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FIRST LATIN READER

tulērunt, cum illī hōrās multās pugnāssent cum hostibus, neque eōs in fugam dare potuissent.

LESSON 19

Philip finds Allies

Dum^[1] haec geruntur, Indī quīdam longinquī, quibus erat castellum maximum, armīs aliīsque rēbus Philippum iuvāre coepērunt. Quō^[2] cōgnitō^[3], colōnī, quamquam iam hiems erat, id castellum statim oppugnāre cōnstituērunt; nam putābant hanc quoque gentem prīmā^[4] aestāte bellum gerere parāre, cōnsiliaque hostium ipsī^[5] praeoccupāre volēbant.

Itaque viā^[6] nivālī^[7] cum exercitū validō profectī, per silvās ad castellum iter fēcērunt. Ibi ācerrimē est pugnātum^[8], ac colōni multī interfectī sunt; castellum tamen expugnātum est, Indōrumque cōpiae omnēs ignī sunt cōnsūmptae: quibus rēbus factīs, colōnī vulnerātōs^[9] sēcum ferentēs^[10] domum lēniter sē recēpērunt.

Hōc dētrīmentō vehementer commōtī, Indī iam undique convēnērunt, oppidaque colōnōrum oppugnāre coepērunt singula^[11]. Subitō veniēbant^[12] in cōnspectum; tum, colōnīs occīsīs vīllīsque incēnsīs, celeriter in silvās sē recipiēbant, cum^[13] interim mīlitēs, quī arma graviōra ferēbant, nūllō modō cōnsequī^[14] poterant. Itaque diū colōnī miserī undique

1. dum, etc.: cf. p. 7, l. 16.
2. quō: neuter.
3. cōgnitō: cf. the note on p. 17, l. 18.
4. prīmā: the early, lit. the first (part of).
5. ipsi: may be omitted in translation.
6. viā: for syntax, cf. quā, p. 5, l. 13.
7. nivālī: nivālis, -is, -e, snowy.
8. ācerrimē est pugnatum: freely, a desperate battle was fought; lit. what?
9. vulnerātōs: as noun, the wounded.
10. ferentēs: nom. case.
11. singula: modifying oppida.
12. veniēbant: for the translation, cf. the note on rapiēbant, p. 7, l. 17.
13. cum: while.
14. cōnsequī: sc. eōs (i.e. Indōs).