Section 16

curationum . . . gratia: 'the divine gift of healing'.

qui non . . . receperit: '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).

Treveris: (abl. 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.

dira parlysis aegritudine: 'with a dreadful sickness of paralysis', i.e., with a dreadful sickness that left her paralyzed.

nullo ad humanos usus corporis officio fungeretur: 'she executed no bodily function for human uses', i.e. she had no use of her body. fungor takes the ablative.

omni ex parte praemortua vix tenui spiritu palpitabat: 'nearly dead in every part of her body, her pulse was almost non-existent and her breathing faint' (White). palpito (1) = 'quiver'.

ad solam funeris expectationem: 'for the lone expectation of her death', i.e., 'expecting only her death'.

cum . . . nuntiatur: 'when it was announced', historical present and indicative in an inverted cum-clause (AG 581) for extra vividness.

rogaturus: 'intending to ask' (for help).

fuerat ingressus: 'had entered' (> ingredior), = essset ingressus.

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

confido quod: 'I am certain that...' Quod introducing indirect statement with a subjuncive verb is late Latin.

refugit: 'he refused' (> refugio).

hoc suae non esse virtutis: 'that this was not within his power', virtutis is genitive of characteristic.

perstare . . . orare:'persisted and begged', historical infinitives.

non se esse 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 subj. in the relative clause expresses tendency, as often with words like dignus ('worthy') oridoneus ('suitable'), or aptus ('fit'). See AG 631.1.

expectabat, quidnam: 'was waiting (to see) what'.

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

familiaria . . . arma: 'his usual weapons', i.e., his usual method, prayer. This looks forward to the main verb, oravit.

solo: 'on the ground' (> solum -i, n.):

prostratus: 'prostrate, face down' (> prosterno).

contactu eius: 'at his touch' (> contactus, -ūs, m.)

populo 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) immenso populo teste res gesta est. The presence of spectators guarantees the reliability of the account.