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Nepos, Atticus 22

Death and burial of Atticus

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Att. 22.1Hāc ōrātiōne habitā tantā cōnstantiā vōcis atque vultūs, ut nōn ex vītā, sed ex domō in domum vidērētur migrāre, cum quidem Agrippa eum flēns atque ōsculāns ōrāret atque obsecrāret, nē id quod nātūra cōgeret ipse quoque sibi accelerāret, et, quoniam tum quoque posset temporibus superesse, sē sibi suīsque reservāret, precēs eius taciturnā suā obstinātiōne dēpressit.When this speech had been delivered with such steadiness of voice and expression that he seemed to be moving not out of life but from one house to another, and when Agrippa, weeping and kissing him, begged and implored him not to hasten for himself what nature was compelling, and, since he might even then survive the crisis, to preserve himself for himself and his family, he silenced his entreaties with his own unspeaking obstinacy. Att. 22.3Sīc cum bīduum cibō sē abstinuisset, subitō febris dēcessit leviorque morbus esse coepit.So when he had abstained from food for two days, suddenly the fever left him and the disease began to be lighter. Att. 22.3Tamen prōpositum nihilō sētius perēgit itaque diē quīntō, postquam id cōnsilium inierat, prīdiē Kal.Yet he carried out his purpose none the less, and so on the fifth day after adopting that plan, on the day before the Kalends.

Att. 22.3Aprīlēs Cn. Domitiō C. Sōsiō cōnsulibus dēcessit.of April, in the consulship of Gnaeus Domitius and Gaius Sosius, he died. Att. 22.4Ēlātus est in lectīculā, ut ipse praescrīpserat, sine ūllā pompā fūneris, comitantibus omnibus bonīs, maximā vulgī frequentiā.He was carried out on a small litter, as he himself had directed, without any funeral procession, attended by all the respectable citizens and by a very great crowd of the common people. Att. 22.4Sepultus est iūxtā viam Appiam ad quīntum lapidem in monumentō Q. Caeciliī, avunculī suī.He was buried beside the Appian Way at the fifth milestone, in the tomb of Quintus Caecilius, his uncle.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (91 words)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ōrātiō, -ōnis, f.speech; ōrātiōnem habēre, to deliver an oration, speak
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
tantus, -a, -umso great or much
cōnstantia, -ae f.steadiness, firmness
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
vultus, -ūs m.face, expression
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
nōn, adv.not
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
vīta, -ae, f.life
sed, conj.but
domus, -ūs, f.house, home
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
migrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātummove, change one's home
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
quidem, adv.in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
fleō, -ēre, flēvī, flētumweep
ōsculor, -ārī, -ātus sumkiss
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
obsecrō, -secrāre, -secrāvī, -secrātusbeseech, entreat
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
nātūra, -ae, f.nature, character
cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctusdrive together, collect; compel
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
quoque, adv.also
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
accelerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātushurry, hasten
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
quoniam, conj.since now, since
tum, adv.then, at that time
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
supersum, -esse, -fuībe over or left, remain
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
que, enclitic conj.and
reservō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumkeep back, save
prex, precis f. (usu. pl.)prayer, entreaty
taciturnus, -a, -umsilent, quiet, saying little
obstinātiō, -ōnis f.obstinacy, stubbornness
dēprimō, -ere, -pressī, -pressumpress down, sink; depressus: sunk below ground
sīc, adv.so, thus
bīduum, -ī n.two days
cibus, -ī, m.food
abstineō, -ēre, abstinuī, abstentumkeep away, hold back (from)
subitō, adv.unexpectedly, suddenly
febris, -is f.fever
dēcēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessusgo away, depart
levis, -elight, slight
morbus, -ī m.sickness, disease
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action)have begun, began
tamen, adv.however, yet, nevertheless
prōpositum, -ī n.plan, purpose; the point being made, theme
nihilum, -ī n.nothing; nihilō sētius: none the less
sētius (adv.)less (nihilō sētius: nevertheless)
peragō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctumcarry through, complete
itaque, adv.and so, accordingly, therefore
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.day
quīntus, -a, -umfifth
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
cōnsilium, -ī, n.advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence
ineō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo into, enter; adopt
prīdiē (adv.)the day before
Kalendae, -ārum f. pl.the Kalends (1st day of the month)
Aprīlis, -eof April
cōnsul, -ulis m.consul (one of Rome's two chief magistrates)
efferō, -ferre, extulī, ēlātumcarry out, bring out
lectīcula, -ae f.small litter; bier
praescrībō, -ere, -scrīpsī, -scrīptumprescribe, dictate
sine, prep. with abl.without
ūllus, -a, -umany
pompa, -ae f.procession, parade
fūnus, -eris n.funeral
comitor, -ārī, -ātus sumaccompany, follow
omnis, -eall, every
bonus, -a, -umgood
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
vulgus, -ī n.the common people, the crowd
frequentia, -ae f.crowd, throng; full attendance
sepeliō, sepelīre, sepelīvī, sepultusbury
iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.)nearby; next to
via, -ae, f.road, way
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
lapis, -idis, m.stone
monumentum, -ī n.memorial, monument; record
avunculus, -ī m.uncle (mother's brother)
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.