Annales XII. --- P. Cornelius Tacitus Flashcards by Aneurin Quinn Evans

ex eo can mean

from this time

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illudo, illudere, illusi, illusus

mock, ridicule, speak mockingly of; fool, dupe; use for sexual pleasure

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non per lasciviam, ut Messalina, rebus Romanis inludenti

not, as Messalina, making state affairs the pastime of her wantonness

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adductus, adducta -um, adductior -or -us, adductissimus -a -um

contracted, drawn together; frowning, grave; compressed, terse; strict, severe

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adductum et quasi virile servitium

the reins of servitude were drawn tighter as if by masculine hand

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expedio, expedire, expedivi, expeditus

disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

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obtentus, obtentus M

spreading before; cloaking, disguising, pretext

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obtentum habebat, quasii subsidium regno parareetur

had the apparent excuse of collecting resources for despotism

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conscisco, consciscere, conscivi, conscitus

ordain/decree/determine/resolve; decide/inflict on; bring on oneself

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produco, producere, produxi, productus

lead forward, bring out; reveal; induce; promote; stretch out; prolong; bury

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piaculum, piaculi N

expiatory offering or rite; sin; crime

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procuratio, procurationis F

management; administration; charge, responsibility

Tacitus: a religious act for the propitiation of an offended deity

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exquiro, exquirere, exquisivi, exquisitus

seek out, search for, hunt up; inquire into

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notesco, notescere, notui, -

become known; become famous

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impetro, impetrare, impetravi, impetratus

obtain/procure; succeed/achieve/be granted; obtain

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pueritia, pueritiae F

childhood, boyhood; callowness, childish nature; state/fact of being boy

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adolesco, adolescere, adolui, adultus

grow up, mature, reach manhood/peak; become established/strong; grow, increase

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enitesco, enitescere, enitui, -

become bright, gleam; stand out

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exequor, exequi, executus sum

follow, go along/on with; pursue for vengeance/punishment; strive/search after

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facundus, facunda, facundum

eloquent; fluent; able to express eloquently/fluently

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perpetro, perpetrare, perpetravi, perpetratus

carry through, accomplish

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ADEMPTA SAEPE AUT FIRMATA

often withdrawn and re-established

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prout

as, just as; exactly as

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delinquo, delinquere, deliqui, delictus

fail, be wanting/lacking, fall short; offend/do wrong/err/commit offense

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adigo, adigere, adegi, adactus

drive in/to, force, impel; cast, hurl; consign; bind

inhio, inhiare, inhiavi, inhiatus

gape, be open mouthed with astonishment; covet, DESIRE

perverto, pervertere, perverti, perversus

overthrow; subvert; destroy, ruin, corrupt

repetunda, repetundae F

recovery of extorted money

exigo, exigere, exegi, exactus

drive out, expel; finish; examine, weigh

caelebs, caelibis M

unmarried man, bachelor, widower; celibate

obnoxius, obnoxia, obnoxium

liable; guilty

ambigo, ambigere, -, -

hesitate, be in doubt; argue, dispute, contend; call in question; be at issue

fautor, fautoris M

patron, protector; admirer; supporter, partisan; who promotes/fosters interests

promptus, promptus M

readiness; ease; exposing to view

haudquaquam

by no means, in no way; not at all

novercalis-e

of or like a stepmother (noverca)

