Caesar's De Bello Gallico 5.31

Question 1

Consurgitur ex consiliō;

Answer 1

It is risen from the council;

Question 2

comprehendunt utrumque et orant,

Answer 2

they seize both and beseech,

Question 3

ne suā dissensione et pertinaciā rem in summum periculum deducant:

Answer 3

they may not bring the thing into the highest danger by their dissension and obstinacy:

Question 4

facilem rem esse

Answer 4

the matter is easy,

Question 5

seu maneant, seu proficiscantur,

Answer 5

whether they should remain or set out,

Question 6

sī modo unum omnes sentiant ac probent;

Answer 6

if only all may think and may approve one thing;

Question 7

contrā in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere.

Answer 7

On the other hand, they perceive no safety in dissension.

Question 8

Res disputatione ad mediam noctem perducitur.

Answer 8

The matter is conducted in dispute to the middle of the night.

Question 9

Tandem dat Cotta permotus manūs:

Answer 9

At last Cotta thoroughly moved gives his hands:

Question 10

superat sententia Sabinī.

Answer 10

the opinion of Sabinus prevails.

Question 11

Pronuntiatur primā luce ituros.

Answer 11

It is announced that they will go at first light.

Question 12

Consumitur vigiliīs reliqua pars noctis,

Answer 12

The remaining part of the night is consumed in wakefulness,

Question 13

cum sua quisque miles circumspiceret,

Answer 13

since each soldier was looking around for his own things,

Question 14

quid secum portare posset,

Answer 14

what he might be able to carry with himself,

Question 15

quid ex instrumento hibernorum relinquere cogeretur.

Answer 15

what he might be compelled to leave behind from the equipment of the winter quarters.

Question 16

Omnia excogitantur,

Answer 16

All things are thought out,

Question 17

quare nec sine periculō maneatur,

Answer 17

wherefore they should not remain without danger,

Question 18

et languore militum et viligiīs periculum augeatur.

Answer 18

and the danger would be increased by the weakness and by the wakefulness of the soldiers.

Question 19

Primā luce sic ex castrīs proficiscuntur,

Answer 19

At first light thus they set out from camp,

Question 20

ut quibus esset persuasum non ab hoste,

Answer 20

so that for whom it had not been persuaded by the enemy,

Question 21

sed ab homine amicissimō Ambiorige consilium datum,

Answer 21

but the plan given by Ambiorix a most friendly man,

Question 22

longissimō agmine maximīsque impedimentīs.

Answer 22

in a very long marching column and with the greatest baggage.