Caesar's De Bello Gallico 4.30

Question 1

Quibus rebus cognitīs,

Answer 1

Which matters having been learned,

Question 2

princeps Britanniae,

Answer 2

the leading men of Britain,

Question 3

quī post proelium ad Caesarem convenerant,

Answer 3

who had come together after the battle to Caesar,

Question 4

inter se collocutī,

Answer 4

having spoken amongst themselves,

Question 5

cum equites et naves et frumentum Romanīs deesse intellegerent

Answer 5

when they understood the cavalry and ships and grain were lacking for the Romans

Question 6

et paucitatem militum ex castrorum exiguitate cognoscerent,

Answer 6

and learned the fewness of the soldiers from the scantiness of the camp,

Question 7

quae hoc erant etiam angustiora quod sine impedimentīs Caesar legiones transportaverat,

Answer 7

which in this way was also narrower because Caesar had transported the legions without baggage,

Question 8

optimum factū esse duxerunt rebellione factā

Answer 8

they considered the best thing to do was a rebellion having been made

Question 9

frumentō commeatūque nostros prohibere et rem in hiemem producere,

Answer 9

to prevent our men from grain and provisions and to prolong the matter into winter,

Question 10

quod hīs superatīs aut reditū interclusīs

Answer 10

because with these men having been defeated or shut off from a return

Question 11

neminem posteā bellī inferendī causā in Britanniam transiturum confidebant.

Answer 11

they were trusting no one would cross over afterwards for the cause of bringing on war into Britain.

Question 12

Itaque rursus coniuratione factā paulatim ex castrīs discedere

Answer 12

And so again with a conspiracy having been made little by little they begin to leave the camps

Question 13

et suos clam ex agrīs deducere coeperunt.

Answer 13

and secretly to lead forth their own men from the fields.

Question 14

At Caesar, etsī nondum eorum consilia cognoverat,

Answer 14

But Caesar, although not yet had he learned of their plans,

Question 15

tamen et ex eventū navium suarum et ex eō quod obsides dare intermiserant

Answer 15

nevertheless, from the outcome of his own ships and from that because they had let pass to give hostages

Question 16

fore id quod accidit suspicabatur.

Answer 16

he was suspecting it would be which happened.

Question 17

Itaque ad omnes casūs subsidia comparabat.

Answer 17

And so for all accidents he was preparing help.

Question 18

Nam et frumentum ex agrīs cotidie in castra conferebat et,

Answer 18

For both grain from the fields he was collecting daily into the camps and,

Question 19

quae gravissime adflictae erant naves,

Answer 19

which ships had been damaged most seriously,

Question 20

earum materiā atque aere ad reliquas reficiendas utebatur

Answer 20

he was using their material and to repair the rest with copper

Question 21

et quae ad eas res erant usuī ex continentī compararī iubebat.

Answer 21

and which ships were use for these matters he was ordering to be provided from the continent.

Question 22

Itaque, cum summō studiō a militibus administraretur,

Answer 22

And so, with the highest eagerness it was being attended to by the soldiers,

Question 23

XII navibus amissīs,

Answer 23

with 12 ships lost,

Question 24

reliquīs ut navigarī commode posset effecit.

Answer 24

it happened for the rest that it might be able to be sailed easily.