erat deligendus: § 517, c (308, c); B. 304, 3, a; G. 597, R2; 11.582 (51 I, 2); H-B. 582, 3, a, N.1. nunc, as things stand. adsit, habeat, possit: result clauses in appos. with opportunitas. eis qui habent, i.e. Lucullus, Glabrio, and Marcius Rex, who were still in command of Roman armies in Asia. For mood of habent, see § 593, a, N.1 (342, a, N.); G. 629, R.; H. 652, I (529, ii, N.1, 2). cur . . . committamus: observe the different mood in the preceding question quid exspectamus?
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