A First Latin Reader/104

by Herbertus Chester Nutting

Herbert Chester Nutting

A First Latin Reader

Lesson 104
The Advice of the Enemy is Taken

1912

fons: librum vide

103. Division of Opinion in the Roman Camp	105. The Romans are Ambushed

LESSON 104

The Advice of the Enemy is Taken

Quibus verbīs commōtī, omnēs statim ē cōnsiliō surrēxērunt, lēgātōsque vehementer hortātī sunt nē suā pertināciā rem in summum perīculum dēdūcerent: neque^[1] enim ūllum hostem sibi timendum esse^[2], sī modo^[3] omnēs idem probārent; in dissēnsiōne^[4] autem nūllam esse spem.

Cum iam ad mediam noctem disputātum esset, tum^[5] dēmum Sabīnī sententia superāvit, ac māne castra mōtum īrī^[6] mīlitibus prōnūntiātum est. Cōnsūmpta est vigiliīs^[7] reliqua pars noctis, cum mīlitēs bona colligerent^[8] sua, nec satis scīrent quid in hībernīs relinquendum^[9], aut quid sēcum portandum esset. Deinde prīmā lūce ē castrīs longissimō^[10] agmine maximīsque impedimentīs profectī sunt; plērīque enim nōn suspicābantur Ambiorīgem omnia ea, quae dē Germānōrum adventū dīxerat, mentītum esse, cum spērāret^[11] ita sē Rōmānōs ex hībernīs ēlicere posse.

At interim hostēs, quī ex nocturnō strepitū intellēxerant lēgātōs cōnstituisse cōnfēstim castra movēre, in silvās paulum sē recēperant īnsidiīsque locō idōneō collocātīs adventum Rōmānōrum cupidē exspectābant.

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1. neque: in combination with enim and other postpositive words, neque usually replaces nōn. In the translation of this particular clause, combine the negative with ūllum (= nūllum)..
2. timendum esse: need be feared, a common force of the gerundive, esp. in negative phrases. The indirect discourse at this point is due to the idea of saying (dīxērunt) implied in hortātī sunt, p. 127, l. 15.
3. modo: consult the Vocab. under sī, idem probārent: i.e. should agree when one plan; lit. what?.
4. dissēnsiōne: dissēnsiō, -ōnis: f, disagreement.
5. tum: what part of the verb?.
6. mōtum īrī: what part of the verb?.
7. vigiliīs: f, we would say “in wakefulness.” What is another meaning of this word?.
8. colligerent: colligō, 3, -lēgī, -lēctus: Translate this clause by a partic. phrase., get together.
9. relinquendum: sc. esset; for mood, cf. esset, p. 126, l. 17.
10. longissimō: and, therefore, straggling.
11. cum spērāret: cf. the cum-clause in l. 6.