Caesar vocabulary

Question 1

maturae sunt

Answer 1

was being hastened

Question 2

aditus cognovisset

Answer 2

he had found an entrance

Question 3

neque enim temere praeter mercatores illo adiit

Answer 3

for no one except the merchants went to that place

Question 4

quisquam neque eis ipsis quicquam praeter…notum est

Answer 4

and not even they themselves knew anything except…

Question 5

quem usum belli

Answer 5

what type of warfare

Question 6

quibus institutis uterentur

Answer 6

what way of life they had

Question 7

qui essent ad maiorum navium multitudinem idonei portus

Answer 7

harbours which were suitable for many of his larger ships

Question 8

traiectus

Answer 8

crossing

Question 9

perlato

Answer 9

passed by

Question 10

legati

Answer 10

ambassadors

Question 11

compluribus

Answer 11

many

Question 12

polliceantur

Answer 12

were threatening

Question 13

populi Romani

Answer 13

OF the Roman people

Question 14

liberaliter pollicitus

Answer 14

making generous promises

Question 15

permanerent in ea sententia

Answer 15

to hold true to his word

Question 16

LXXX

Answer 16

80

Question 17

ex eo loco ab milibus passuum octo vento tenebantur

Answer 17

which were being held back from that place on the eighth mile by the wind

Question 18

XVIII

Answer 18

18

Question 19

huc

Answer 19

to that place

Question 20

equitibus

Answer 20

as horsemen

Question 21

quominus in eundem portum venire possent

Answer 21

that they could not go into the same port

Question 22

cuius loci haec erat natura

Answer 22

such was the nature of this place

Question 23

ita montibus angustis mare continebatur

Answer 23

the sea was being contained by the narrow mountain passages in such a way…

Question 24

uti

Answer 24

that (+ result clause)

Question 25

adigi

Answer 25

driven

Question 26

nequaquam idoneum

Answer 26

not at all suitable

Question 27

eo convenirent

Answer 27

would meet with him

Question 28

militam convocatis

Answer 28

with ... called together to the army

Question 29

quae fieri vellet ostendit

Answer 29

he showed them what he wanted to be done

Question 30

essedariis

Answer 30

gladiators

Question 31

quo plerumque genere in proeliis uti consuerunt

Answer 31

which generally they were accustomed to use in battles

Question 32

reliquis copiis subsecuti

Answer 32

followed by the rest of the troops

Question 33

nostros navibus egredi prohibebant

Answer 33

they were stopping our men from leaving in our ships

Question 34

erat ob has causas summa difficultas

Answer 34

there was on account of these causes the utmost difficulty

Question 35

in alto

Answer 35

in deep water

Question 36

constitui

Answer 36

to be stationed

Question 37

impeditis manibus

Answer 37

with their hands full

Question 38

oppressis

Answer 38

weighed down

Question 39

armorum

Answer 39

of their armour

Question 40

de navibus desiliendum et in fluctibus consistendum et cum hostibus erat pugnandum

Answer 40

the soldiers however had to jump down from their ships and to gain a footing in the rivers and to fight with the enemies

Question 41

aut ex arido aut paulum in aquam progressi

Answer 41

either on dry land or having advanced a little into the water

Question 42

omnibus membris expeditis

Answer 42

with all of their limbs unencumbered

Question 43

equos insuefactos

Answer 43

well-trained horses

Question 44

huius generis pugnae omnino imperiti

Answer 44

completely inexperienced of this type of combat

Question 45

non eadem alacritate ac studio quo in pedestribus uti proeliis consuerant utebantur

Answer 45

were not employing the same energy or enthusiasm which they had been accustomed to employ in infantry battles

Question 46

ad latus apertum hostium constitui

Answer 46

to be stationed towards the exposed side of the enemies

Question 47

propelli ac summoveri

Answer 47

to be driven away and to be forced off

Question 48

navium figura et remorum motu et inusitato genere tormentorum permoti

Answer 48

frightened off by the shape of the ships and by the movement of the oars and by the unfamiliar type of artillery

Question 49

pedem rettulerunt

Answer 49

retreated

Question 50

cunctantibus

Answer 50

delaying

Question 51

altudinem maris

Answer 51

the depth of the sea

Question 52

maxime

Answer 52

mostly

Question 53

is qui decimae legionis aquilam ferebat

Answer 53

that man who was bearing the eagle of the tenth legion

Question 54

prodere

Answer 54

to hand over

Question 55

ut ea res legioni feliciter eveniret

Answer 55

that this event would turn out well for the legion

Question 56

certa meum

Answer 56

certainly for my part

Question 57

se...proiecit

Answer 57

jumped down

Question 58

inter se

Answer 58

one another

Question 59

ne tantum dedecus admitteretur

Answer 59

that such a defeat would not be accepted

Question 60

hos item ex proximis navibus

Answer 60

those men gone from the nearest ships

Question 61

alius alia ex navi...se aggregabat

Answer 61

one from one ship, one from the other gathered together

Question 62

firmiter insistere

Answer 62

to firmly press on

Question 63

quiscumque signis occurrerat

Answer 63

at whatever standards had met

Question 64

adoriebantur impeditos

Answer 64

were making an attack

Question 65

scaphas

Answer 65

boats

Question 65

plures paucos circumsistebant

Answer 65

more men were surrounding the few men

Question 66

item speculatoria navigia militibus

Answer 66

likewise the scouting boats

Question 67

quos laborantis conspexerat

Answer 67

he had caught sight of them struggling

Question 68

eos in fugam dederunt

Answer 68

they forced them into flight

Question 69

hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit

Answer 69

this singular event failed the good fortune of Caesar