- 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.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
- Languages
- 日本語 · English · 简体中文 · 한국어
- CTS URN
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0448.phi001.humanitext-lat2:7.2.1-7.2.3
- Generated
- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-31
The Carnutes promise to be the first to take up arms for the common safety and demand a solemn oath of alliance under their military standards. The council ratifies the oath and disbands.
His rebus agitatis profitentur Carnutes se nullum periculum communis salutis causa recusare principesque ex omnibus bellum facturos pollicentur1 et, quoniam in praesentia obsidibus cavere inter se non possint ne res efferatur, ut iureiurando ac fide sanciatur, petunt, collatis militaribus signis, quo more eorum gravissima caerimonia continetur, ne facto initio belli ab reliquis deserantur.2
These matters having been discussed, the Carnutes declare that they refuse no danger for the sake of the common safety, and promise that they, as the first of all, will make war; and, since at present they cannot secure one another by hostages lest the matter should be divulged, they request that it be ratified by oath and pledge, having brought their military standards together—by which custom their most solemn ceremony is bound—that they may not be deserted by the rest once the beginning of the war is made.
Tum collaudatis Carnutibus, dato iureiurando ab omnibus qui aderant, tempore eius rei constituto ab concilio disceditur.3
Then, the Carnutes having been highly praised, and an oath having been taken by all who were present, and the time for this action having been appointed, they depart from the council.
- 7.2.1principesque ex omnibus bellum facturos pollicentur
principesque (principes + que) is nominative plural, functioning predicatively ("as leaders" or "as the first") agreeing with the subject of the main verb pollicentur and the implied subject of the future infinitive facturos [esse].
- 7.2.2petunt ... ne facto initio belli ab reliquis deserantur
petunt governs two object clauses: the affirmative ut iureiurando ac fide sanciatur and, after the intervening clauses, the negative ne ... deserantur (that they should not be deserted).
- 7.2.3ab concilio disceditur
An impersonal passive construction ("it is departed from the council"), which is standard Latin for "they left the council" or "the council disbanded," focusing on the action rather than the specific agents.