De Bello Gallico Test review

(Short answer) clamitabat

“it” in middle of word = repeatidly do something

kept shouting

convēnissent

pluperfect subjunctive

should have assembled

cōnsulendī

gerund (with ocansiem)

that the oppurtunity for delibrating

occāsiōnem

accusative subject in indirect statement

that the oppurtunity for deliberating is small

Caesarem arbitrārī profectum in Ītaliam;

infivinte for inderect statement (present passive infinitive

that he belived that casesar had set out for italy

interficiendī Tasgetī

gerundive modifying tasgetius

of killing tasgestius

ventūrōs esse.

future infinitve

would come

 subesse Rhēnum

accusative subject

that the rhine is near

Ariovistī mortem et superiōrēs nostrās victōriās; 

subject of esse

the death of Ariovistus and our later victory

subesse

present active infinitve. “that the rhine is near”

spectare

present active infinitive “that he saw not…”

ardere

present active infintive “That gaul is on fire”

(MCQ). At Cotta, quī cōgitāsset haec posse in itinere accidere atque ob eam causam profectiōnis auctor non fuisset, (What clause type?)

relative causal clause + cogitasset is pluperfect subjunctive “since he had realized”

 commūnī salūtī dēerat,

dative object of “deerat” “he was negelcting the common health in no affair”

et in appellandīs cohortandīsque mīlitibus

imperātōris et in pugnā mīlitis officia praestābat. 

Connected via que both are gerundives modifying militbus “both in addressing and encouraging the soldiers”

longitūdinem agminis

PAIR????

quōque locō

ablative place where “ in each position”

faciendum esset,

passive periphrastic

indirect question “what had to be done in each position”

ut impedīmenta relinquerent atque in orbem cōnsisterent.  (type of clause)

indirect command “  they ordered that (the centurions) command that they should leave behind the heavy baggage and should stand still in a circle.”

reprehendendum nōn est,

passive periphrastic “ this sort must not be blamed”

 incommodē accidit:

another pair???

nostrīs mīlitibus

dative of interest “ hope for our soldier”

ut vulgō mīlitēs ab signīs discēderent, “clause type”

result clause governed. by previous acidit “that the soldiers were departing commonly from the battle standards”

quae quisque eōrum cārissima habēre

relative clause of characterstic “and each one of them were holding things most dear,”