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... pace agitur. agimus ii quorum et maxime interest pacem...

quorum...interest, "to whom it is especially of concern that there be peace," "interest" constructed with the gen. of the personal (here rel.) pronoun identifying the person to whom something is of concern. Core construction with interest: Meaning: “it concerns / it is important to ___” Syntax pattern: interest + genitive of the person concerned + infinitive / clause / neuter pronoun (the thing that matters) Examples: meā interest = “it concerns me” tuā interest = “it concerns you” omnium interest = “it concerns everyone” BUT: With 1st and 2nd person singular pronouns, Latin uses ablative of the possessive adjective instead of genitive: meā interest (not mei interest) tuā interest (not tui interest) For 3rd person, the genitive is normal: eius interest eōrum / eārum interest What can serve as the “thing that matters”? A. Infinitive meā interest scire — “it matters to me to know” B. Neuter pronoun id interest — “that matters” C. Clause with ut or ne interest ut veniat — “it is important that he come” D. Indirect question interest quid facias — “it matters what you do”