Tunc ducēs prīncipēsque Nerviōrum quī aliquem sermōnis aditum causamque amīcitiae cum Cicerōne habēbant colloquī sēsē velle dīcunt. Factā potestāte eadem quae Ambiorīx cum Titūriō ēgerat commemorant: omnem esse in armīs Galliam; Germānōs Rhēnum trānsīsse; Caesaris reliquōrumque hīberna oppūgnārī. Addunt etiam dē Sabīnī morte; Ambiorīgem ostentant fideī faciendae causā. Errāre eōs dīcunt, sī quicquam ab eīs praesidī spērent, quī suīs rēbus diffīdant; sēsē tamen hōc esse in Cicerōnem populumque Rōmānum animō ut nihil nisi hīberna recūsent atque hanc inveterāscere cōnsuētūdinem nōlint: licēre illīs incolumibus per sē ex hībernīs discēdere et quāscumque in partēs velint sine metū proficīscī. Cicerō ad haec ūnum modo respondit: nōn esse cōnsuētūdinem populī Rōmānī accipere ab hoste armātō condiciōnem: sī ab armīs discēdere velint, sē adiūtōre ūtantur lēgātōsque ad Caesarem mittant; spērāre prō ēius iūstitiā, quae petierint, impetrātūrōs.
notes
西塞罗拒绝接受有武器的敌军提出的条款。
sermonis aditum: 意为“任何能够让他们和Cicero对话的方法”(Moberly).
causam amicitiae: “友谊的基础”(Hodges)
quicquam…praesidi: “任何保护”，praesidii是部分属格。(Gaisser) (A&G 346).
suis rebus: “他们自己的安全”(Hodges)
diffidunt: “缺少对...的信心”，“对...担忧”，补充与格。(Gaisser).
hoc esse…animo: “是这么想的”，hoc animo是描述离格，我们也可以理解为“是这样认为的”(Gaisser) (A&G 415)
ut nihil nisi…recusent: “坚定反对他们的国家被作为冬季驻扎营(Moberly); 即，他们会互相成为盟友，而不是附属；他们拒绝允许现役部队进入他们的领土。(Allen & Judson).
incolumibus: “于illis变位一致” (Hodges)
per se: “就他们而言” (Gaisser)
se adiutore utantur: “他们可能会把他作为代表他们的提倡者”(Allen & Greenough)
se: sperare的主语。(Hodges)
pro: 在这里指“基于，鉴于”。(Gaisser) (A&G 221.16).
impetraturos (esse): 受格的主语被省略了，补充eos。(Gaisser)
vocabulary
collǒquor, -loqui, -locūtus: 谈话，会议
comměmǒrō, -āre: 使想起，记得；回忆
hībernus, -a, -um: referring to winter; hīberna, -ōrum n.: 指与冬季相关的；hīberna, -ōrum n.:冬季营地
oppugno, -āre: 攻击
ostentō, -āre: 展现，显示
quisquam, quicquam: indefinite pronoun: 不定代词：任何人，任何事
praesĭdĭum, -i n.: 要塞；防御
diffīdo, -fiděre, -fīsus: 不信任；对...怀疑
rĕcūso, -āre: 拒绝
invětĕrasco, -ĕre, -āvi: 获得永久据点；建造
consǔētūdo, -ǐnis f.: 习俗，习惯
incŏlŭmis, -e: 无害的，安全的
quīcumquě, quaecumquě, quodcumquě: 无论是谁，无论是哪个，无论是什么
armō, -āre:给予...武器，武装
adiūtor, -ōris m.: 助手，帮手
iustǐtǐa, ae f.: 正义，公平
impĕtro, -āre: 获取；成功得到