06.03.26: Level 2; Vincent (Latin Reader); XLVI / XLVII; [1] The Capture of the Town of Cassivelaunus; [2] The Submission of Cassivelaunus (ii) grammar review

[1] The Capture of the Town of Cassivelaunus

Oppidum Cassivelaunī erat nōn procul ab illō locō: in illīs regiōnibus silvae multae et palūdēs erant atque Britannī oppidum fossā et vāllō mūnīverant. Caesar, ubi ad hunc locum cum legiōnibus pervēnit, duābus ex partibus oppugnāre contendit. Hostēs, quī impetum nostrōrum sustinēre nōn poterant, fugae sē mandāvērunt. Cōpiae Rōmānae, ubi oppidum expugnāvērunt, magnum numerum pecorum cēpērunt atque captīvōs multōs necāvērunt.

[2] The Submission of Cassivelaunus

Interim Cassivelaunus nūntiōs ad Cantium mīsit. In hīs regiōnibus quattuor rēgēs, Cingetorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus, Segovax, rebelliōnem contrā Rōmānōs parāvērunt et subitō impetum in nāvēs Rōmānās fēcērunt. Sed, postquam Rōmānī hostēs magnā cum caede superāvērunt atque agrōs vastābant, Cassivelaunus nūntiōs ad Caesarem dē pāce mīsit.

Caesar, quī in continentī hiemāre īnstituit, obsidēs imperāvit atque exercitum tōtum ad mare dūxit.

[1] What is the nominative singular of:

[i] caede

[ii] continentī

[iii] obsidēs

[iv] palūdēs

[v] pāce

[vi] pecorum

[2] What is the first person singular present tense of:

[i] poterant

[ii] cēpērunt

[iii] mīsit

[iv] fēcērunt

[v] dūxit

[3] How would you translate this excerpt into fluent English? Focus on the word and phrase in italics.

Hostēs, quī impetum nostrōrum sustinēre nōn poterant, fugae sē mandāvērunt.

[4] Find from either text one example of each of the following:

[i] relative pronoun

[ii] reflexive pronoun

[iii] 4^th declension noun

[iv] pluperfect tense

[v] subordinate clause of time (temporal clause)

[5] Find a phrase from either text which illustrates the following uses of the ablative case:

[i] ablative of accompaniment

[ii] ablative expressing ‘about’ / ‘concerning’

[iii] ablative of manner

[iv] ablative of means / instrument

[v] ablative of place where

[vi] ablative of separation

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[1]

[i] caedēs

[ii] continēns

[iii] obses

[iv] palūs

[v] pāx

[vi] pecus

[2]

[i] possum

[ii] capiō

[iii] mittō

[iv] faciō

[v] dūcō

[3] The enemy, who could not withstand our men’s attack, [literally] entrusted (1) themselves (2) to flight = took to flight; … (2) fugae [dative] (1) sē mandāvērunt.

[4]

[i] quī

[ii] sē

[iii] impetum; exercitum

[iv] mūnīverant

[v] ubi ad hunc locum cum legiōnibus pervēnit; ubi oppidum expugnāvērunt; postquam Rōmānī … vastābant

[5]

[i] cum legiōnibus

[ii] dē pāce

[iii] magnā cum caede

[iv] oppidum fossā et vāllō mūnīverant

[v] in hīs regiōnibus

[vi] nōn procul ab illō locō;  duābus ex partibus oppugnāre contendit