Section 16

Cūrātiōnum . . . grātia: "the divine gift of healing."

quī nōn . . . rēcēperit: "who did not regain." The subjunctive is consecutive, expressing a result. See Woodcock sec. 156.

vel: 'for instance' (indicating that the speaker is selecting from many possible anecdotes).

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Trēverīs: ablative of place where; "among the Treveri," a large and important Gallic people inhabiting the country between the Moselle and the Ardennes, with its chief settlement at modern Trier [historical map].

dirā paralysis aegritūdine: "with a dreadful sickness of paralysis," i.e., with a dreadful sickness that left her paralyzed.

nūllō ad hūmānōs ūsūs corporis officiō fungerētur: "she executed no bodily function for human uses," i.e., she had no use of her body. fungor takes the ablative.

omnī ex parte praemortua vix tenuī spiritū palpitābat: "nearly dead in every part of her body, her pulse was almost non-existent and her breathing faint" (White). palpitō (1) = "quiver."

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ad sōlam fūneris exspectātiōnem: "for the lone expectation of her death," i.e., "expecting only her death."

cum . . . nuntiātur: "when it was announced"; historical present and indicative in an inverted cum clause (AG 581) for extra vividness.

rogātūrus: "intending to ask" (for help).

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fuerat ingressus: "had entered"; ingressus  = esset ingressus > ingredior.

et quod ipsā est morte crūdēlius: "and (something) which is more cruel than death itself."

cōnfidō quod: "I am certain that . . ."; quod introducing indirect statement with a subjunctive verb is late Latin.

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refūgit: > refugiō; "he refused."

hoc suae nōn esse virtūtis: "that this was not within his power"; virtūtis is genitive of characteristic.

nōn esse sē dignum, per quem Dominus signum virtūtis ostenderet: "that he was not worthy to be used by the Lord to reveal a sign of His power" (White). The subjunctive in the relative clause expresses tendency, as often with words like dignus ("worthy") oridōneus ("suitable"), or aptus ("fit"). See AG 631.1.

perstāre . . . ōrāre: historical infins., "persisted and begged."

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exspectābat, quidnam: "was waiting (to see) what."

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quae erant: the antecedent must be supplied from what follows, "things which were . . ."

familiāria . . . arma: "his usual weapons," i.e., his usual method, prayer. This looks forward to the main verb, ōrāvit.

solō: > solum –i (n.), "on the ground."

prostrātus: > prosterno, "prostrate," "face down."

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contactū eius: > contactus –ūs (m.), "at his touch."

populō teste: "with the people being a witness," i.e., "as the people watched" (abl. absol.). Cp. Augustine, City of God 22.8 (of the miraculous cure of a blind man) immēnsō populō teste rēs gesta est. The presence of spectators guarantees the reliability of the account.