Caesar Military Vocabulary 7.68-74

I’m gonna kill myself

oppidum, -i (neuter)

walled city, town

impedimenta, impedimentorum (n. pl)

hindrance, baggage

castra, castrorum, n. pl.

military camp(s) (usually translated as singular)

praesidium, ī, n.

protection, guard

equitatus, -us, m.

cavalry

circumvallo, circumvallare, circumvallavi, circumvallatum

to build a rampart around, blockade

obsidio, obsidionis, f.

siege

planities planitiei f

flat

copiae, copiarum, f. pl.

troops, forces, supplies

fossa, -ae, f.

ditch

maceria, -ae f.

wall of brick

munitio, munitionis, f.

fortification

circuitus, us, m.

circumference; circuit

castellum, castelli - n.

stronghold, fort, castle

statio, stationis, f.

sentry

excubitor, excubitoris - m.

watchman, guard

eruptio -onis f.

breaking out, attack

peditatus, us, m.

foot soldiers, infantry

vallum, i., n.

wall, rampart, palisade

se...recipio, recipere, recepi, receptum

to withdraw, escape to, find refuge in

vigilia, -ae, f.

The night watch

copiae, copiarum, f. pl.

troops, forces, supplies

reduco, reducere, reduxi, reductus

lead back, draw back

complector, complecti, complexus sum

to embrace, encircle

cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctus

surround, enclose, gird

perduco, perducere, perduxi, perductus

to extend, prolong

campester, tris, tre

of a level field, even, flat

demissus, -a, -um

low

agger, aggeris, m.

mound, bank of earth

solum, i. - n.

ground, soil

lorica -ae f.

parapet ("breastplate")

pinnae, ae f.

(pl.) battlements ("wings")

cervus, i. m.

stakes ("deer")

pluteus, i. m.

parapets, screen, siege cover

turris, turris, f.

tower, turret

circumdo, circumdare, circumdedi, circumdatus

place round; surround

materior, materiari, materiatus sum

to get timber

frumentor, frumentari, frumentatus sum

get grain, forage

ramus, -i, m.

branch, bough

deliberare, delibero, deliberavi, deliberatum

to strip of bark

praeacutus, a, um

sharpened

cacumen, cacuminis -n.

top

stipes, stipitis, m.

log, stump, trunk of tree

revincio, revincire, revinxi, revinctus

bind fast, fasten

vallus, i, m

stake

cippus, -i (m)

stake, pillar, gravestone

fastigium, fastigii

summit, top, height

scrobis, scrobis - m.

ditch, trench; dike

fodio, fodere, fodi, fossus

to dig

praeuro, praeurere, praeussi, praeustus

to burn at the end

exculco, exculcare, exculcavi, exculcatus

to trample down, to pack down earth

vimen, viminis

twig, wicker

virgultum, i

thicket, brambles

intego, integere, intexi, intectus

to cover, cover over

lilium, lilii

lily; "lily" trap

talea, -ae (f)

stake, rod

hamus -i m.

hook

stimulus, -i, m.

goad, spur

circumfundo, circumfundere, circumfudi, circumfusus

to pour around, surround

quincunx, uncis, m

arrangement of 5 (like on a dice)