“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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