Caesar's De Bello Gallico Latin Vocabulary Quiz 4
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- haec
- as follows
- castris
- for (the purpose of building) a camp
- deligo, deligere, delegi, delectus
- to pick out, choose
- summum, -i, n.
- highest point, top
- aequaliter, adv
- evenly
- declivis, -is, -e
- sloping downward
- Sabis, Sabis, acc. Sabim, m.
- the Sambre (a river in Belgium)
- vergo, vergere
- to slope down, be inclined down to, descend
- acclivitas, acclivitatis, f.
- ascent, upward slope
- contrarius, -a, -um
- facing; across the way
- adversus huic et contrarius
- (directly) facing this (hill) and across the way
- passus circiter ducentos
- for about two hundred paces
- infimus, -a, -um
- lowest; at the bottom
- pari acclivitate collis
- a hill with a similar descent
- adversus, -a, -um + dat
- opposite, facing
- apertus, -a, -um
- open, exposed, bare (of trees)
- ab
- on, along
- superior, superior, superius, gen. superioris
- higher
- silvestris, -is, -e
- wooded, covered with trees
- introrsus, adv
- within
- occultus, -a, -um
- hidden, secret, concealed
- in occulto
- in hiding
- secundum, prep + acc
- along, alongside
- statio, stationis, f
- lookout post, detachment (of soldiers or cavalry)
- altitudo, altitudinis, f
- height; depth
- pedum circiter trium
- (of) about three feet
- omnibus copiis
- with all his troops
- ratio ordoque
- general arragnment
- agmen, agminis, n
- marching line, army on the march
- aliter, adv
- otherwise, differently
- Nervii, -orum, m. pl.
- the Nervii
- defero, deferre, detuli, delatus, irreg
- to carry along; to report
- consuetudine sua
- by his custom = as was his custom
- expeditas
- in light marching order
- impedimentum, -i, n
- impediment, obstacle; pl baggage train
- colloco, -are, -avi, -atus
- to place, position
- proxime
- most recently
- collocarat =
- collocaverat =
- conscribo, conscribere, conscripsi, conscriptus
- to enlist; to raise, levy
- agmen claudere, idiom
- to close the column = to bring up the rear
- appropinquo, -are, -avi, + dat.
- to approach, draw near (to)
- collis, collis, collium, m
- hill
- contineo, -ere, continui, contentus
- to hold, keep
- ducenti, -ae, -a
- two hundred
- facile, adv
- easily
- inde, adv
- then, following that
- intra, prep + acc
- indisde, within
- nascor, -i, natus sum
- to be born; to arise
- natura, -ae, f
- nature; layout
- nomino, -are, -avi, -atus
- to name, mention
- pes, pedis, m
- foot
- post, prep + acc
- after, behind
- praemitto, -ere, praemissi, praemissus
- to send ahead
- sex
- six
- subsequor, -i, subsecutus sum
- to follow close behind
- supra, adv
- above, previously
- funditor, funditoris, m
- slinger
- sagittarius, -i, m
- archer
- Cum . . . illi . . ., interim legiones sex
- While they (i.e. the enemy cavalry) . . ., (meanwhile) the six legions . . .
