Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Practice

nuntiatis- 2nd person plural present active indicative of nuntiare / to announce
intelligeret- 3rd person singular present active indicative of intelligere / to understand
est- 3rd person singular present active indicative of esse / to be
posset- 3rd person singular present active indicative of posse / to be able
itiniere- present active infinitive of itinere / to journey

Being announced to Caesar in Italy, he understood that affairs in Rome had been reduced to a more tranquil state by the manliness of Pompey, he went Transalpine Gaul.  He realized that it was very difficult to get to his troops.

Italia, Italiae- Italy
Caesar, Caesari- Caesar
urbs, urbanis- city
Transalpina, Transalpinae- Transalpine
Gallia, Galliae- Gaul

intellegebat- 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of intellegere / to understand
contenderet- 3rd person singular present active indicative of contendere / to contend
viderentur- 2nd person singular present passive indicative of videre / to see
videbat- 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative of videre / to see

If he were to bring the army to his province, he understood that they would have to fight without him on their journey, he also understood that if he would try to reach the army, he would be trusting his life in people that seemed to be stable.

provincia, provinciae- province
exercitum, exercitus- army

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