Germanicus and Piso, Tacitus lines 24-35

Question 1

defunctum ignavo questu, sed quae voluerit meminisse

Answer 1

with faint-hearted complaint/idle lamentation but should remember what

Question 2

quae mandaverit exsequi. vindicabitis vos, si me potius

Answer 2

he wanted, (and) should carry out what he instructed

Question 3

quam fortunam meam diligebatis.’

Answer 3

You will avenge (me) if you loved me rather than my high position

Question 4

amici, dextram morientis amplectentes, iuraverunt

Answer 4

His friends, touching the right hand of the dying man, swore

Question 5

se vitam ante quam ultionem amissuros esse.

Answer 5

swore that they would lose their life rather than lose/give up revenge.

Question 6

neque multo post mortuus est, ingenti luctu provinciae

Answer 6

And he died not much/long afterwards, with the huge grief of the province

Question 7

et circumiacentium populorum.

Answer 7

and the surrounding/lying nearby peoples

Question 8

indoluerunt exterae nationes regesque: tanta fuerat illius

Answer 8

Foreign nations/tribes and kings were stricken with grief so great had been

Question 9

comitas in socios, mansuetudo in hostes; propter vultum

Answer 9

his courtesy/friendliness towards allies, (and his) kindness/mercy towards enemies

Question 10

eloquentiamque venerationem omnium adeptus erat

Answer 10

because of his looks/face and eloquence he had obtained the respect/admiration of all

Question 11

et erant qui illum magno Alexandro ob formam aetatem

Answer 11

And there were some who ranked him equal to Alexander the Great

Question 12

genus locumque mortis adaequarent; nam affirmaverunt

Answer 12

because of his appearance, age, family/nobility and place of death