Iug. 26.1Ea postquam Cirtae audīta sunt, Italicī, quōrum virtūte moenia dēfēnsābantur, cōnfīsī dēditiōne factā propter magnitūdinem populī Rōmānī inviolātōs sēsē fore, Adherbalī suādent, utī sēque et oppidum Iugurthae trādat, tantum ab eō vītam pacīscātur;When this was heard at Cirta, the Italians, by whose valour the walls were being defended, trusting that if a surrender were made they would be unharmed because of the greatness of the Roman people, urged Adherbal to hand over himself and the town to Jugurtha, bargaining with him only for his life; Iug. 26.1dē cēterīs senātuī cūrae fore.the senate would take care of the rest. Iug. 26.2At ille, tametsī omnia potiōra fidē Iugurthae rēbātur, tamen, quia penes eōsdem, sī advorsārētur, cōgundī potestās erat, ita, utī cēnsuerant Italicī, dēditiōnem facit.But Adherbal, although he thought anything preferable to trusting Jugurtha, nevertheless, because those same men had the power to compel him if he opposed them, made the surrender just as the Italians had advised. Iug. 26.3Iugurtha in prīmīs Adherbalem excruciātum necat, deinde omnīs pūberēs Numidās atque negōtiātōrēs prōmiscuē, utī quisque armātus obvius fuerat, interficit.Jugurtha first tortured Adherbal to death, then killed all the adult Numidians and the traders without distinction, as each had met him under arms.
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Bellum Iugurthinum 26
Cirta surrenders; Adherbal killed
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| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| Italicus, -a, -um | Italian; bellum Italicum: the Social War of 91–88 BC between Rome and its Italian allies |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| virtūs, -tūtis, f. | manliness, courage, bravery |
| moenia, -ium, n. plur. | walls |
| dēfēnsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | defend vigorously, keep defending |
| cōnfīdō, -ere, cōnfīsus sum | trust, be confident |
| dēditiō, -ōnis f. | surrender |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| propter, prep. with acc. | on account of, because of |
| magnitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | greatness, size |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| inviolātus, -a, -um | unharmed; sacred, inviolable |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| suādeō, -ēre, suāsī, suāsus | advise, urge |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| oppidum, -ī, n. | town |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| tantum, adv. | so much or far, only |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| pacīscor, -ī, pactus sum | agree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| senātus, -ūs m. | senate |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| at, conj. | but |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tametsī (conj.) | although |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| potior, -ius (comp. adj.) | better, preferable, more powerful |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| reor, rērī, ratus sum | think, suppose, reckon |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| quia (conj.) | because |
| penes (prep. + acc.) | in the hands of, in the power of |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| sī, conj. | if |
| adversor, -ārī, -ātus sum (+ dat.) | oppose, resist |
| cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctus | drive together, collect; compel |
| potestās, -ātis f. | power, authority |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| cēnseō, cēnsēre, cēnsuī, cēnsus | think, believe, consider |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| excruciō, -cruciāre, -cruciāvī, cruciātus | torture |
| necō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | put to death, slay, kill |
| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| pūber (pūbēs), -eris | grown up, adult; pūberēs annī: the age of manhood |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| negōtiātor, -ōris m. | trader, merchant |
| prōmiscuē (adv.) | together, without distinction |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| armō, -āre, -āvi, -ātus | arm, equip |
| obvius, -a, -um | in the way, meeting; sē obvium dare: come to meet |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum. Latin text: the Perseus digital text of Sallust's Jugurthine War, with chapter 79 onwards in part from A. W. Ahlberg (Teubner, 1919), 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.