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De Bello Gallico 7.21
The Gauls approve and reinforce Avaricum
Caesar, De Bello Gallico VII. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō7.21.1Conclāmat omnis multitūdō et suō mōre armīs concrepat, quod facere in eō cōnsuērunt cuius ōrātiōnem approbant: summum esse Vercingetorīgem ducem, nec dē eius fidē dubitandum, nec maiōre ratiōne bellum administrārī posse.
The whole crowd shouts its approval and clashes its weapons in their manner, as they usually do for a man whose speech they approve: Vercingetorix was the greatest of leaders, and there was no reason to doubt his loyalty, nor could the war be conducted with greater skill.
Note. suō mōre armīs concrepat: Gallic warriors showed approval by clashing their weapons. The three infinitive clauses after the colon report what the crowd shouts: summum esse … dubitandum (esse) … administrārī posse.
7.21.2Statuunt, ut X mīlia hominum dēlēcta ex omnibus cōpiīs in oppidum mittantur, nec sōlīs Biturīgibus commūnem salūtem committendam cēnsent, quod paene in eō, sī id oppidum retinuissent, summam victōriae cōnstāre intellegēbant.
They decide that ten thousand men, picked from all their forces, should be sent into the town, and they think that the common safety should not be entrusted to the Bituriges alone, because they understood that almost the whole of the victory depended on this, if they held that town.
Vocabulary
| conclāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | shout out, cry out |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| multitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | multitude |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| concrepō, -āre, -crepuī | make a din, clash |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| cōnsuēscō, -suēscere, -suēvī, -suētus | become accustomed; in tenses of completed action, have become accustomed, be accustomed or wont |
| ōrātiō, -ōnis, f. | speech; ōrātiōnem habēre, to deliver an oration, speak |
| approbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | approve, agree with |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | doubt, hesitate |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| bellum, -ī, n. | war |
| administrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | manage, carry out |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtus | cause to stand; decide, resolve |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| Roman numeral | a number written with letters: I 1, V 5, X 10, L 50, C 100, D 500, M 1000 |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctus | choose out, choose, select |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| oppidum, -ī, n. | town |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| sōlus, -a, -um | alone |
| commūnis, -e | common, shared, public |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| committō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send together; commit, intrust; expose; proelium committere, to join battle |
| cēnseō, cēnsēre, cēnsuī, cēnsus | think, believe, consider |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| paene, adv. | almost, nearly |
| sī, conj. | if |
| retineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or keep back, keep, restrain; hold fast |
| summa, -ae f. | total, sum; supreme command |
| victōria, -ae, f. | victory |
| cōnstō, -stāre, -stitī, -stātūrus | stand together, agree; consist; |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |