Nepos, Eumenes 4

Craterus and Neoptolemus fall

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Eum. 4.1Quōrum ācerrimō concursū cum magnam partem diēī esset pugnātum, cadit Crateros dux et Neoptolemus, quī secundum locum imperiī tenēbat.When the fighting in their fierce clash had gone on for a great part of the day, Craterus the commander falls, and Neoptolemus, who held the second place in command. Eum. 4.1Cum hōc concurrit ipse Eumenēs.With him Eumenes himself clashed. Eum. 4.2Quī cum inter sē complexī in terram ex equīs dēcidissent, ut facile intellegī possent inimīcā mente contendisse animōque magis etiam pugnāsse quam corpore, nōn prius distractī sunt, quam alterum anima relinqueret.When they, grappling with each other, had fallen from their horses to the ground, so that it could easily be seen that they had fought with hostile minds and had struggled even more with their spirit than with their bodies, they were not separated until life left one of them. Eum. 4.2Ab hōc aliquot plagīs Eumenēs vulnerātur, neque eō magis ex proeliō excessit, sed ācrius hostēs īnstitit.Eumenes is wounded by him with several blows, yet he did not withdraw from the battle on that account, but pressed the enemy more fiercely.

Eum. 4.3Hīc equitibus prōflīgātīs, interfectō duce Craterō, multīs praetereā et maximē nōbilibus captīs pedester exercitus, quod in ea loca erat dēductus, ut invītō Eumene ēlābī nōn posset, pācem ab eō petiit.Here, the cavalry having been routed, the commander Craterus killed, and many besides, especially men of the highest rank, captured, the infantry, because it had been led into places from which it could not slip away against Eumenes' will, asked him for peace. Eum. 4.3Quam cum impetrāsset, in fidē nōn mānsit et sē, simulac potuit, ad Antipatrum recēpit.When it had obtained this, it did not keep its word and withdrew to Antipater as soon as it could. Eum. 4.4Eumenēs Craterum ex aciē sēmivīvum ēlātum recreāre studuit;Eumenes tried to revive Craterus, who had been carried from the field half-dead; Eum. 4.4cum id nōn posset, prō hominis dignitāte prōque prīstinā amīcitiā (namque illō ūsus erat Alexandrō vīvō familiāriter) amplō fūnere extulit ossaque in Macedoniam uxōrī eius ac līberīs remīsit.when he could not, he gave him a splendid funeral befitting the man's rank and their former friendship (for he had been on intimate terms with him while Alexander was alive), and sent his bones back to Macedonia to his wife and children.

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quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
ācer, ācris, ācre	sharp, shrill
concursus, -ūs m.	a running together, charge
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
pars, partis, f.	part, side, direction
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	fight
cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus	fall
dux, ducis, m. and f.	leader, commander
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
secundus, -a, -um	following, favorable
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.	place, situation
imperium, -ī, n.	command; sway, rule
teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus	hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop
cum, prep, with abl.	with
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
concurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus	run, rush, or dash together
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
inter, prep, with acc.	among, between
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
complector, -plectī, -plexus	embrace
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
equus, -ī, m.	horse
dēcidō, -cidere, -cidī	fall down
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
facile, adv.	easily
intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus	perceive, understand
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
inimīcus, -a, -um	unfriendly, hostile
mēns, mentis f.	mind, spirit
contendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus	stretch, hasten
animus, -ī, m.	mind; heart; spirit, courage
que, enclitic conj.	and
magis, comp. adv.	more, rather
etiam, adv.	and now, also, too, even
quam, adv.	how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
corpus, corporis, n.	body
nōn, adv.	not
prius, adv.	before, first
distrahō, -ere, -trāxī, -tractus	pull apart, tear asunder
alter, -era, -erum	one or the other (of two); another, second
anima, -ae, f.	breath, soul, life
relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus	leave behind, leave
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
aliquot (indecl.)	several, some
plāga, -ae f.	blow, wound; affliction, illness
vulnerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	wound
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
proelium, -ī, n.	battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle
excēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus	go out or forth, depart
sed, conj.	but
ācriter, adv.	sharply, fiercely
hostis, -is, m. and f.	enemy, foe
īnsistō, -ere, īnstitī	stand on
hīc, adv.	here; hereupon
eques, equitis m.	horseman; (pl.) cavalry
prōflīgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	rout, defeat utterly
interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	put out of the way, kill
multus, -a, -um	much, great; plur., many
praetereā, adv.	besides this, besides, moreover
maximē, adv.	very greatly, exceedingly, especially
nōbilis, -e	well-known, noble
capiō, capere, cēpī, captus	take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
pedester, -tris, -tre	on foot, infantry (pedestrēs cōpiae: infantry)
exercitus, -ūs, m.	army
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
dēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead down or away, bring; nāvem dēdūcere, to draw down or launch a ship
invītus, -a, -um	unwilling
ēlābor, -lābī, -lāpsus sum	slip away, escape
pāx, pācis f.	peace
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus	seek, ask; attack
impetrō, -petrāre, -petrāvī, -petrātus	gain one's end, obtain (a request)
fidēs, -eī f.	faith, trust; pledge
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus	remain
simulac (simul ac)	as soon as
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover
aciēs, -ēī, f.	line of battle
sēmivīvus, -a, -um	half-dead
efferō, -ferre, extulī, ēlātum	carry out, bring out
recreō, -creāre, -creāvī, -creātus	make anew, renew, refresh
studeō, -ēre, -uī	be eager, give attention, apply oneself
prō, prep. with abl.	before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
homō, hominis, m.	man
dignitās, -ātis f.	rank, standing, prestige
prīstinus, -a, -um	former
amīcitia, -ae f.	friendship, alliance
namque, conj.	for
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
ūtor, ūtī, ūsus	use
vīvus, -a, -um	alive, living
familiāriter, adv.	on intimate terms, closely
amplus, -a, -um	large, great; distinguished
fūnus, -eris n.	funeral
ōs, ōris, n.	mouth
uxor, -ōris, f.	wife
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
līberī, -ōrum, m. plur.	children
remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum	send back; give up, remit

Nepos, Eumenes. 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.