The Romans are dealing with Mettius
In eum haec gloriantem cum globo ferocissimorum iuvenum Romulus impetum facit. Ex equo tum Mettius pugnabat, eo facilius [tanto facilius] fuit eum pellere. Pulsum Romani persequuntur.
From the horse Mettius was fighting by which (means) it was easier to strike him...
I don't know whether 'eum' here means Mettius himself or Romulus. That is, whether fighting on his horse made it easier for Mettius to strike Romulus or easier for Romulus to strike Mettius. It seems that, in the next sentence, he (Mettius) is struck......
Question from LLPSI Cap XLII
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Re: Question from LLPSI Cap XLII
Pello here means not so much "to strike" as to "beat back", "repel", "rout", "put to flight".
http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phi ... isandshort
Ex equo tum Mettius pugnabat, eo facilius [tanto facilius] fuit eum pellere.
"Mettius was fighting on horseback; so much the easier it was to put him to flight. Once he was in flight, the Romans pursued him."
eo is a kind of ablative of degree of difference. "by so much it was easier"
Allen & Greenough 414:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... 99.04.0001
See the note in 414a.
http://perseus.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phi ... isandshort
Ex equo tum Mettius pugnabat, eo facilius [tanto facilius] fuit eum pellere.
"Mettius was fighting on horseback; so much the easier it was to put him to flight. Once he was in flight, the Romans pursued him."
eo is a kind of ablative of degree of difference. "by so much it was easier"
Allen & Greenough 414:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/tex ... 99.04.0001
See the note in 414a.
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Re: Question from LLPSI Cap XLII
Thanks Qimmik
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Re: Question from LLPSI Cap XLII
Eo and quo can be characterized as adverbs, but they are simply the ablative forms of id and quod.
Lewis & Short:
Lewis & Short:
ĕō, adv. old dat. and abl. form of pron. stem i; cf. is.
I In locat. and abl. uses,
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C Of measure or degree—with words of comparison, so much, by so much—followed by quo (= tanto ... quanto):
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