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109.3.

obtestatus, appealing to. Such prayers almost always preceded any formal address among the Romans, like "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The words would be Quod vobis feliciter eveniat, desilite, etc. — legioni, imperatori: dat. of reference.


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