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circumspectantes di nobis tradiderunt

English translation: the four words don't belong together, see expl.

05:41 Mar 13, 2009

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Latin term or phrase: circumspectantes di nobis tradiderunt

Greetings,

This is a simplified version of Calgacus’s speech before the battle of Mons Graupius.

paucos numero, trepidos ignorantia, caelum ipsum ac mare, ignota omnia, circumspectantes di nobis tradiderunt.

I have two problems here: first of all, the meaning of the four words at the end, but also I don’t understand how it hooks onto the rest of the sentence.

I imagine, for instance, that “paucos numero, trepidos ignorantia” refers to the Romans, but there doesn't seem to be much concrete ground for that.

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

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English translation:the four words don't belong together, see expl.

Explanation:
Dear SeiTT,

these four words don't belong together. The first part of the sentence: paucos in numero, trepidos ingorantia, caelum ipsum ac mare -- ignota omnia -- circumspectantes: these attributes are about the Romans. And di nobis tradiderunt: the gods gave them (the Romans, who are little in number etc.) into our hands.

Péter

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Péter Jutai
Hungary
Local time: 08:21

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