitive of quality/description. The asterisk * indicates a lacuna in the manuscript, where a word like pars (a part) or multi (many) modified by this genitive has been lost.