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De Bello Civili 1.10

Pompey's answer

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BC 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'.

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Grammar in this passage: ablative absolute ×2, indirect statement ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (40 words)
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
mandātum, -ī n.order, instruction, message
cum, prep, with abl.with
perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome 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, -ventuscome upon, find
postulātum, -ī n.demand, request
renūntiō, -nūntiāre, -nūntiāvī, -nūntiātusbring back word, report, announce
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
dēlīberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumconsider, deliberate
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsusreply, answer
scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptuswrite
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, -missumsend 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, futūrusbe
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. -vertīturn back, return
excēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessusgo out or forth, depart
exercitus, -ūs, m.army
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
sī, conj.if
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
eō, īre, iī, itusgo
intereā, adv.in the meantime, meanwhile
quoad (conj.)as long as; until
fidēs, -eī f.faith, trust; pledge
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
polliceor, -licērī, -licituspromise
nōn, adv.not
intermittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missusleave off, interrupt; let pass; pass., be left between, intervene, elapse
dīlēctus, -ūs m.levy, recruitment of soldiers; dīlēctum habēre: hold a levy
Caesar, De Bello Civili I. Latin text: R. du Pontet, C. Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum pars posterior (Oxford, 1901), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.