"In parte flūminis Tamesae ubi fīnēs Cassivellaunī erant ūnum tantum vadum erat. Quō cum Caesar adventāvit, cōpiās hostium ad alteram rīpam flūminis collocātās spectāvit. Rīpa autem sudibus acūtīs firmāta erat; et Britannī multās sudēs sub aquā quoque occultāverant. Sed Caesar hostibus instāre nōn dubitāvit. Aqua flūminis profunda erat, et mīlitēs capite solum ex aquā exstābant; sed Rōmānī sē aquae fortiter mandāvērunt, et Britannōs in fugam dedērunt. 'Oppidum' Cassivellaunī nōn longē aberat, inter silvās palūdēsque situm, quō Britannī magnum numerum hominum, equōrum, ovium, boum, congregāverant. Locum ēgregiē et natūrā et opere firmātum Caesar ex duābus partibus oppugnāre properāvit: oppidum expugnāvit et dēfensōrēs fugāvit."
Vocabulary
sudis, -is [3/f]:
stake; log
īnstō, -āre, īnstitī
[1]: pursue
palūs, palūdis
[3/f]: marsh; swamp
Note
Quō: can be a question word or a conjunction
meaning ‘to / in which place’:
…, inter silvās palūdēsque
situm, quō Britannī magnum numerum hominum … congregāverant │ … situated
between the forest and marshes, in which place (where) the Britons had
gathered together a large number of men …
However, it can
also refer to the previous sentence:
Quō cum Caesar adventāvit …│ And when Caesar
arrived at that place / there …
[i] Vocabulary
review: match the Latin and English
acūtus, -a, -um
alter, -a, -um
bōs, bovis [3 m/f]
collocō, -āre,
-āvī, -ātus [1]
congregō, -āre,
-āvī, -ātus [1]
dubitō, -āre,
-āvī, -ātus [1]
ēgregiē
expugnō, -āre,
-āvī, -ātus [1]
exstō, -āre [1]
firmō, -āre, -āvī,
-ātus [1]
mandō, -āre, -āvī,
-ātus [1]
profundus, -a, -um
rīpa, -ae [1/f]
situs, -a, -um
tantum
vadum, -ī [2/n]
bank (of a river);
commit; deep; excellently; gather; head of cattle (e.g. cow, bull, ox); hesitate
/ doubt; only; place; shallow water; sharp; situated / positioned; stand out; strengthen;
fortified; take by storm; the other (of two)
[ii] Find the
Latin
[1] he observed
the troops positioned on the other side
[2] the bank had
been fortified ¦ by sharp stakes
[3] the Romans had
committed themselves to the water
[4] a large number
… of cattle
[5] the place, … naturally
… defended …
[6] from two sides (directions)
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