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.