improbo, improbare, improbavi, improbatus

disapprove of, express disapproval of, condemn; reject

aemulatio, aemulationis F

jealousy, rivalry, ambition; unfriendly rivalry; emulation, imitation

privignus, privigni M

stepchild

prorsus

forwards, right onward; absolutely, entirely, utterly, by all means; in short

stirpem nobilem et familiae Iulia Claudiaque posteros coniungeret

let him join to himself a noble race, the posterity of the Iulii an the Claudii

adjuvo, adjuvare, adjuvi, adjutus

help, aid, abet, encourage, favor; cherish, sustain; be of use, be profitable

necessitudo, necessitudinis F

obligation; BOND< CONNECTION< AFFINITY; compulsion; needs; poverty; relative

pellicio, pellicere, pellicui, pellectus

attract/draw away; allure/seduce/entice/captivate; coax/induce/wheedle/win over

inlecebra, inlecebrae F

allurement, attraction, charm; a decoy bird

struo, struere, struxi, structus

build, construct

perpetro, perpetrare, perpetravi, perpetratus

carry through, accomplish

1. 2. spondeo, spondere, spopondi, sponsus | 2. despondeo, despondere, despondi, desponsus

1. promise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage 2. betroth, promise in marriage; pledge, promise; despair/yield/give up

ingruentiumque dominationum provisor

foreseer of advancing despotisms

ingruo, ingruere, ingrui, -

advance threateningly; make an onslaught on; break in, come violently, force

provisor, provisoris M

one who foresees; one who takes care; headmaster

praebeo, praebere, praebui, praebitus

present/show/put forward; offer; expose physically oneself; expose/submit/allow

quamquam lecto pridem senatu lustroque condito

although the roll of senators had long since been complete and the lustrum closd

adfinitas, adfinitatis F

relation by marriage; relationship, bond/union; neighborhood

adigo, adigere, adegi, adactus

drive in/to, force, impel; cast, hurl; consign; bind

ejuro, ejurare, eiuravi, eiuratus

abjure; resign; reject on oath; forswear, disown

pango, pangere, pepigi, pactus

compose; insert, drive in, fasten; plant; fix, settle, agree upon, stipulate

necdum

and/but not yet

sollemnis, sollemne,

solemn, ceremonial, sacred, in accordance w/religion/law; traditional/customary

percontor, percontari, percontatus sum

inquire

consensui imparem

unable to resist unanimity

obtestor, obtestari, obtestatus sum

call to witness; implore

adminiculum, adminiculi N

prop, pole, stake; support, stay, bulwark; means, aid, tool; auxiliary

communis, communis, commune

common/joint/public; general/universal

egeo, egere, egui, -

need, lack, want; require, be without

porro

further | onwards

levamentum, levamenti N

alleviation, mitigation, consolation

adsuefacio, adsuefacere, adsuefeci, adsuefactus

accustom, habituate, inure; make accustomed/used, train

obtempero, obtemperare, obtemperavi, obtemperatus

obey; comply with the demands of; be submissive to

postquam haec favoribilie oratione praaemisit

after preface in this favourable strain

oportet, oportere, oportuit

it is neCessary, proper, becoming

puerperium, puerperi(i) N

childbirth, delivery; offspring born at a single delivery

anquiro, anquirere, anquisivi, anquisitus

seek, search diligently after, inquire into, examine judicially; indict

sobrina, sobrinae F

second cousins

immo

no indeed; on the contrary, more correctly; indeed, nay more

percrebesco, percrebescere, percrebui, -

become very frequent, become very widespread

prout

as, just as; exactly as

conduco, conducere, conduxi, conductus

be of advantage/profitable/EXPEDIENT; be proper/fitting/concerned with; tend to

certatim

eagerly, with rivalry, in competition; earnestly,

desum, deesse, defui, defuturus

be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

grator, gratari, gratatus sum

congratulate; rejoice with

gener, generi M

son-in-law

nec defectione a familia Arsacidarum venire

nor did their coming imply defection from the family of the Arsacids

accerso, accersere, accersivi, accersitus

send for, summon; indict/accuse; fetch, import; invite; invoke; bring on oneself

longius sitos

more distant relatives

socors, (gen.), socordis

sluggish, inactive

infaustus, infausta, infaustum

unlucky, unfortunate; inauspicious, unsuccessful

ideo

therefore, for the reason that, for that reason

adscisco, adsciscere, adscivi, adscitus

adopt, assume; receive, admit, approve of, associate; take over, claim