dum, neque ex hībernīs iniussū Caesaris discēdendum iūdicābant; cum enim castra mūnītissima essent, crēdēbant sē Germānīs facile resistere posse, dōnec Caesar cum legiōnibus subsidiō venīret. Sabīnus autem, veritus nē Gallī cum Germānīs sē coniungerent, statim discēdendum cēnsuit; sciēbat enim Germānīs magnō dolōrī fuisse victōriās superiōrēs Rōmānōrum, neque arbitrābātur Gallōs, quī tot contumēliās ā Rōmānīs accēperant, sē cum hoste quōvīs coniungere dubitātūrōs.
Ōrātiōne in utramque partem[1] habitā, cum Cotta sententiae[2] collēgae[3] suī ācriter resisteret, Sabīnus postrēmō īrātus “Fiat[4],” inquit, “ut vōbīs vidētur; ego nōn is sum, quī[5] mortis perīculō magnopere terrear.”
Quibus verbīs commōtī, omnēs statim ē cōnsiliō surrēxērunt, lēgātōsque vehementer hortātī sunt nē suā pertināciā rem in summum perīculum dēdūcerent: neque[6] enim ūllum
- ↑ in utramque partem: freely, pro and con, cum . . . resisteret: translate by a partic. phrase.
- ↑ sententiae: f, for syntax, cf. Germānīs, l. 3.
- ↑ collēgae: collēga, -ae: m, lit. colleague; here, brother officer, (namely, Sabinus).
- ↑ fiat: let it be, ut . . . vidētur: as (it) seems best.
- ↑ is . . . quī: cf. eōs . . . quī, p. 125, l. 8.
- ↑ 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)..
