De Bello Gallico 1.20

1.20.1Dīviciācus multīs cum lacrimīs Caesarem complexus obsecrāre coepit ne quid gravius in frātrem statueret: scīre sē illa esse vēra, nec quemquam ex eō plūs quam sē dolōris capere, proptereā quod, cum ipse grātiā plūrimum domī atque in reliquā Galliā, ille minimum propter adulēscentiam posset, per sē crēvisset;

Diviciacus, with many tears, embraced Caesar and began to beg him not to take any severe measure against his brother: he knew those things were true, and no one was more pained by them than he was, because when he himself had great influence at home and in the rest of Gaul, and his brother very little because of his youth, it was through him that his brother had risen;

Note. nē quid gravius: 'not to take any harsher step'. quid after nē means 'anything'.

1.20.3quibus opibus ac nervīs nōn sōlum ad minuendam grātiam, sed paene ad perniciem suam ūterētur.

and now he was using this wealth and strength not only to lessen his brother's influence but almost to ruin him.

1.20.3Sēsē tamen et amōre frāternō et exīstimātiōne vulgī commovērī.

Even so, he was moved both by love for his brother and by public opinion.

1.20.4Quod sī quid eī ā Caesare gravius accidisset, cum ipse eum locum amīcitiae apud eum tenēret, nēminem exīstimātūrum nōn suā voluntāte factum;

For if anything severe happened to Dumnorix at Caesar's hands, since he himself held such a place in Caesar's friendship, no one would think it had been done without his consent;

1.20.4quā ex rē futūrum utī tōtīus Galliae animī ā sē āverterentur.

and as a result the feelings of all Gaul would be turned against him.

1.20.5Haec cum plūribus verbīs flēns ā Caesare peteret, Caesar eius dextram prēndit;

As he begged this of Caesar at length and in tears, Caesar takes his right hand;

1.20.5cōnsōlātus rogat fīnem ōrandī faciat;

comforting him, he asks him to stop pleading;

1.20.5tantī eius apud sē grātiam esse ostendit utī et reī pūblicae iniūriam et suum dolōrem eius voluntātī ac precibus condōnet.

he shows that he values Diviciacus so highly that he forgives both the wrong to the state and his own resentment for the sake of Diviciacus' wishes and prayers.

Note. tantī eius … grātiam esse: 'that Diviciacus' influence with him was so great', tantī is a genitive of value.

1.20.5Dumnorīgem ad sē vocat, frātrem adhibet;

He calls Dumnorix to him and has his brother present;

1.20.5quae in eō reprehendat ostendit;

he shows him what he finds fault with in him;

1.20.5quae ipse intellegat, quae cīvitās querātur prōpōnit;

he sets out what he himself knows and what the state complains of;

1.20.5monet ut in reliquum tempus omnēs suspīciōnēs vītet;

he warns him to avoid all grounds for suspicion in future;

1.20.5praeterita sē Dīviciācō frātrī condōnāre dīcit.

he says that he forgives the past for the sake of his brother Diviciacus.

1.20.5Dumnorīgī custōdēs pōnit, ut quae agat, quibuscum loquātur scīre possit.

He sets guards on Dumnorix so that he can know what he does and with whom he talks.

Note. quae agat, quibuscum loquātur: indirect questions, 'what he does, with whom he talks'.