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FIRST LATIN READER
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Itaque confestim dimissls nuntiis ad Ceutrones, Grudios,
nationesque
alias,
ut
quam maximis
copils auxilio statim Ciceronis hiberna hostes se ostende-
venlrent, repente ad runt; ubi nonnulli mllites, morte 5
Sabml Cottaeque nondum operam
nuntiata, sine timore extra munitiones officils variis
Ex
dabant.
his quldam, qu!
causa in silvas
lignationis
discesserant, repentmo equitum adventu intercept! sunt. Ceterl autem celeriter concurrerunt ad arma, vallumque conscenderunt.
LESSON The Besieged attempt
to
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Communicate with Caesar
Missae sunt ad Caesarem confestim a Cicerone litterae autem omnibus vils, ab hostibus miss! intercept!
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obsessls
Noctu ex materia, quam munitionis causa compor-
sunt.
taverant,
nostr! turres circiter
CXX
incredibil! celeritate
exstruxerunt.
Postero die hostes, multo maioribus coact!s copi!s, castra
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iterum oppugnaverunt, fossamque complere conat! sunt.
Eadem
qua pndie, nostr! restiterunt. Hoc idem Nulla pars noctis reliquis deinceps diebus factum est. laboribus rmlitum carebat non aegns, non vulnerat!s ratione,
2.
ras.
alias: not reliquas or ceteut: the construction is de-
termined by the idea of urging or commanding implied in the sendmaximis coing of messengers. "with." ad: in the neighborhood of cf. lignationis causa: p.
piis: abl. case; translate 3.
6. 1
08,
1.
.
8.
-ae,
materia:
night.
17.
qua:
abl., in the
eadem
materia,
timber.
p.,
freely,
as;
strictly,
same construction as
ratidne.
reliquis: the following. deinceps: adv., in turn. 19. laboribus militum freely, 18.
7.
equitum:
9.
c5nscenderunt
ii.
mctt: during the (follow-
12.
ing)
i.e.
of the enemy.
manned.
missi: part, as(masc.) noun.
toil
for
the
soldiers.
carebat:
was without, or lacked; cf. the note on me ... carere, p. 68, 13. 1.