“Tum patruus meus reliqua de expedītiōne Caesaris narrāvit. "Dum mīlitēs nautaeque Rōmānī classem novīs armīs ornant, Caesar ad reliquās copiās properat. Intereā hostēs summum imperium Cassivellaunō mandāverant. Cassivellaunus nōn erat rēx ūniversārum gentium Britannicārum, sed dux vel princēps gentis Cassōrum. Annō tamen quartō et quinquāgēsimō ante Christum nātum magna pars gentium Britanniae merīdiānae sē sub Cassivellaunō contrā Rōmānōs consociāverant. Flūmen Tamesa fīnēs Cassivellaunī ā fīnibus gentium maritimārum sēparābat; ab oriente erant fīnēs Trinobantium; ab occidente Britannī mediterrāneī. Superiōre tempore bella continua fuerant inter Cassivellaunum et reliquās gentēs; atque Trinobantēs auxilium Rōmānōrum contrā Cassivellaunum implōrāverant, quia rēgem suum trucīdāverat. Numerus hostium magnus erat; nam, ut Caesar affirmat, infīnīta multitūdō hominum erat in parte merīdiānā Britanniae."
"Caesar
formam et incolās Britanniae in capite duodecimō et tertiō decimō librī quintī
commemorat. Incolae partis interiōris Celtae et barbarī erant; incolae
maritimae partis ex Belgiō praedae causā immigrāverant, sīcut priōre aetāte
trans flūmen Rhenum in Belgium migrāverant. Et nōnnulla nōmina gentium maritimārum,
unde nōmina urbium hodiernārum dērivāta sunt, Belgica vel Gallica sunt.
Belgae autem ā Germānīs oriundī erant, ut Caesar in capite quartō librī secundī
dēmonstrat. Itaque pars Britannōrum antīquōrum Germānicā orīgine erant.
Formam insulae esse triquetram dēclārat. Sed ūnum latus ad Galliam spectāre
existimat, alterum ad Hispāniam atque occidentem, tertium ad septentriōnēs.
Itaque dē lateribus et angulīs laterum errābat. Hiberniam ab occidente parte
Britanniae esse rectē iūdicat, insulam Mōnam inter Britanniam et Hiberniam
esse."
[1] Vocabulary review: match the Latin
and English
aetās, aetātis [3/f]
fīnis, -is [3 m/f]
gens, gentis [3/f]
latus, lateris [3/n]
mediterrāneus,
-a, -um
merīdiānus, -a, -um
societās, societātis [3/f]
occidēns, occidentis [3/m]
oriēns, orientis [3/m]
oriundus, -a, -um
praeda, -ae [1/f]
princēps, principis [3/m]
reliquus, -a, -um
septentriō, septentriōnis [3/m]
superior, -ius
triquetrus, -a, -um
alliance; border / territory; chief; descended
from; east; inland; north; plunder; previous; remaining; side; southern; summer;
triangular; tribe / nation; west
[2] Notes:
i-stem nouns
classis, -is [3/f]: fleet > genitive
plural: classium
gēns, gentis [3/f]: tribe; nation >
genitive plural: gentium
hostis, -s [3/m]: enemy > genitive
plural: hostium
fīnis, -is [3 m/f]: border; territory
> genitive plural: fīnium
Trinobantēs [3 m/pl]: name of a Celtic
tribe > genitive plural: Trinobantium
pars, partis [3/f]: part > genitive
plural: partium
urbs, urbis [3/f]: city > genitive
plural: urbium
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/04/030324-review-of-3rd-declensions-nouns.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/latinforstarters/posts/418207734123834/
Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [3];
Cunobelīnus [2]; review: i-stem nouns (1)
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/03/140625-level-3-sonnenschein-pro-patria_11.html
Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [3];
Cunobelīnus [3]; review: i-stem nouns (2);
practice
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/03/140625-level-3-sonnenschein-pro-patria_31.html
Level 3; Sonnenschein; Prō Patriā [3];
Cunobelīnus [4]; review: i-stem nouns (3)
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