1 point by  TomF almost 8 years ago |  linkHere "cum" means "although,"hence the imperfect subj.;  the structure is "cum...testaretur...cieret:  "although she testified/protested she was only a widow  and she summoned her common Germanicus (ancestors)."  "cieo" is 2nd conjugation, although it looks, to mean at least, like a compound of "eo."  |