6.13

paene

nearly

loco

in place of

audet

dares

adhibetur

is used

consilio

council

Plerique

very many men

premuntur

they are pressed

aere alieno

foreign debt

tributorum

taxes

potentiorum

more powerful men

dicant

devote

in hos

for whom

iura

rights

eadem

these

quae

to these

his duobus generibus

about these two types

intersunt

present

rebus divinis

at divine matters

procurant

they care for

religiones

religious ceremonies

interpretantur

they interpret

ad hos

for these men

adulescentium

of youths

disciplinae causa

for the sake of instruction

concurrit

run together

hi

and these men

magno honore

are with great honor

apud eos

among them

constituunt

they decide

fere

nearly

si quod est admissum facinus

if any crime has been committed

caedes

murder

facta

has been done

hereditate

about inheritance

de finibus

about boundaries

idem

the same men

decernunt

decide

praemia poenasque

rewards and punishments

si qui … eorum

if anyone of them

privatus

private person

populus

the people

non stetit

did not stand

decreto

by decree

interdicunt

they prohibit (that person)

sacrificiis

from the sacrifices

haec poena

this punishment

apud eos

among them

quibus ita

to whom thus

est interdictum

it has been prohibited

numero impiorum

in the number of ungodly

sceleratorum

of accursed

decedunt

go away

aditum

approach

sermoneque

conversation

ex contagione

from contact

quid … incommodi

anything of inconvenience

accipiant

they might receive

his petentibus

to these seeking

redditur

is returned

ullus

any

communicatur

is communicated

praeest

is in charge

unus

one man

his … omnibus druidibus

to all these druids

summam auctoritatem

highest authority

inter eos

among them

Hoc mortuo

with this one dead

excellit

excels

dignitate

in merit

succedit

he advances

pares

are equal

plures

many

suffragio

by the vote

nonnumquam

sometimes

contendunt

they contend

armis

with arms

de principatu

about the chief position

certo anni tempore

at a certain time of year

media

the middle

quae regio

which region

in finibus

in the territories

considunt

settled

in loco consecrato

in a consecrated place

Huc

to this place

undique

from all sides

omnes … qui

all those who

controversias

disputes

parent

they obey

eorumque decretis iudiciisque

the decrees and judgements of them

esse existimatur

is thought to be

reperta

to have been discovered

inde

from there

translata

to have been brought across

qui … volunt

they who want

cognoscere

to learn

eam rem

this thing

diligentius

more carefully

plerumque

mostly

proficiscuntur

set out

illo

to that place