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De Bello Gallico 8.32
Lucterius seizes Uxellodunum
Hirtius, De Bello Gallico VIII. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō8.32.1At Drappēs ūnāque Lucterius, cum legiōnēs Canīniumque adesse cognōscerent nec sē sine certā perniciē persequente exercitū putārent prōvinciae fīnēs intrāre posse nec iam līberē vagandī latrōciniōrumque faciendōrum facultātem habērent, in fīnibus cōnsistunt Cadurcōrum.
But Drappes, and Lucterius with him, when they learned that the legions and Caninius were at hand, and thought that they could not enter the borders of the Province without certain destruction with an army in pursuit, and no longer had the opportunity of roaming freely and committing robberies, halt in the territory of the Cadurci.
Note. Drappēs ūnāque Lucterius: 'Drappes, and Lucterius with him'. persequente exercitū: ablative absolute. vagandī latrōciniōrumque faciendōrum: a gerund and a gerundive side by side.
8.32.2Ibi cum Lucterius apud suōs cīvēs quondam integrīs rēbus multum potuisset, semperque auctor novōrum cōnsiliōrum magnam apud barbarōs auctōritātem habēret, oppidum Uxellodūnum, quod in clientēlā fuerat eius, ēgregiē nātūrā locī mūnītum, occupat suīs et Drappetis cōpiīs oppidānōsque sibi coniungit.
There, since Lucterius had once had great power among his fellow citizens before things went wrong, and as a constant author of new plans had great authority among the barbarians, he occupies with his own and Drappes' forces the town of Uxellodunum, which had been under his protection and was excellently defended by the nature of the site, and joins the townspeople to himself.
Note. integrīs rēbus: 'when things were still sound', before the revolt failed. in clientēlā … eius: 'under his patronage'. Uxellodunum was probably at the Puy d'Issolud, near the Dordogne.
Vocabulary
| at, conj. | but |
| ūnā | together, along |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| legiō, -ōnis f. | legion |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| certus, -a, -um | determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform |
| perniciēs, -ēī f. | ruin, destruction |
| persequor, -sequī, -secūtus | follow up, pursue |
| exercitus, -ūs, m. | army |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| intrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | go within or into, enter |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| līberē (adv.; comp. līberius) | freely, frankly |
| vagor, -ārī, -ātus sum | wander, roam |
| latrōcinium, -ī n. | robbery, raiding |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| facultās, -tātis, f. | possibility, opportunity, chance, means |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| cōnsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitus | station oneself, take one's stand; consist |
| ibi, adv. | in that place, there |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| cīvis, -is, m. and f. | citizen, fellow-citizen, subject |
| quondam (adv.) | once, formerly, at one time |
| integer, -gra, -grum | untouched, fresh, whole |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| multum, -ī, n. | much |
| semper, adv. | always |
| auctor, -ōris m. | originator, instigator |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| barbarus, -a, -um | barbarian |
| auctōritās, -tātis f. | influence, authority, prestige |
| oppidum, -ī, n. | town |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| clientēla, -ae f. | clientship, protection; pl. dependants, clients |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| ēgregiē, adv. | excellently, splendidly, admirably |
| nātūra, -ae, f. | nature, character |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| mūniō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | fortify |
| occupō, -cupāre, -cupāvī, -cupātus | seize; fill |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| oppidānus, -ī m. | townsman (pl. the people of the town) |
| coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join together, join |