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cohortium impediments relicto, cum xxv cohortibus magnoque equitatu contra hostem proficlscitur, et mille passuum Erat inter Labienum
intermisso spatio castra communit.
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atque hostem difficill transitu flumen rlplsque praeruptls. Hoc neque ipse transire habebat in animo neque hostes transituros existimabat. Augebatur auxiliorum cotidie spes. Loquitur in consilio palam, quoniam German! apsese
dicantur,
propinquare
suas
exercitusque
fortunas
dubium non devocaturum, et postero die prltna luce ca10 stra moturum. Celeriter haec ad hostes deferuntur, ut ex Gallorum magno equitatus numero nonnullos Gallicls rebus in
favere natura cogebat.
LESSON
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The Enemy are Deceived and become Overconfident Labienus noctu tribunis mllitum primisque ordinibus sit consill, proponit et, quo facilius
convocatis, quid sul
1. impediments at this time Labienus had charge of the heavy baggage of Caesar s entire army. 2. hostem: sing, for pi., as
1
mille
in English. adj., 3.
indeclinable
relicto
enemy).
between him and the communit: communio,
intrench. 4.
passage
(cf.
praeruptus,
transitus, -us, M.,
transeo) -a,
.
praeruptls
-um, rugged. for namely,
1.
1
6. 8.
quoniam: inasmuch suas
he
.
.
.
fortunas
as. i.e.
ut
10.
castra
call.
lit.
will fall
moturum
ex
back.
inasmuch
as.
out of.
n. Gallorum: note on rebus 13.
the spes Treveri. loquitur: subject, Labienus. consilio: as on p. 126, 7.
bring-,
from among
transitu:
exercitusque
of the army. 9. dubium: i.e. periculum; lit. what? devocaturum: devoco, i, (that)
i.e.
(namely, 4,
here as genitive. intermisso i.e.
suam salutem.
the
freely, recruited
Gauls
139, 1. 10). the Gallic cause. p.
ordinibus:
i.e.
(cf.
centuri5nibus.
quid sui sit c5nsili his plan involves ; lit. what ? 14.
consill, cf.
Standisi, p. 16, proponit: i.e. ostendit.
see the note on p.
the
Gallicls
101,
1.
what (for 1.
4).
quo: 14.
