Caesar's De Bello Gallico 5.33

Question 1

Tum demum Titurius,

Answer 1

Then at last Titurius,

Question 2

quī nihil ante providisset,

Answer 2

who had foreseen nothing before,

Question 3

trepidare et concursare cohortesque disponere,

Answer 3

shook with fear and ran about and placed the cohorts,

Question 4

haec tamen ipsa timidē atque ut eum omnia deficere viderentur;

Answer 4

nevertheless timidly these things themselves and as all things seemed to fail him;

Question 5

quod plerumque eis accidere consuevit,

Answer 5

which very often is accustomed to happen to them,

Question 6

qui in ipsō negotiō consilium capere coguntur.

Answer 6

who in the trouble itself are compelled to make a plan.

Question 7

At Cotta,

Answer 7

But Cotta,

Question 8

qui cogitasset haec posse in itinere accidere

Answer 8

who had known these things are able to happen on the journey

Question 9

atque ob eam causam profectionis auctor non fuisset,

Answer 9

and because of this reason he had not been the author of the departure,

Question 10

nullā in re communī salutī deerat

Answer 10

in no matter was he lacking in common safety

Question 11

et in appellandīs cohortandīsque militibus

Answer 11

both in naming and encouraging the soldiers

Question 12

imperatoris et in pugnā militis officia praestabat.

Answer 12

and was excelling in the duties of a general and in the fight of a soldier.

Question 13

Cum propter longitudinem agminis

Answer 13

When because of the length of the army

Question 14

minus facile omnia per se obire et (possent),

Answer 14

they were able less easily to perform all things by themselves,

Question 15

quid quoque locō faciendum esset,

Answer 15

what must be done in every place,

Question 16

providere possent,

Answer 16

they were able to provide,

Question 17

iusserunt pronuntiare,

Answer 17

they ordered it to be proclaimed,

Question 18

ut impedimenta relinqueret atque in orbem consisterent.

Answer 18

that they should leave the baggage and should take stand in a circle.

Question 19

Quod consilium etsī in eiusmodī casū reprehendendum non est,

Answer 19

Which plan although in a misfortune of this kind must not be criticised,

Question 20

tamen incommode accidit:

Answer 20

nevertheless it happened inconveniently:

Question 21

nam et nostrīs miltibus spem minuit et hostes ad pugnam alacriores effecit,

Answer 21

for it both diminished the hope for our soldiers and made the enemy more eager for the fight,

Question 22

quod non sine summō timore et desperatione id factum videbatur.

Answer 22

because not without the greatest fear and despair did it seem it was done.

Question 23

Praetereā accidit,

Answer 23

Besides it happened,

Question 24

quod fierī necesse erat,

Answer 24

which was necessary to happen,

Question 25

ut vulgō milites ab signīs discederent,

Answer 25

that everywhere the soldiers departed from their standards,

Question 26

quae quisque eorum carissima haberet,

Answer 26

what things each of them held most dear,

Question 27

ab impedimentīs petere atque arripere properaret,

Answer 27

it was hastening to seek and seize from the baggage,

Question 28

clamore et fletū omnia complerentur.

Answer 28

everything was filled with shouting and tears.