Immaculate
Conception Academy
Latin
3: Caesar, De Bello Gallico
Instructor: James Ransom
November
13, 2017
DBG 4.25
Course Notes
Course Notes
[25] 1 Quod ubi Caesar animadvertit, naves longas, quarum et
species erat barbaris inusitatior et motus ad usum expeditior, paulum removeri
ab onerariis navibus et remis incitari et ad latus apertum hostium constitui
atque inde fundis, sagittis, tormentis hostes propelli ac submoveri iussit;
quae res magno usui nostris
fuit.
2 Nam
et navium figura et remorum motu et inusitato genere tormentorum permoti
barbari constiterunt ac paulum modo pedem rettulerunt.
3 Atque
nostris militibus cunctantibus, maxime propter altitudinem maris, qui X
legionis aquilam gerebat, obtestatus deos, ut ea res legioni feliciter
eveniret, ' desilite', inquit, ' milites, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prodere;
ego certe meum rei publicae atque imperatori officium praestitero.' 4 Hoc
cum voce magna dixisset, se ex navi proiecit atque in hostes aquilam ferre
coepit.
5 Tum
nostri cohortati inter se, ne tantum dedecus admitteretur, universi ex navi
desiluerunt.
6 Hos
item ex proximis primi navibus cum conspexissent, subsecuti hostibus
adpropinquaverunt.
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1 Quod ubi Caesar animadvertit When
Caesar realized the situation;
“quod”: “this,
which”; accusative object of “animadvertit.”
"animadvertit"
is third person singular present active indicative of animadverto,
animadvertere, animadverti, animadversum, "notice, observe, judge,
estimate."
naves
longas, quarum et species erat barbaris inusitatior et motus ad usum expeditior, which
were not only less familiar to the savages, but more maneuverable;
"inusitatior" and "expeditior": comparative
adjectives.
“barbaris”: “to the barbarians”; dative of
reference.
paulum removeri ob
onerariis navibus...iussit he ordered the
warships to remove a short distance from the troop carriers;
the adverb “paulum”
= “a little”; [comparative minus,
superlative minime]
"removeri"
is present passive infinitive of removeo, removere, removi, remotus,
"remove."
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