A First Latin Reader/115

by Herbertus Chester Nutting

Herbert Chester Nutting

A First Latin Reader

Lesson 115
They are Outgeneraled by Caesar

1912

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114. The Enemy raise the Seige	116. Arrangements for the Rest of the Winter

LESSON 115

They are Outgeneraled by Caesar

Postrīdiē hostium equitātus prīmā lūce ad castra^[1] accessit, proeliumque cum nostrīs equitibus commīsit. Caesar autem suīs imperāvit ut cēderent cōnsultō^[2] sēque in castra reciperent; simul ex omnibus partibus castra altiōre vāllō^[3] mūnīrī, portās obstruī^[4], omniaque cum simulātiōne timōris^[5] agī iussit.

Quibus rēbus invītātī^[6], hostēs cōpiās rīvum trādūxērunt^[7] omnīs^[8], aciemque inīquō locō cōnstituērunt; tum Caesar, omnibus portīs^[9] ēruptiōne factā equitātūque ēmissō, eōs celeriter in fugam dedit. Longius^[10] autem īnsequī veritus, quod silvae palūdēsque intercēdēbant^[11], omnibus suīs incolumibus^[12] eōdem diē ad Cicerōnem pervēnit. Turrēs mūnitiōnēsque hostium^[13] admīrātur. Legiōne prōductā, cōgnōscit nōn decimum quemque^[14] esse reliquum mīlitem sine vulnere; quā ex rē iūdicat quantō in perīculō rēs fuerit^[15]. Cicerōne mīlitibusque laudātīs, centuriōnēs tribūnōsque singulōs appellat, quōrum ēgregiam^[16] fuisse virtūtem testimōniō^[17] Cicerōnis cōgnōverat. Dē cāsū Sabīnī et Cottae certius^[18] ex captīvīs cōgnōscit.

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1. castra: n, sc. Caesaris.
2. cōnsultō: adv..
3. altiōre vāllō: not a new rampart, but the old built higher.
4. obstruī: obstruō, 3, -strūxī, -strūctus: block up.
5. simulātiōne timōris: the purpose of this manoeuver is made clear by the following sentence.
6. invītātī: invītātus, -a, -um: part., freely, made bold, invited.
7. rīvum trādūxērunt: i.e. dūxērunt trāns rīvum; cf. flūmen trādūctīs, p. 91, l. 10.
8. omnīs: modifier of cōpiās.
9. omnibus portīs: f, for syntax, cf. fenestrā, p. 76, l. 3.
10. Longius: absol. compar..
11. intercēdēbant: intercēdō, 3, -cessī, -cessum est, intervene.
12. omnibus suīs incolumibus: abl. absol.; translate “with.”.
13. hostium: freely, built by the enemy.
14. nōn decimum quemque: order of lit. translation: nōn quemque decimum mīlitem esse reliquum.
15. fuerit: perf. subjunctive; why this mood? Note carefully the force of the tense..
16. ēgregiam: pred. adj. (ēgregius, -a, -um), conspicuous.
17. testimōniō: testimōnium, -ī: n, The abl. expresses means; we would say “from.”, report.
18. certius: n, as noun (neut. sing.); see the Vocab. under cōgnōscō.