hostibus timōris[1] det suspiciōnem, maiōre strepitū et tumultū, quam populī Rōmānī fert[2] cōnsuētūdō, castra movērī iubet. Hīs rēbus fugae similem[3] profectiōnem efficit. Haec quoque per[4] explōrātōrēs ante lūcem in tantā propinquitāte castrōrum ad hostēs dēferuntur.
Vix agmen novissimum[5] extrā mūnītiōnēs prōcesserat,[6] cum Gallī cohortātī inter sē[7], nē spērātam praedam ex manibus dīmitterent — longum[8] esse, perterritīs Rōmānīs, Germānōrum auxilium exspectāre, neque suam patī dignitātem ut[9] tantīs cōpiīs tam exiguam manum, praesertim fugientem atque impeditam[10], adorīrī nōn audeant — flūmen trānsīre et inīquō locō committere proelium nōn dubitant. Quae[11] fore suspicātus Labiēnus, ut omnēs citrā flūmen ēliceret, eādem ūsus[12] simulātiōne itineris placidē prōgrediēbātur.
- ↑ timōris: m, namely, on his part.
- ↑ fert: calls for.
- ↑ similem: pred. adj., haec: neut..
- ↑ per: freely, by; cf. p. 141, l. 9, in tantā propinquitāte: freely, on account of the close proximity (propinquitās, -ātis, F., nearness).
- ↑ agmen novissimum: n, namely, of Labienus' army. With this phrase cf. prīmum agmen, p. 148, l. 6, prōcesserat: prōcēdō, 3, -cessī, -cessum est; advance.
- ↑ prōcesserat: prōcēdō, 3, -cessī, -cessum est, advance.
- ↑ inter sē: freely, one another.
- ↑ longum esse: it was needless (lit. too long). The indirect discourse is due to the idea of saying implied in cohortātī, l. 7. Do not attempt to translate this parenthetical matter (between the dashes) until the rest of the sentence is clear..
- ↑ ut: that; dependent on patī, tantīs cōpiīs: see p. 158, l. 1.
- ↑ fugientem atque impeditam: modifying manum, l. 10, flūmen: see p. 159, l. 3 ff..
- ↑ quae: n, neut., hīs., fore: supplying here a future infinitive for fīō; ut: depending on prōgrediēbātur, l. 14; omnēs: them all; citrā: prep., to the near side of, i.e. to his side of.
- ↑ ūsus: keeping up, itineris: here, retreat; placidē: adv., steadily; prōgrediēbātur: continued to move on.
