Tum dēmum Titūrius, quī nihil ante prōvīdisset, trepidāre et concursāre cohortēsque dispōnere, haec tamen ipsa timidē atque ut eum omnia dēficere vidērentur; quod plērumque eīs accidere cōnsuēvit quī in ipsō negōtiō cōnsilium capere cōguntur. At Cotta, quī cōgitāsset haec posse in itinere accidere atque ob eam causam profectiōnis auctor nōn fuisset, nūllā in rē commūnī salūtī deerat et in appellandīs cohortandīsque mīlitibus imperātōris et in pūgnā mīlitis officia praestābat. Cum propter longitūdinem āgminis minus facile omnia per sē obīre et quid quōque locō faciendum esset providēre possent, iussērunt prōnūntiāre ut impedīmenta relinquerent atque in orbem cōnsisterent. Quod cōnsilium etsī in ēiusmodī cāsū reprehendendum nōn est, tamen incommodē accidit: nam et nostrīs mīlitibus spem minuit et hostēs ad pūgnam alācriōrēs effēcit, quod nōn sine summō timōre et dēspērātiōne id factum vidēbātur. Praetereā accidit, quod fierī necesse erat, ut vulgō mīlitēs ab sīgnīs discēderent, quaeque quisque eōrum cārissima habēret ab impedīmentīs petere atque arripere properāret, clāmōre et flētū omnia complērentur. 

    Ambiorix's forces attack the column in a defile.

    qui...providisset: relative causal clause: 'because he had anticipated' (Gaisser)(A&G 540.c).

    trepidare...concursare...disponere: historical infinitives. Translate as simple past tense: 'he bustled about,' 'he ran in every direction,' 'he lined up.' Historical infinitives are very common in an excited or fast-paced narrative (Gaisser) (A&G 463).

    haec tamen ipsa: Supply something like faciebat: 'but he (was doing) these very things' (Gaisser).

    ut…viderentur: freely, 'so that it was plain he had lost all presence of mind' (Hodges) (A&G 537).

    quod: The antecedent is the general confusion described in the previous sentence: 'And this' (Gaisser).

    in ipso negotio: 'in the midst of action'. (Hodges)

    qui cogitasset: relative causal clause. cogitasset = cogitavisset (Gaisser).

    et...et: 'both...and'; qualifies imperatoris and militis: 'of both a commander and a soldier' (Gaisser) (A&G 323.e).

    imperatoris: depends upon officia. (Hodges)

    quid ... faciendum esset: indirect question: 'what was to be done' (Gaisser) (A&G 574).

    possent: the subject is Cotta and Titurius. (Allen & Greenough)

    omnia per se obire: 'attend personally to everything'. (Hodges)

    Quod consilium: connecting relative: '[but] this plan' (Gaisser) (A&G 308.f).

    accidit…ut: etc., this clause is divided into three parts with the verbs discederent, properaret, complerentur, the first two being connected by –que (quaeque) (Allen & Greenough) (A&G 569).

    quod fieri necesse erat: i.e., '[a thing] which was inevitable' (Gaisser).

    quaeque: 'and [the things] which' (Gaisser).

    dēmum adv: at last, at length, not till then

    prō-vĭdĕo, -ēre, -vīdi, -vīsum: to make provision for, procure, secure; attend to

    trĕpĭdo, -āre: to be in a flutter

    concurso, -āre: to run to and fro

    dispōno, -ĕre, -pŏsŭi, -pŏsĭtum: place at intervals

    tǐmǐdus, -a, -um: fearful, afraid, cowardly, timid

    consǔesco, -ěre, -suēvi, -suētum: to become accustomed

    něgōtǐum, ii n.: a business, employment, occupation, affair

    prŏfectĭo, -ōnis f.: setting out, departure

    cŏhortor, -āri: cheer on, urge, call on

    longǐtūdo, ǐnis f.: length

    ŏbĕo, -īre, -ĭi, -ĭtum: discharge, attend to

    prōvǐděo, -vidēre, -vīdi, -vīsum: to see forwards, to discern, descry

    prōnuntĭo, -āre: state publicly, declare; give out orders

    impědīmentum, i n.: a hinderence, impediment

    etsi: though, although, albeit

    ēiusmǒdi: of this kind, such

    rĕprĕhendo, -ĕre, -ndi, -nsum: to blame

    incommŏdē adv.: disadvantageously

    mĭnŭo, -ĕre, -ŭi, ūtum: lessen; decrease

    ălăcer, -cris, -cre: eager, brisk, cheerful

    dēspērātĭo, -ōnis f.: hopelessness, despair

    vulgus, -i n.: the people; vulgo commonly

    arrĭpĭo, -ĕre, -rĭpŭi, -reptum: take up hurriedly

    flētus, -ūs m.: weeping, wailing

    complĕo, -ēre, -ēvi, -ētum: fill

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    Christopher Francese, Caesar: Selections from the Gallic War. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2011, revised and enlarged 2018. ISBN: 978-1-947822-02-3. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/caesar/book-5/chapter-5-33