Gallī sē omnēs ab Dīte patre prōgnātōs praedicant, idque ab Druidibus prōditum dīcunt. Ob eam causam spatia omnis temporis nōn numerō diērum sed noctium fīniunt; diēs nātālēs et mēnsum et annōrum initia sīc observant ut noctem diēs subsequātur. In reliquīs vītae īnstitūtīs hōc ferē ab reliquīs differunt quod suōs līberōs, nisi cum adolēvērunt ut mūnus mīlitiae sustinēre possint, palam ad sē adīre nōn patiuntur fīliumque puerīlī aetāte in pūblicō in cōnspectū patris adsistere turpe dūcunt.

    时间纪录。一个奇怪的习俗。

    Dite: =普鲁托,罗马的冥神。(Allen & Judson)

    Ab Dite prognatos: 指的是他们从土壤中诞生。(Walker)

    prodtium: 补充esse:“这个传统流传了下来”

    on eam causam: 即因为他们是阴间冥神普鲁托的后裔。(Harkness).

    non numero ... finiunt: 希腊人,日耳曼人和犹太人也是这么做的。威尔士人称一个星期为“八个夜晚”。(Lowe and Ewing)

    mēnsum: 这些月份从月亮的上玄月开始。(Lowe and Ewing) mēnsis -is的复数属格一般是mēnsium,不过有时也是像文章这里一样的mēnsum。

    subsequatur: 即高卢人用日落来计算天数(从日落到日落为一天)。 (Lowe and Ewing)

    vītae īnstitūtīs: 习俗,生活方式。

    ab reliquis: populis在这里被省略了,即希腊和罗马人。(Lowe and Ewing)

    hōc ... quod: “在这个...方面” (<A&G 418).

    suōs līberōs ... nōn patiuntur: 正常的语序为nōn patiuntur suōs līberōs palam ad sē adīre, nisi cum adolēvērunt ut mūnus mīlitiae sustinēre possint。

    divsuos liberos: 另一方面,罗马人帮助他们的孩子适应公众事务,甚至在他们很小的时候就带他们进入元老院。(Allen & Judson)

    turpe ducunt: “他们认为这是可耻的”,turpe在这里是叙述形容词,与不定式分句相一致。(Allen & Greenough).

    palam…adire: “在公开场合接近他们” (Walker)

    in pūblicō adsistere: “置身于公共场合”,指的应该是在某些公共活动。

    prōgnātus, -a, -um: sprung from:从...中诞生

    praedĭco, -āre: 夸耀,吹捧;告知

    Drŭĭdes, -um m.: 高卢教士

    prōdō prōdere prōdidī prōditum: 传下(一个故事或传统)

    fīnĭo, -īre: 限制,划清界限

    nātālis –e: 出生的

    mēnsis –is m.:

    observo –āre: 观察,记录

    subsequor –sequī –cūtus sum: 追寻,伴随

    ădŏlesco, -ĕre, -ēvi, adultum: 成长,成年

    mīlitia –ae f.: 兵役

    pălam adv.: 公开地

    puerīlis –e: 年轻的,有朝气的

    cōnspectus –ūs m.: 视线,视野

    adsistō –sistere –stitī: 置身

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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/zh-hans/chapter-6-18