- recipio, recipere, recepi, receptus
- to receive; to take back
- se recipere
- to retreat, withdraw
- neque nostri . . . auderent =
- et nostri . . . non auderent =
- longius quam quem ad finem
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beyond where;
farther than to which end (i.e. the line of the trees) - porrigo, porrigere, porrexi, porrectus
- to reach out, stretch, extend
- cedentes =
- eos (i.e. the enemy cavalry) =
- opus, operis, n
- work; building, fortifying
- dimetior, dimetiri, dimensus sum
- to measure out
- opere dimenso
- once the work was measured out, or, more fully, once the measurements for the fortifaction were taken
- munio, -ire, -ivi, -itus
- to fortify; to construct, build
- prima impedimenta
- the first (sign of the) baggage train = the front of the baggage train
- lateo, latere, latui
- to lie hidden, be concealed
- convenio, convenire, conveni, conventus
- to come together; to come to an agreement; to be agreed upon
- quod tempus . . . convenerat
- the (very) time . . . that had been agreed upon
- ut
- (exactly) as
- confirmo, -are, -avi, -atus
- to strengthen; to encourage
- atque ipsi sese confirmaverant
- and (as) they themselves had encouraged each other (to do)
- provolo, -are, -avi, -atus
- to fly forward; to rush forward
- proturbo, -are, -avi, -aturus
- to drive away in confusion, scatter pell-mell
- incredibili
- with (such) amazing
- et . . . et . . . et
- both . . . and . . . and
- in manibus nostris
-
in our midst, among us
lit. in our hands - adverso colle
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up the hill;
lit. by means of the hill facing (them) - contendo, contendere, contendi, contentus
- to rush, hasten, race
- audeo, -ere, ausus sum
- to dare
- cedo, -ere, cessi, cessurus
- to go; to retreat, withdraw
- celeritas, celeritatis, f.
- speed
- coepi, coepisse, coeptus, defecive verb
- I began
- decurro, -ere, de(cu)curri, decursus
- to run down
- identidem, adv
- repeatedly
- insequor, -i, insecutus sum
- to follow after, pursue
- interim, adv
- meanwhile
- occupatus, -a, -um
- engaged
- paene, adv
- almost
- primus, -a, -um
- first
- rursus, adv
- again
- transgredior, -i, transgressus sum
- to cross
- uno tempore
- at one time, simultaneously
- venio, -ire, veni, venturus
- to come
- videor, -eri, visus sum
- to be seen; to seem, appear
- omnia . . . erant agenda
- all things had to be done
- vexillum, -i, n
- flag, banner
- propono, proponere, proposui,propositus
- to put up, raise
- insigne, insignis, insignium, n
- mark, signal, cue, sign
- tuba, -ae, f
- trumpet
- ab . . . milites; qui . . . arcessendi
- (Some) soldiers . . ., (while others) who . . ., had to be sent for
- paulo longius
-
a little farther;
lit farther by little - cohortor, cohortari, cohortatus sum
- to exhort, encourage
- Quarum rerum
- But . . . of these things
- incursus, -us, m
- assault, attack
- scientia atque usus militum, quod . . . poterant, et quod . . . Caesar . . . vetuerat
- (first) the (military) knowledge and experience of his soldiers, because . . . they were able . . ., and (second) the fact that Caesar had told (them) not to . . .
- superioribus proeliis
- in earlier battles
- non minus commode . . . quam
- litotes, no less easily . . . than = just as easily as
- praescribo, praescribere, praescripsi, praescriptus
- to describe beforehand; to decide, determine
- nisi munitis castris
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until the camp had been fortified;
lit unless with the camp fortified - nihil iam
- not any longer, no longer
- imperium, -i, n
- command, order
- quae videbantur
- what seemed (best)
- administro, -are, -avi, -atus
- to manage, carry out, handle
- ago, -ere, egi, actus
- to drive; to do
- arcesso, -ere, arcessivi, arcessitus
- to summon, send for
- brevitas, brevitatis, f
- shortness
- concurro, -ere, concurri, concursurus
- to rush, hurry
- difficultas, difficultatis, f
- difficulty, trouble
- doceo, -ere, docui, doctus
- to teach, instruct, show
- exerceo, -ere, -ui, -itus
- to train
- exspecto, -are, -avi, -atus
- to wait for, expect
- fio, fieri, factus sum, irreg
- to be done; to happen
- impedio, -ire, -ivi, -itus
- to hinder, hamper, prevent
- nisi, conj
- unless, if . . . not
- oportet, -ere, oportuit, impersonal
- it is necessary
- paulum, -i, n
- a little
- procedo, -ere, processi, processurus
- to go forward, go off
- revoco, -are, -avi, -atus
- to recall
- scientia, -ae, f
- knowledge
- veto, -are, vetui, vetitus
- to forbid, tell X not to