Grasp De Bello

De Bello Gallico I

See BooKs:debello for details of the text used here. See TextConflicts for notes about disagreements regarding spelling and so on.

The exercise here is to translate the first book of Caesar's Gallic Wars into English.

Part A: The March and Defeat of the Helvetians

Ch. I. A short account of Gaul: its division into three distinct parts.

Latin

Lines 1 to 3.

Gallia est omnis divisa in partis tris, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiamn qui ipsorum linguam Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.

Words

aliam

another

divisa

est divisa=is divided (into), from divido, -ere, -visi, -visum: to divide, VerbThird

est

he, she or it is, present indicative, VerbSum

Gallia

(f), Gaul

in

(prep. with acc.) into, to, towards, on, against, at LatinDictionary:in

omnis

omnis, -e: all, every, as a whole LatinDictionary:omnis

partis

pars, -rtis (f.):part, side, direction LatinDictionary:partis

quarum

(fem. pl. gen.) OF WHICH LatinDictionary:quarum

tris

tres, tria (num.): three.

Grasp

est

he is, it is

est divisa

it is divided

Gallia est divisa

Gaul is divided

in partis tris

in three parts

Gallia est omnis divisa in partis tris

Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts.

quarum unam

of which the first

incolunt Belgae

is inhabited by the Belgae,

aliam Aquitani

another by the Aquitani

tertiam Celtae

the third by the Celts

tertiam qui ipsorum linguam Celtae

the third by those who call themselves the Celts

nostra Galli appellantur

called Gauls in ours (language)

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Updated: 2003-12-11

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