- Source
- Julius Caesar. Aulus Hirtius. C. Iuli Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum VII A. Hirti Commentarius VII. Holmes, T. Rice (Thomas Rice), editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.
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Caesar notices that only the Sequani remain silent and sorrowful, and Diviciacus explains on their behalf that they are in the most wretched state with no way to escape, having welcomed Ariovistus into their territory.
Hac oratione ab Diviciaco habita omnes qui aderant magno fletu auxilium a Caesare petere coeperunt.
When this speech had been delivered by Diviciacus, all who were present began with great weeping to petition Caesar for aid.
Animadvertit Caesar unos ex omnibus Sequanos nihil earum rerum facere quas ceteri facerent sed tristes capite demisso terram intueri. Eius rei quae causa esset miratus ex ipsis quaesiit.
Caesar noticed that the Sequani alone of all did none of those things which the others did, but in sadness, with their heads bowed down, kept staring at the ground. Wondering what the cause of this was, he inquired of themselves.
Nihil Sequani respondere,1 sed in eadem tristitia taciti permanere. Cum ab his saepius quaereret neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset, idem Diviacus Haeduus respondit:
The Sequani made no reply, but remained silent in the same sadness. When he inquired of them repeatedly and could not draw out any voice at all, the same Diviciacus the Haeduan answered:
hoc2 esse miseriorem et graviorem fortunam Sequanorum quam reliquorum, quod soli ne in occulto quidem queri neque auxilium implorare auderent absentisque Ariovisti crudelitatem, velut si coram adesset, horrerent, propterea quod reliquis tamen fugae facultas daretur, Sequanis3 vero, qui intra fines suos Ariovistum recepissent, quorum oppida omnia in potestate eius essent, omnes cruciatus essent perferendi.
that the fortune of the Sequani was more wretched and grievous than that of the rest on this account, because they alone dared not, even in secret, complain or implore aid, and dreaded the cruelty of the absent Ariovistus just as if he were present before them; because, while the opportunity of flight was nevertheless given to the rest, yet by the Sequani, who had received Ariovistus within their territories and whose towns were all in his power, all kinds of tortures had to be endured.
- 1.32.3respondere
Historic infinitives (infinitivus historicus), along with permanere. The subject is in the nominative (Sequani), and they are used with the force of the imperfect indicative to describe a vivid, ongoing scene.
- 1.32.4hoc
Ablative of cause or measure of difference, correlating with the following quod clause ("because..."). It means "on this account / for this reason, namely that...".
- 1.32.5Sequanis
Dative of agent (dativus auctoris), used with the passive periphrastic conjugation (the gerundive perferendi with essent) to express necessity or obligation: "had to be endured by the Sequani (i.e., the Sequani had to endure)".