LATIN 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum, Compound Verb, Rebus
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In omni gallia eorum hominum, qui aliquo sunt numero atque honore, genera sunt duo. In all gaul there are 2 types of all these men who are some of account and honor. Nam plebes paene servorum habetur loco, quae nihil audet per se, nullo adhibetur consilio. For the masses are considered almost in the position of slaves, who dares nothing by themselves, are admitted to no council. Plerique, cum aut aere alieno aut magnitudine tributorum aut iniuria potentiorum premuntur, sese in servitutem dicant nobilibus: But from these two kinds of people one of the druids, the druidum, alterum equitum. other are of the cavalry. Illi rebus divinis intersunt, sacrificia publica ac privata procurant, religiones interpretantur: The druids are concerned with divine matters (dative with a compound verb), they care of public and private sacrifices and they interpret religious questions. ad hos magnus adulescentium numerus disciplinae causa concurrit, magnoque hi sunt apud eos honore.
