agutsus test tranlsation Flashcards
Post cibum meridinamum, ita ut vestitus calciatusque erart, retectis pedibus paulisper conquiescebat opposita ad ocukos manu.
After the midday meal, dressed and wearing shoes, he rested briefly, his feet uncovered supporting his head with his hand infront of his eyes.
Ibi, donec residua diurni actus aut omnia aut ex maxima parte conficeret, ad multam noctem permanebat.
There, until he finished the remaining tasks of the day, either all or for the most part, he would remain until late into the night.”
A cena in lecticulam se lucubratoriam recipiebat.
He would retire to his study after dinner.
In lectum inde transgressus non amplius cum plurimum quam septem horas dormiebat, ac ne eas quidem continuas, sed ut in illo temporis spatio ter aut quater expergisceretur.
Then having crossed over to bed, he slept no more than about seven hours, and not even continuously but so that within that time span he would wake up three or four times.
Si interruptum somnum reciperare, ut evenit, non posset, lectoribus aut fabulatoribus arcessitis resumebat producebatque ultra primam saepe lucem.
If he couldn’t recover interputed sleep as often happened he would summon readers of storytellers and resume activities beyoned the first light of day.
Nec in tenebris vigilavit umquam nisi assidente aliquo.
he never remained awake in the darkness unless someone was sitting with him.
Matutina vigilia offendebatur;
The earlier vigil he found offensive
ac si vel officii vel sacri causa maturius vigilandum esset, ne id contra commodum faceret, in proximo cuiuscumque domesticorum cenaculo manebat.
if he had to ever wake up earlier for the sake of either official work or religious work it was necessary so as not to inconveince others, he stayed in the room of any household.
Sic quoque saepe indigens somni, et dum per vias deportaretur et deposita lectica inter aliquas moras condormiebat.
Thus often in need of sleep, and while being carried through the streets and during some pauses he would take a short nap after his couch was set down.
Ipse ius dixit assidue et in noctem nonnumquam, si parum corpore valeret, lectica pro tribunali collocata vel etiam domi cubans.
He himself frequently adminstired justice, and sometimes even into the night, if his physical condition allowed reclining on a tribunal or even at home.
Dixit autem ius non diligentia modo summa sed et lenitate, siquidem manifesti parricidii reum, ne culleo insueretur, quod non nisi confessi adficiuntur hac poena, ita fertur interrogasse: ‘certe patrem tuum non occidisti?’
He prononunced judgements not only with the utmost dilligience but also with leniency for instsance in the case of a clear accustaion of patricide to avoid the punishment reserved only for the conffesors of such crimes he is reported to hve asked, surely you did not kill your father?
Appellationes quotannis urbanorum quidem litigatorum praetori delegabat urbano, at provincialium consularibus viris, quos singulos cuiusque provinciae negotiis praeposuisset.
“Annually, he delegated the appeals of urban litigants to the urban praetor, but delegatedthose of provincial litigants to consular men, whom he had individually assigned to the affairs of each province.”
