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Nepos, Atticus 7

Neutral in Caesar's civil war

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Att. 7.1Incidit Caesariānum cīvīle bellum.Caesar's civil war broke out. Att. 7.1Cum habēret annōs circiter sexāgintā, ūsus est aetātis vacātiōne neque sē quōquam mōvit ex urbe.Since he was about sixty years old, he took advantage of the exemption granted to his age and did not stir anywhere from the city. Att. 7.1Quae amīcīs suīs opus fuerant ad Pompeium proficīscentibus, omnia ex suā rē familiārī dedit, ipsum Pompeium coniūnctum nōn offendit.Whatever his friends needed when they set out to join Pompey he gave them, all of it, from his own estate, and he did not offend Pompey himself, with whom he was closely connected. Att. 7.2Nūllum ab eō habēbat ōrnāmentum, ut cēterī, quī per eum aut honōrēs aut dīvitiās cēperant: quōrum partim invītissimī castra sunt secūtī, partim summā cum eius offēnsiōne domī remānsērunt.He had received no distinction from him, as had the rest who had gained either offices or wealth through him: of these some followed his camp most unwillingly, others stayed at home, greatly offending him. Att. 7.3Caesarī autem Atticī quiēs tantō opere fuit grāta, ut victor, cum prīvātīs pecūniās per epistulās imperāret, huic nōn sōlum molestus nōn fuerit, sed etiam sorōris fīlium et Q. Cicerōnem ex Pompēī castrīs concesserit.To Caesar, moreover, Atticus' neutrality was so very pleasing that as victor, when he was demanding money from private persons by letter, he not only did not trouble him but even released to him his sister's son and Quintus Cicero from Pompey's camp.

Att. 7.3Sīc vetere īnstitūtō vītae effūgit nova perīcula.Thus by his old rule of life he escaped new dangers.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (79 words)
incidō, -cidere, -cidīfall into or upon
Caesariānus, -a, -umof Caesar, Caesarian; (pl. as noun) Caesar's men
cīvīlis, -eof citizens; bellum cīvīle: civil war
bellum, -ī, n.war
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
annus, -ī, m.year
circiter, prep. with acc. and adv.about
sexāgintā (indecl.)sixty
ūtor, ūtī, ūsususe
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
aetās, -tātis, f.age
vacātiō, -ōnis f.freedom, exemption
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
quōquam (adv.)to any place, anywhere
moveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtusmove
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
urbs, urbis, f.city
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
amīcus, -ī, m.friend
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
opus, operis, n.work, task
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sumset out, depart, march
omnis, -eall, every
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
familiāris, -e; as noun, -is m.of the household (rēs familiāris: private property); friend
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctusjoin together, join
nōn, adv.not
offendō, -fendere, -fendī, -fēnsusoffend
nūllus, -a, -umnot any, none, no
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
ōrnāmentum, -ī n.honour, distinction; ornament
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj.the other, the remaining, the rest of
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
honor, -ōris, m.honor
dīvitiae, -ārum f. pl.riches, wealth
capiō, capere, cēpī, captustake, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
partim (adv.)partly (partim … partim: some … others)
invītus, -a, -umunwilling
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.camp
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
summus, -a, -umuppermost, highest, greatest
cum, prep, with abl.with
offēnsiō, -ōnis f.offence, hurt feelings
domus, -ūs, f.house, home
remaneō, -ēre, -mānsīstay behind, remain
autem, conj.moreover; but, however; now
quiēs, quiētis, f.rest, repose
tantus, -a, -umso great or much
grātus, -a, -umpleasing, grateful
victor, -ōris m.conqueror, victor
prīvātus, -a, -umprivate
pecūnia, -ae, f.money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times)
epistula, -ae f.letter
imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātuscommand, order, enjoin
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n.only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil
molestus, -a, -umtroublesome; molestus esse (+ dat.), to bother
sed, conj.but
etiam, adv.and now, also, too, even
soror, -ōris, f.sister
fīlius, -ī, m.son
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
quīntus, -a, -umfifth
concēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessusgrant, yield
sīc, adv.so, thus
vetus, veterisold, former
īnstitūtum, -ī n.custom, institution
vīta, -ae, f.life
effugio, -fugere, -fūgīflee out or away, escape
novus, -a, -umnew; novissimus, last
perīculum, -ī, n.danger, peril, risk
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.