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De Bello Gallico 6.2
The Treveri stir up new allies
Caesar, De Bello Gallico VI. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō6.2.1Interfectō Indutiomārō, ut docuimus, ad eius propinquōs ā Trēverīs imperium dēfertur.
After Indutiomarus was killed, as we have related, the Treveri gave the command to his relatives.
Note. ut docuimus: Indutiomarus was killed at the end of Book V.
6.2.1Illī fīnitimōs Germānōs sollicitāre et pecūniam pollicērī nōn dēsistunt.
They did not stop trying to win over the neighboring Germans and promising them money.
6.2.1Cum ab proximīs impetrāre nōn possent, ulteriōrēs temptant.
When they could not get their wish from the nearest, they tried those farther off.
6.2.2Inventīs nōnnūllīs cīvitātibus iūreiūrandō inter sē cōnfirmant obsidibusque dē pecūniā cavent: Ambiorīgem sibi societāte et foedere adiungunt.
Having found some states willing, they bound themselves to one another by an oath, secured the money with hostages, and joined Ambiorix to themselves by alliance and treaty.
Note. Inventīs nōnnūllīs cīvitātibus: ablative absolute, 'when some states had been found (willing)'. dē pecūniā cavent: caveō dē 'give security for'.
6.2.3Quibus rēbus cognitīs Caesar, cum undique bellum parārī vidēret, Nerviōs, Aduatucōs ac Menapiōs adiūnctīs Cisrhēnānīs omnibus Germānīs esse in armīs, Senonēs ad imperātum nōn venīre et cum Carnutibus fīnitimīsque cīvitātibus cōnsilia commūnicāre, ā Trēverīs Germānōs crēbrīs lēgātiōnibus sollicitārī, mātūrius sibi dē bellō cōgitandum putāvit.
When Caesar learned this, since he saw war being prepared on every side—the Nervii, Atuatuci and Menapii, with all the Germans on this side of the Rhine joined to them, were in arms; the Senones did not come when ordered and were sharing plans with the Carnutes and the neighboring states; the Germans were being urged by the Treveri with frequent embassies—he thought he must plan for war earlier than usual.
Note. The long cum-clause holds a string of indirect statements (Nerviōs … esse, Senonēs … nōn venīre, Germānōs … sollicitārī) depending on vidēret. cōgitandum: impersonal gerundive with sibi, 'that he must think'.
Vocabulary
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| propinquus, -a, -um; as noun, -ī m./-a f. | near; (noun) relative |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| imperium, -ī, n. | command; sway, rule |
| dēferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus | bear or carry away or off |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| fīnitimus, -a, -um | neighboring, adjoining |
| sollicitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | stir up, tempt |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| polliceor, -licērī, -licitus | promise |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| dēsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitus | set down; leave off, desist, cease, stop |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| proximus, -a, -um | nearest, next |
| impetrō, -petrāre, -petrāvī, -petrātus | gain one's end, obtain (a request) |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| ulterior, -ius, adj. | farther |
| temptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | try, attempt |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| nōnnūllus, -a, -um | not none, some, several |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| iūsiūrandum, iūrisiūrandī n. | oath |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| cōnfirmō, -firmāre, -firmāvī, -firmātus | strengthen, establish; declare, assert |
| obses, obsidis m./f. | hostage |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautus | beware, take care; be on one's guard against, beware of |
| societās, -ātis f. | alliance, partnership |
| foedus, -eris n. | treaty, alliance |
| adiungo, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join to, join |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| undique, adv. | from or on all sides |
| bellum, -ī, n. | war |
| parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make ready, prepare |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| Cisrhēnānus, -a, -um | on this (the Gallic) side of the Rhine |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| imperātum, -ī, n. | command, order |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| commūnicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | share; in the Gospels also: make common, make (ritually) unclean |
| crēber, -bra, -brum | frequent, numerous; close together |
| lēgātiō, -ōnis f. | embassy, mission |
| mātūrē (adv.; superl. mātūrrimē) | early, quickly |
| cōgitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | consider, think over |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |