Caesar's De Bello Gallico 1.7

Question 1

Caesari cum id nuntiatum esset,

Answer 1

When it had been announced to Caesar,

Question 2

eos per provinciam nostram iter facere conari,

Answer 2

that they are trying to make their journey through our province,

Question 3

maturat ab urbe proficisci et quam maximīs potest itineribus

Answer 3

he hurries to set out from the city and with marches as great as he is able

Question 4

in Galliam ulteriorem contendit et ad Genavam pervenit.

Answer 4

he hastens into farther land and arrives at Geneva.

Question 5

Provinciae totī quam maximum potest militum numerum imperat

Answer 5

He orders from the entire province as great a number of soldiers as he is able

Question 6

(erat omninō in Galliā ulteriore legiō una),

Answer 6

(there was altogether one legion in farther Gaul),

Question 7

pontem, qui erat ad Genevam, iubet rescindi.

Answer 7

the bridge, which was at Geneva, he orders to be destroyed.

Question 8

Ubi de eius adventū Helvetii certiores facti sunt,

Answer 8

When the Helvetians were informed about his arrival,

Question 9

legatos ad eum mittunt nobilissimos civitatis,

Answer 9

they send the most noble ambassadors of the state to him,

Question 10

cuius legationis Nammeius et Verucloetius principem locum obtinebant,

Answer 10

of which embassy Nammeius and Verucloetius were holding the chief place,

Question 11

qui dicerent sibi esse in aminō sine ullō maleficiō iter per provinciam facere,

Answer 11

who say for themselves that they were in mind to make a journey through the province without any harm,

Question 12

propterea quod aliud iter haberunt nullum:

Answer 12

because they had no other route:

Question 13

rogare ut eius voluntate id sibi facere liceat.

Answer 13

they ask that it be allowed for themselves to do it by his wish.

Question 14

Caesar, quod memoriā tenebat Lucium Cassium consulem occisum

Answer 14

Caesar, because he remembered that Lucius Cassius the consul had been killed

Question 15

exercitum eius ab Helvetiīs pulsum et sub iugum missum,

Answer 15

and his army routed by the Helvetians and sent under the yoke,

Question 16

concedendum non putabat;

Answer 16

he was thinking it must not be granted;

Question 17

neque homines inimicō animō, (existimabat)

Answer 17

nor was he thinking that men with hostile mind,

Question 18

datā facultate per provinciam itineris faciendī,

Answer 18

with the opportunity given of making a journey through the province,

Question 19

temperaturos ab iniuriā et maleficiō (existimabat).

Answer 19

would refrain from injury and harm.

Question 20

Tamen, ut spatium intercedere posset dum milites quos imperaverat convenirent,

Answer 20

Moreover, so that a space might pass while the soldiers assembled which he had ordered,

Question 21

legatīs respondit diem se ad deliberandum sumpturum:

Answer 21

he responds to the ambassadors that he would take a day to deliberate:

Question 22

si quid vellent, ad Id. April. reverterentur.

Answer 22

if they would wish anything, they should return at the Ides of April.