Caesar's De Bello Gallico 5.29

Question 1

Contrā ea Titurius serō facturōs clamitabat,

Answer 1

Against those things Titurius was exclaiming they would do it too late,

Question 2

cum maiores manūs hostium adiunctīs Germanīs convenissent

Answer 2

when greater bands of the enemy with the Germans joined would have assembled

Question 3

aut cum aliquid calamitatis in proximīs hibernīs esset acceptum.

Answer 3

or when some calamity had been received in the nearest winter quarters.

Question 4

Brevem consulendī esse occasionem.

Answer 4

The opportunity of consulting was short.

Question 5

Caesarem arbitrarī profectum in Italiam;

Answer 5

He thought Caesar set out into Italy;

Question 6

neque aliter Carnutes interficiendī Tasgetī consilium fuisse capturos,

Answer 6

otherwise neither the Carnutes would have formed a plan of the killing of Tasgetius,

Question 7

neque Eburones,

Answer 7

nor the Eburones,

Question 8

si ille adesset,

Answer 8

if that man were present,

Question 9

tantā contemptione nostrī ad castra venturos esse.

Answer 9

(they) would come to the camp with so great contempt of us.

Question 10

Non hostem auctorem, sed rem spectare:

Answer 10

He was not considering the enemy as the author but the matter:

Question 11

subesse Rhenum;

Answer 11

the Rhine was close;

Question 12

magnō esse Germanīs dolorī Ariovistī mortem et superiores nostras victorias;

Answer 12

the death of Ariovistus and our previous victories were of a great pain to the Germans;

Question 13

ardere Galliam tot contumeliīs acceptīs sub populī Romanī imperium

Answer 13

Gaul was burning with so many indignities received under the command of the Roman people

Question 14

redactam superiore gloriā reī militaris exstinctā.

Answer 14

(that it) was reduced with her former glory of military matters exstinguished.

Question 15

Postremō quis hoc sibi persuaderet,

Answer 15

Finally who would persuade himself of this,

Question 16

sine certā re Ambiorigem ad eiusmodī consilium descendisse?

Answer 16

without a sure matter that Ambiorix would resort to a plan of this kind?

Question 17

Suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam:

Answer 17

His own opinion was was safe on either side:

Question 18

si nihil esset durius,

Answer 18

if there was nothing harder,

Question 19

nullō cum periculō ad proximam legionem perventuros;

Answer 19

with no danger they would arrive to the nearest legion;

Question 20

si Gallia omnis cum Germanīs consentiret,

Answer 20

if all Gaul agreed with the Germans,

Question 21

unam esse in celeritate positam salutem.

Answer 21

their one safety was placed in speed.

Question 22

Cottae quidem atque eorum, quī dissentirent, consilium quem habere exitum?

Answer 22

Indeed what result was the advice of Cotta and of those who disagreed?

Question 23

In quō sī non praesens periculum,

Answer 23

In which if not present danger,

Question 24

at certe longinquā obsidione fames esset timenda?

Answer 24

but surely by a long siege famine must be feared?