Nepos, Atticus 19

Kinship with the emperor

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Att. 19.1Haec hāctenus Atticō vīvō ēdita ā nōbīs sunt.This much was published by us while Atticus was alive. Att. 19.1Nunc, quoniam fortūna nōs superstitēs eī esse voluit, reliqua persequēmur et, quantum potuerimus, rērum exemplīs lēctōrēs docēbimus, sīcut suprā significāvimus, suōs cuique mōrēs plērumque conciliāre fortūnam.Now, since fortune has willed that we should outlive him, we shall pursue the rest, and, as far as we can, shall teach our readers by examples drawn from events, as we indicated above, that it is generally a man's own character that wins him his fortune. Att. 19.2Namque hic contentus ōrdine equestrī, quō erat ortus, in affīnitātem pervēnit imperātōris dīvī fīliī, cum iam ante familiāritātem eius esset cōnsecūtus nūllā aliā rē quam ēlegantiā vītae, quā cēterōs cēperat prīncipēs cīvitātis dignitāte parī, fortūnā humiliōrēs.For this man, content with the equestrian order into which he had been born, came into a connection by marriage with the general, the son of the deified Julius, having already earlier won his friendship by nothing else than the refinement of his life, by which he had captivated the other leading men of the state, equal in rank but humbler in fortune.

Att. 19.3Tanta enim prosperitās Caesarem est cōnsecūta, ut nihil eī nōn tribuerit fortūna, quod cuiquam ante dētulerat, et conciliārit, quod nēmō adhūc cīvis Rōmānus quīvit cōnsequī.For such great prosperity attended Caesar that fortune granted him everything she had ever bestowed on anyone before, and won for him what no Roman citizen had ever yet been able to attain. Att. 19.4Nāta est autem Atticō neptis ex Agrippā, cui virginem fīliam collocārat.Now a granddaughter was born to Atticus by Agrippa, to whom he had given his maiden daughter in marriage. Att. 19.4Hanc Caesar vix anniculam Ti. Claudiō Nerōnī, Drūsillā nātō, prīvignō suō, dēspondit: quae coniūnctiō necessitūdinem eōrum sānxit, familiāritātem reddidit frequentiōrem.When she was scarcely a year old, Caesar betrothed her to Tiberius Claudius Nero, the son of Drusilla and his own stepson: this union sealed their bond and made their friendship more frequent.

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hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
hāctenus (adv.)	thus far, up to this point; so much (and no more)
vīvus, -a, -um	alive, living
ēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	put forth, give out, utter
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
nōs	plur. of ego
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
nunc, adv.	now
quoniam, conj.	since now, since
fortūna, -ae, f.	fortune
superstes, -stitis	surviving, outliving (dat.)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
volō, velle, voluī	wish
reliquus, -a, -um	left, the remaining, the other, the rest of
persequor, -sequī, -secūtus	follow up, pursue
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
quantum, adv.	how much? how?
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
rēs, reī, f.	thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
exemplum, -ī n.	example, precedent
lēctor, -ōris m.	reader
doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus	teach, explain
sīcut (conj.)	just as
suprā, adv. and prep. with acc.	above, before
significō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	show, indicate, signal
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron.	each
mōs, mōris, m.	way, manner, habit, custom
plērumque (adv.)	generally, mostly
conciliō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	win over; win, obtain
namque, conj.	for
contentus, -a, -um	content, satisfied (+ abl.)
ōrdō, ōrdinis, m.	arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order
equester, -tris, -tre	of cavalry
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
orior, -īrī, -tus	arise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
affīnitās, -ātis f.	relationship by marriage
perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come through, come, arrive, reach
imperātor, -ōris, m.	commander, general
dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom)	god
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
iam, adv.	now, already
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.	before
familiāritās, -ātis f.	close friendship
cōnsequor, -sequī, -secūtus	follow up, follow; overtake
nūllus, -a, -um	not any, none, no
alius, -a, -ud	another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
quam, adv.	how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
ēlegantia, -ae f.	elegance, refinement, good taste (in style)
vīta, -ae, f.	life
cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj.	the other, the remaining, the rest of
capiō, capere, cēpī, captus	take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
prīnceps, -ipis	first, chief; as noun: leader
cīvitās, -tātis, f.	state
dignitās, -ātis f.	rank, standing, prestige
pār, paris	equal
humilis, -e	low; humble, poor
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
enim, conj.	for
prosperitās, -ātis f.	success, good fortune, prosperity
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
nihil, n., indecl.	nothing
nōn, adv.	not
tribuō, -ere, tribuī, tribūtum	assign, attribute
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.	any one, anything
dēferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus	bear or carry away or off
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
nēmō, nēminis, m. and f.	no one, nobody
adhūc, adv.	to this point, up to this time, yet, still
cīvis, -is, m. and f.	citizen, fellow-citizen, subject
Rōmānus, -a, -um	Roman
queō, -īre, -īvī (-iī)	be able, can
nāscor, -ī, nātus sum	be born; rise, begin
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
neptis, -is f.	granddaughter
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
virgō, virginis, f.	maiden
fīlia, -ae, f.	daughter
collocō (conlocō), -āre, -āvī, -ātum	place, station; give in marriage
vix, adv.	with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely
anniculus, -a, -um	a year old, yearling
prīvignus, -ī m.	stepson
dēspondeō, -ēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	promise in marriage, betroth
coniūnctiō, -ōnis f.	union, connection, alliance
necessitūdō, -inis f.	close tie, relationship
sanciō, -īre, sānxī, sānctum	make binding, ratify
reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	give back, return, restore; render
frequēns, -entis	crowded, in great numbers; frequent

Nepos, Atticus. Latin text: A. Fleckeisen, Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Teubner, 1886), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.