Caesar 4.25

Question 1

Quod ubi Caesar animadvertit,

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When Caesar noticed this, he ordered

Question 2

nāvīs longās,

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the long ships,

Question 3

quārum et speciēs erat barbarīs inūsitātior

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of which both the appearance was rather unfamiliar to the barbarians

Question 4

et mōtus ad ūsum expedītior,

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and the movement swifter for use,

Question 5

paulum removērī ab onerāriīs nāvibus

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to be moved back a little bit from the cargo ships

Question 6

et rēmīs incitārī

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and to be spurred on by oars

Question 7

et ad latus apertum hostium cōnstituī

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and to be set up opposite the exposed flank of the enemies

Question 8

atque inde fundīs, sagittīs, tormentīs hostēs prōpellī āc submovērī iussit;

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and he ordered the enemies from there to be driven back and moved away by slingshots, arrows and catapults;

Question 9

quae rēs māgnō ūsuī nostrīs fuit.

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which thing was of great use to our men.

Question 10

Nam et nāvium figūrā

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For both by the shape of the ships

Question 11

et rēmōrum mōtū

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and the movement of the oars

Question 12

et inūsitātō genere tormentōrum

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and the unusual type of catapults

Question 13

permōtī barbarī cōnstitērunt

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the barbarians scared stopped

Question 14

āc paulum modo pedem rettulērunt.

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and retreated a little bit.

Question 15

Atque nostrīs mīlitibus cunctantibus,

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And with our soldiers delaying,

Question 16

māximē propter altitūdinem maris,

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most of all because of the depth of the sea,

Question 17

quī decimae legiōnis aquilam ferēbat,

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he who was carrying the standard of the tenth legion,

Question 18

contestātus deōs,

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having called upon the gods,

Question 19

ut ea rēs legiōnī fēlīciter ēvenīret,

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that this matter turn out happily for the legion,

Question 20

' Dēsilīte', inquit, ' mīlitēs,

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he said "Jump, soldiers,

Question 21

nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prōdere;

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unless you wish to betray the standard to the enemies:

Question 22

ego certē meum reī pūblicae atque imperātōrī officium praestiterō.'

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I certainly will have displayed my duty to the republic and general."

Question 23

Hoc cum vōce māgnā dīxisset,

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When he had said this with a great voice,

Question 24

sē ex nāvī prōiēcit

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he threw himself from the ship

Question 25

atque in hostēs aquilam ferre coepit.

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and began to carry the standard towards the enemies.

Question 26

Tum nostrī cohortātī inter sē,

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Then our men having given encouragement among themselves,

Question 27

nē tantum dēdecus admitterētur,

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so that such a great disgrace not be allowed,

Question 28

ūniversī ex nāvī dēsiluērunt.

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as one they jumped from the ship.

Question 29

Hōs item ex proximīs prīmī nāvibus cum cōnspēxissent,

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Likewise the foremost from the nearby ships when they had seen these ones,

Question 30

subsecūtī hostibus appropīnquārunt.

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having followed closely they approached the enemies.

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