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De Bello Gallico 7.90
Winter quarters
Caesar, De Bello Gallico VII. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō7.90.1Hīs rēbus cōnfectīs in Aeduōs proficīscitur;
When these things are finished, he sets out for the Aedui;
7.90.1cīvitātem recipit.
he recovers the state.
7.90.2Eō lēgātī ab Arvernīs missī quae imperāret sē factūrōs pollicentur.
Envoys sent there by the Arverni promise to do whatever he orders.
7.90.2Imperat magnum numerum obsidum.
He requires a large number of hostages.
7.90.3Legiōnēs in hīberna mittit.
He sends the legions into winter quarters.
7.90.3Captīvōrum circiter vīgintī mīlia Aeduīs Arvernīsque reddit.
He returns about twenty thousand captives to the Aedui and the Arverni.
7.90.4Titum Labiēnum duābus cum legiōnibus et equitātū in Sēquanōs proficīscī iubet: huic Mārcum Semprōnium Rutilum attribuit.
He orders Titus Labienus to set out for the Sequani with two legions and the cavalry; he assigns Marcus Sempronius Rutilus to him.
7.90.5Gāium Fabium lēgātum et Lūcium Minucium Basilum cum legiōnibus duābus in Rēmīs collocat, nē quam ab fīnitimīs Bellovacīs calamitātem accipiant.
He places Gaius Fabius the legate and Lucius Minucius Basilus with two legions among the Remi, so that they would not suffer any harm from their neighbors the Bellovaci.
7.90.6Gāium Antistium Rēgīnum in Ambivaretōs, Titum Sextium in Biturīgēs, Gāium Canīnium Rebilum in Rutēnōs cum singulīs legiōnibus mittit.
He sends Gaius Antistius Reginus to the Ambivareti, Titus Sextius to the Bituriges, and Gaius Caninius Rebilus to the Ruteni, each with one legion.
7.90.7Quīntum Tullium Cicerōnem et Pūblium Sulpicium Cabillōnī et Matīscōne in Aeduīs ad Ararim reī frūmentāriae causā collocat.
He stations Quintus Tullius Cicero and Publius Sulpicius at Cabillonum and Matisco among the Aedui on the Saône, to see to the grain supply.
Note. Cabillōnī et Matīscōne: locatives, 'at Cabillonum and at Matisco'.
7.90.7Ipse Bibracte hiemāre cōnstituit.
He himself decides to winter at Bibracte.
Note. Bibracte: a locative with the same form as the nominative, 'at Bibracte'.
7.90.7Hīs litterīs cognitīs Rōmae diērum vīgintī supplicātiō redditur.
When this dispatch became known, a thanksgiving of twenty days is decreed at Rome.
Note. Hīs litterīs cognitīs: Caesar's dispatch reporting the year's results to the Senate. A thanksgiving (supplicātiō) of twenty days was a great honor.
Vocabulary
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum | set out, depart, march |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| lēgātus, -ī, m. | ambassador |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| polliceor, -licērī, -licitus | promise |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| obses, obsidis m./f. | hostage |
| legiō, -ōnis f. | legion |
| hīberna, -ōrum n. pl. | winter quarters |
| captīvus, -a, -um | captive |
| circiter, prep. with acc. and adv. | about |
| vīgintī, indecl. adj. | twenty |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give back, return, restore; render |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| equitātus, -ūs m. | cavalry |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| attribuō, -ere, -tribuī, -tribūtum | assign, allot |
| collocō (conlocō), -āre, -āvī, -ātum | place, station; give in marriage |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| fīnitimus, -a, -um | neighboring, adjoining |
| calamitās, -tātis, f. | misfortune, calamity, disaster |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| singulī, -ae, -a | one at a time, single |
| quīntus, -a, -um | fifth |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| frūmentārius, -a, -um | of grain (rēs frūmentāria: grain supply) |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| hiemō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | spend the winter |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| litterae, -ārum f. pl. | letters (of the alphabet); a letter, dispatch |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| supplicātiō, -ōnis f. | public thanksgiving (to the gods) |