Caesar vocabulary Flashcards
maturae sunt
was being hastened
aditus cognovisset
he had found an entrance
neque enim temere praeter mercatores illo adiit
for no one except the merchants went to that place
quisquam neque eis ipsis quicquam praeter…notum est
and not even they themselves knew anything except…
quem usum belli
what type of warfare
quibus institutis uterentur
what way of life they had
qui essent ad maiorum navium multitudinem idonei portus
harbours which were suitable for many of his larger ships
traiectus
crossing
perlato
passed by
legati
ambassadors
compluribus
many
polliceantur
were threatening
populi Romani
OF the Roman people
liberaliter pollicitus
making generous promises
permanerent in ea sententia
to hold true to his word
LXXX
80
ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebantur
which were being held back from that place on the eighth mile by the wind
XVIII
18
huc
to that place
equitibus
as horsemen
quominus in eundem portum venire possent
that they could not go into the same port
cuius loci haec erat natura
such was the nature of this place
ita montibus angustis mare continebatur
the sea was being contained by the narrow mountain passages in such a way…
uti
that (+ result clause)
adigi
driven
nequaquam idoneum
not at all suitable
eo convenirent
would meet with him
militam convocatis
with … called together to the army
quae fieri vellet ostendit
he showed them what he wanted to be done
essedariis
gladiators
quo plerumque genere in proeliis uti consuerunt
which generally they were accustomed to use in battles
reliquis copiis subsecuti
followed by the rest of the troops
nostros navibus egredi prohibebant
they were stopping our men from leaving in our ships
erat ob has causas summa difficultas
there was on account of these causes the utmost difficulty
in alto
in deep water
constitui
to be stationed
impeditis manibus
with their hands full
oppressis
weighed down
armorum
of their armour
de navibus desiliendum et in fluctibus consistendum et cum hostibus erat pugnandum
the soldiers however had to jump down from their ships and to gain a footing in the rivers and to fight with the enemies
aut ex arido aut paulum in aquam progressi
either on dry land or having advanced a little into the water
omnibus membris expeditis
with all of their limbs unencumbered
equos insuefactos
well-trained horses
huius generis pugnae omnino imperiti
completely inexperienced of this type of combat
non eadem alacritate ac studio quo in pedestribus uti proeliis consuerant utebantur
were not employing the same energy or enthusiasm which they had been accustomed to employ in infantry battles
ad latus apertum hostium constitui
to be stationed towards the exposed side of the enemies
propelli ac summoveri
to be driven away and to be forced off
navium figura et remorum motu et inusitato genere tormentorum permoti
frightened off by the shape of the ships and by the movement of the oars and by the unfamiliar type of artillery
pedem rettulerunt
retreated
cunctantibus
delaying
altudinem maris
the depth of the sea
maxime
mostly
is qui decimae legionis aquilam ferebat
that man who was bearing the eagle of the tenth legion
prodere
to hand over
ut ea res legioni feliciter eveniret
that this event would turn out well for the legion
certa meum
certainly for my part
se…proiecit
jumped down
inter se
one another
ne tantum dedecus admitteretur
that such a defeat would not be accepted
hos item ex proximis navibus
those men gone from the nearest ships
alius alia ex navi…se aggregabat
one from one ship, one from the other gathered together
firmiter insistere
to firmly press on
quiscumque signis occurrerat
at whatever standards had met
adoriebantur impeditos
were making an attack
scaphas
boats
plures paucos circumsistebant
more men were surrounding the few men
item speculatoria navigia militibus
likewise the scouting boats
quos laborantis conspexerat
he had caught sight of them struggling
eos in fugam dederunt
they forced them into flight
hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit
this singular event failed the good fortune of Caesar
