#Ablative of time.#
1. Appius Claudius was no[1] better than the preceding generals, who did
not boast that they would sink the enemy's fleet (on) the first day[2]
of the war. 2. The chicken-keeper informed him that the chickens would
not [to be unwilling to] eat. 3. "Let[3] them drink then," said Appius,
and ordered them to be plunged into the sea. 4. That very [self] day he
was defeated, and many thousands of the Romans slain. 5. He afterwards
committed suicide, for he knew that he would be put to death by the
people. 6. Upon his sister, too, a heavy fine had[4] to be imposed.
[Footnotes:
1: See XVII, l. 10, and note.
2: Cf. Ex. XIII, sent. 19.
3: Cf. Ex. XIII, sent. 5.
4: Cf. Ex. XVII, sent. 5.]