Annales XII. --- P. Cornelius Tacitus Flashcards
ex eo can mean
from this time
illudo, illudere, illusi, illusus
mock, ridicule, speak mockingly of; fool, dupe; use for sexual pleasure
non per lasciviam, ut Messalina, rebus Romanis inludenti
not, as Messalina, making state affairs the pastime of her wantonness
adductus, adducta -um, adductior -or -us, adductissimus -a -um
contracted, drawn together; frowning, grave; compressed, terse; strict, severe
adductum et quasi virile servitium
the reins of servitude were drawn tighter as if by masculine hand
expedio, expedire, expedivi, expeditus
disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready
obtentus, obtentus M
spreading before; cloaking, disguising, pretext
obtentum habebat, quasii subsidium regno parareetur
had the apparent excuse of collecting resources for despotism
conscisco, consciscere, conscivi, conscitus
ordain/decree/determine/resolve; decide/inflict on; bring on oneself
produco, producere, produxi, productus
lead forward, bring out; reveal; induce; promote; stretch out; prolong; bury
piaculum, piaculi N
expiatory offering or rite; sin; crime
procuratio, procurationis F
management; administration; charge, responsibility
Tacitus: a religious act for the propitiation of an offended deity
exquiro, exquirere, exquisivi, exquisitus
seek out, search for, hunt up; inquire into
notesco, notescere, notui, -
become known; become famous
impetro, impetrare, impetravi, impetratus
obtain/procure; succeed/achieve/be granted; obtain
pueritia, pueritiae F
childhood, boyhood; callowness, childish nature; state/fact of being boy
adolesco, adolescere, adolui, adultus
grow up, mature, reach manhood/peak; become established/strong; grow, increase
enitesco, enitescere, enitui, -
become bright, gleam; stand out
exequor, exequi, executus sum
follow, go along/on with; pursue for vengeance/punishment; strive/search after
facundus, facunda, facundum
eloquent; fluent; able to express eloquently/fluently
perpetro, perpetrare, perpetravi, perpetratus
carry through, accomplish
ADEMPTA SAEPE AUT FIRMATA
often withdrawn and re-established
prout
as, just as; exactly as
delinquo, delinquere, deliqui, delictus
fail, be wanting/lacking, fall short; offend/do wrong/err/commit offense
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
- spondeo, spondere, spopondi, sponsus
2. despondeo, despondere, despondi, desponsus
- promise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage
- 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
