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De Bello Gallico 6.41
The panic in the camp
Caesar, De Bello Gallico VI. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō6.41.1Germānī dēspērātā expugnātiōne castrōrum, quod nostrōs iam cōnstitisse in mūnītiōnibus vidēbant, cum eā praedā quam in silvīs dēposuerant trāns Rhēnum sēsē recēpērunt.
The Germans, giving up hope of storming the camp, because they saw that our men had now taken their stand on the fortifications, withdrew across the Rhine with the plunder they had hidden in the woods.
6.41.2Ac tantus fuit etiam post discessum hostium terror ut eā nocte, cum Gāius Volusēnus missus cum equitātū ad castra vēnisset, fidem nōn faceret adesse cum incolumī Caesarem exercitū.
And so great was the terror, even after the enemy had left, that that night, when Gaius Volusenus, sent with the cavalry, had come to the camp, he could not make them believe that Caesar was near with his army unharmed.
6.41.3Sīc omnīnō animōs timor praeoccupāverat ut paene aliēnātā mente dēlētīs omnibus cōpiīs equitātum sē ex fugā recēpisse dīcerent neque incolumī exercitū Germānōs castra oppugnātūrōs fuisse contenderent.
Fear had so completely taken hold of their minds that, almost out of their wits, they said that all the forces had been destroyed and the cavalry had escaped from the rout, and insisted that the Germans would not have attacked the camp if the army had been unharmed.
6.41.4Quem timōrem Caesaris adventus sustulit.
This fear was removed by Caesar's arrival.
Vocabulary
| dēspērō, -spērāre, -spērāvī, -spērātus | despair |
| expugnātiō, -ōnis f. | taking by storm, capture |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| noster, -tra, -trum | our |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| cōnsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitus | station oneself, take one's stand; consist |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| mūnītiō, -ōnis f. | fortification, defence works |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| praeda, -ae, f. | booty, spoil, plunder |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| dēpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put down, deposit; lay aside, give up; ē memoriā dēpōnere, to forget |
| trāns, prep. with acc. | across, over |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| discessus, -ūs m. | departure |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| terror, -ōris, m. | terror, fright |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| equitātus, -ūs m. | cavalry |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| incolumis, -e | unhurt, safe |
| exercitus, -ūs, m. | army |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| omnīnō, adv. | altogether, wholly, entirely |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| timor, -ōris, m. | fear |
| praeoccupō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | seize beforehand, take hold of first |
| paene, adv. | almost, nearly |
| aliēnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make another's; estrange; (of the mind) unsettle |
| mēns, mentis f. | mind, spirit |
| dēleō, -ēre, dēlēvī, dēlētum | destroy, wipe out |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| fuga, -ae, f. | flight |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| oppugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | attack, besiege |
| contendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch, hasten |
| adventus, -ūs, m. | approach, arrival |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |