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De Bello Civili 1.10
Pompey's answer
Caesar, De Bello Civili I. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in LectitōBC 1.10.1Acceptīs mandātīs Roscius cum Caesare Capuam pervēnit ibique cōnsulēs Pompēiumque invēnit;
Having received the message, Roscius reaches Capua with Lucius Caesar, and there finds the consuls and Pompey;
Note. Capua was where the consuls and Pompey had gone after leaving Rome.
BC 1.10.1postulāta Caesaris renūntiat.
he reports Caesar's demands.
Note. renūntiat: 'reports back'.
BC 1.10.2illī dēlīberātā rē respondent scrīptaque ad eum mandāta per eōsdem remittunt, quōrum haec erat summa: Caesar in Galliam reverterētur, Arīminō excēderet, exercitūs dīmitteret;
After considering the matter they reply and send back written instructions to him by the same men, of which this was the substance: Caesar should return to Gaul, leave Ariminum and disband his armies;
Note. The counter-terms: Caesar should give up Ariminum, return to Gaul and disband. reverterētur, excēderet, dīmitteret: indirect commands.
BC 1.10.3quae sī fēcisset, Pompēium in Hispāniās itūrum.
if he did this, Pompey would go to the Spanish provinces.
Note. Hispāniās: the two Spanish provinces, Pompey's own.
BC 1.10.4intereā quoad fidēs esset data Caesarem factūrum, quae pollicērētur, nōn intermissūrōs cōnsulēs Pompēiumque dīlēctūs.
Meanwhile, until a pledge had been given that Caesar would do what he promised, the consuls and Pompey would not interrupt the levies.
Note. quoad: 'until'. nōn intermissūrōs: future infinitive (esse omitted), 'would not interrupt'.
Vocabulary
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| mandātum, -ī n. | order, instruction, message |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come through, come, arrive, reach |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| cōnsul, -ulis m. | consul (one of Rome's two chief magistrates) |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| postulātum, -ī n. | demand, request |
| renūntiō, -nūntiāre, -nūntiāvī, -nūntiātus | bring back word, report, announce |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| dēlīberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | consider, deliberate |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus | reply, answer |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | send back; give up, remit |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| summa, -ae f. | total, sum; supreme command |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| revertor, -vertī, -versus, perf. act. -vertī | turn back, return |
| excēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | go out or forth, depart |
| exercitus, -ūs, m. | army |
| dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose |
| sī, conj. | if |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| intereā, adv. | in the meantime, meanwhile |
| quoad (conj.) | as long as; until |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| polliceor, -licērī, -licitus | promise |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| intermittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | leave off, interrupt; let pass; pass., be left between, intervene, elapse |
| dīlēctus, -ūs m. | levy, recruitment of soldiers; dīlēctum habēre: hold a levy |