Monday, October 11, 2010

Vocab Check paragraph 3-4


[3] His rebus adducti et auctoritate Orgetorigis permoti constituerunt ea quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent comparare, iumentorum et carrorum quam maximum numerum coemere, sementes quam maximas facere, ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, cum proximis civitatibus pacem et amicitiam confirmare. Ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse duxerunt; in tertium annum profectionem lege confirmant. Ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur. Is sibi legationem ad civitates suscipit. In eo itinere persuadet Castico, Catamantaloedis filio, Sequano, cuius pater regnum in Sequanis multos annos obtinuerat et a senatu populi Romani amicus appellatus erat, ut regnum in civitate sua occuparet, quod pater ante habuerit; itemque Dumnorigi Haeduo, fratri Diviciaci, qui eo tempore principatum in civitate obtinebat ac maxime plebi acceptus erat, ut idem conaretur persuadet eique filiam suam in matrimonium dat. Perfacile factu esse illis probat conata perficere, propterea quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset: non esse dubium quin totius Galliae plurimum Helvetii possent; se suis copiis suoque exercitu illis regna conciliaturum confirmat. Hac oratione adducti inter se fidem et ius iurandum dant et regno occupato per tres potentissimos ac firmissimos populos totius Galliae sese potiri posse sperant.
[4] Ea res est Helvetiis per indicium enuntiata. Moribus suis Orgetoricem ex vinculis causam dicere coegerunt; damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur. Die constituta causae dictionis Orgetorix ad iudicium omnem suam familiam, ad hominum milia decem, undique coegit, et omnes clientes obaeratosque suos, quorum magnum numerum habebat, eodem conduxit; per eos ne causam diceret se eripuit. Cum civitas ob eam rem incitata armis ius suum exequi conaretur multitudinemque hominum ex agris magistratus cogerent, Orgetorix mortuus est; neque abest suspicio, ut Helvetii arbitrantur, quin ipse sibi mortem consciverit.

Paragraph 4 verbs:
est- 3rd singular present active indicative of esse meaning to be
dicere- present active infinitive meaning to declare 
cremaretur- 3rd singular present passive indicative of cremarere meaning to be burned
habebat- 3rd singular imperfect active indicative of habere meaning to hold
consciverit- 3rd singular present active indicative of conscivere meaning to write down

Paragraph 3 verbs:
constituerunt- 3rd plural present active indicative of constituere meaning to constitute 
facere- present active infinitive meaning to call 
confirmant- 2nd plural present active indicative of confirmare meaning to confirm 
deligitur- 3rd singular present active indicative of deligere meaning to delegate 
erat- 3rd singular imperfect active indicative of esse meaning to be

Paragraph 4 common nouns:
dictionis- say
familiam- family
hominum- men
clientes- client
numerum- number 

Paragraph 3 common nouns:
permoti- to promote 
sementes- senate
conficiendas- confide
legationem- legislate 
populi- people

Paragraph 3-4 modifiers:
maximum- the most
maximas- the most
multos- many
maxime- the most
res- things

Paragraph 3-4 participles:
et- and
ut- and
ad- they
Ea- he,she,it,they
tres- three



Thursday, October 7, 2010

Summaries

Chapter 1: It first describes the three different type of people, the Belgae, the Aquitani, and the Gauls. It also describes the Belgae to some extent. Then it explains the territories and their borders on which they live.

Chapter 2: This talks about the Helvetii and their leader Orgetorix. The Helvetii and confined to a small space because they are surrounded by mountains and a lake on all sides. Orgetorix convinces his people that they need to leave so they can grow.

Chapter 3: This talks about the Helvetii plan to get out of the situation they were in. Orgetorix goes around to the neighboring tribes and asks them for friendship so that they might let his people go through their land so that they can get where they need to go.

Chapter 4: The Helvetii hear of his plan by informant and do not agree with it. They put him on trial, where if he is condemned he will be burned. They believe Orgetorix kills himself

Chapter 5: After his death the people set out to new territories. They burned all their homes, and had some of their neighbors do the same.

Chapter 6: They plan to go through Romes Province to get where their going.

Chapter 7: Caesar rushes his men to the town of Geneva to stop them. They try telling him they only want to pass, and will do no harm. He tells them to wait while he thinks about it.

Chapter 8: The day came and Caesar had built up his fortifications so that there would be no way that they could cross. The Helvetii try and find ways around them but they can't get around his fortifications.

Chapter 9: The Helvetii decide to go the path through the Sequania territories. They send people to talk to their leader who had married Orgetorix's daughter, and who was friendly with the Helvetii. The Sequania decide to let them pass.

Chapter 10: When Caesar heard that the Helvetii were going a different way, that would eventually lead them through another part of Rome's province. He had his lieutenant stay at the river. So he could stop them at the other part f the province.

Chapter 11: The Helvetii started revenging the land, and the people's land who was being destroyed. Caesar decides not to wait for them so that they can't attack any more towns.

Chapter12: 3 of the 4 parts of the Helvetii people crossed the river , Caesar attacked the forth that remand on the other side of the river.  

Chapter 13: Divico try to say how if the Romans attack the Helvetii they would lose, and that Caesar had no valor for attacking the fourth that remand behind the rest of the people.

Chapter 14: Caesar thought of offering peace to them by the Helvetii giving the Romans some hostages, but the Helvetii refused.