- 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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Envoys from the enemy arrive to seek peace, and Caesar doubles the number of hostages required. As the equinox approaches, Caesar sets sail after midnight; all ships safely reach the continent except for two transport vessels that are carried down the coast.
Eodem die legati ab hostibus missi ad Caesarem de pace venerunt.
On the same day, envoys sent by the enemy came to Caesar to treat for peace.
His1 Caesar numerum obsidum quem ante imperaverat duplicavit eosque in continentem adduci iussit, quod propinqua die aequinoctii2 infirmis navibus3 hiemi navigationem subiciendam4 non existimabat.
To these Caesar doubled the number of hostages which he had previously demanded, and ordered them to be brought to the continent, because, as the day of the equinox was near, he did not think that, with damaged ships, his voyage should be exposed to the winter storms.
Ipse idoneam tempestatem nactus paulo post mediam noctem naves solvit, quae omnes incolumes ad continentem pervenerunt; sed ex iis onerariae duae eosdem portus quos reliquae capere non potuerunt et paulo infra delatae sunt.
He himself, having met with favorable weather, set sail a little after midnight, and all of them arrived safe at the continent; but of these, two transport ships were unable to reach the same harbors as the rest, and were carried a little lower down.
- 4.36.2His
The dative masculine plural of the demonstrative pronoun hic, referring back to the legati (or the hostes they represent) in the previous sentence. It functions as the indirect object of the transitive verb duplicavit ('he doubled [the number of hostages] for them').
- 4.36.2propinqua die aequinoctii
An ablative absolute construction consisting of the adjective propinqua and the noun die (here treated as feminine), with the genitive aequinoctii modifying die. It expresses a causal or temporal circumstance relative to the main clause ('since the day of the equinox was near').
- 4.36.2infirmis navibus
An ablative phrase consisting of the noun navibus and the adjective infirmis. It functions either as an ablative of attendant circumstance ('with damaged ships') or as an ablative absolute, explaining the unfavorable physical condition under which the voyage had to be undertaken.
- 4.36.2hiemi navigationem subiciendam
A passive periphrastic construction (gerundive) in the accusative with the infinitive esse omitted, serving as the object clause of existimabat. navigationem is the subject accusative. hiemi is the dative governed by the verb subicere ('to expose [acc.] to [dat.]'). Combined with non, it means 'he did not think that his voyage should be exposed to the winter.'