uxit. Magna pars
exercitus Germani cecidit. Post magnam caedem pauci multa milia passuum
ad flumen fugerunt.

II. 1. Caesar pitched camp two miles from the river. 2. He fortified the
camp with a ditch fifteen feet wide and a rampart nine feet high. 3. The
camp of the enemy was a great way off (was distant by a great space).
4. On the next day he hastened ten miles in three hours. 5. Suddenly the
enemy with all their forces made an attack upon (/in\ _with acc._) the
rear. 6. For two hours the Romans were hard pressed by the barbarians.
7. In three hours the barbarians were fleeing.

[Footnote 1: Translate as if pluperfect.]

LESSON LX

DEPONENT VERBS

[Special Vocabulary]

/aut\, conj., _or_; /aut ... aut\, _either ... or_
/causa:\, abl. of /causa\, _for the sake of, because of_. Always
stands _after_ the gen. which modifies it
/fere:\, adv., _nearly, almost_
/opi:nio:, -o:nis\, f., _opinion, supposition, expectation_
/re:s fru:menta:ria, rei: fru:menta:riae\, f. (lit. _the grain
affair_), _grain supply_
/timor, -o:ris\, m., _fear_. Cf. /timeo:\
/undique\, adv., _from all sides_

/co:nor, co:na:ri:, co:na:tus sum\, _attempt, try_
/e:gredior, e:gredi:, e:gressus sum\, _move out, disembark_;
/pro:gredior\, _move forward, advance_ (egress, progress)
/moror, mora:ri:, mora:tus sum\, _delay_
/orior, oriri:, ortus sum\, _arise, spring; begin; be born_ (_from_)
(origin)
/profici:scor, profici:sci:, profectus sum\, _set out_
/revertor, reverti:, reversus sum\, _return_ (revert). The forms of
this verb are usually active, and not deponent, in the perfect
system. Perf. act., /reverti:\
/sequor, sequi:, secu:tus sum\, _follow_ (sequence). Note the
following compounds of /sequor\ and the force of the different
prefixes:
/co:nsequor\ (_follow with_), _overtake_;
/i:nsequor\ (_follow against_), _pursue_;
/subsequor\ (_follow under_), _follow close after_

_338._ A number of verbs are passive in form but active in meaning; as,
/hortor\, _I encourage_; /vereor\, _I fear_. Such verbs are called
/deponent\ because they have laid aside (/de-ponere\, _to lay aside_)
the active forms.

_a._ Besides having all the forms of the passive, deponent verbs
have also the future active infinitive and a few other active forms
which will be noted later. (SecSecs. 375, 403.b.)

_339._ The principal parts of deponents are of course passive in fo