Iug. 34.1Deinde ubi Memmius dīcundī fīnem fēcit et Iugurtha respondēre iussus est, C. Baebius tribūnus plēbis, quem pecūniā corruptum suprā dīximus, rēgem tacēre iubet, ac tametsī multitūdō, quae in contiōne aderat, vehementer accēnsa terrēbat eum clamōre, voltū, saepe impetū atque aliīs omnibus, quae īra fierī amat, vīcit tamen inpudentia.Then, when Memmius had finished speaking and Jugurtha had been ordered to reply, Gaius Baebius, the tribune of the plebs who we said above had been bribed, ordered the king to be silent, and although the crowd present at the meeting, violently inflamed, tried to frighten him with shouting, looks, often rushes and all the other things that anger loves to do, his shamelessness nevertheless won. Iug. 34.2Ita populus lūdibriō habitus ex contiōne discēdit;So the people, made a mockery of, left the meeting; Iug. 34.2iugurthae Bēstiaeque et cēterīs, quōs illa quaestiō exagitābat, animī augēscunt.the spirits of Jugurtha, of Bestia and of the others whom that investigation was harassing rose.
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Bellum Iugurthinum 34
A bribed tribune silences Jugurtha
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| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus | reply, answer |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| tribūnus, -ī m. | tribune (tribūnus mīlitum: senior officer of a legion) |
| plēbs, plēbis f. | the common people |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| corrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | spoil, ruin, destroy; bribe |
| suprā, adv. and prep. with acc. | above, before |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| taceō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | be silent |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| tametsī (conj.) | although |
| multitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | multitude |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| cōntiō, -ōnis f. | assembly, meeting; speech to an assembly |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| vehementer, adv. | violently, vehemently; earnestly; exceedingly, greatly |
| accendō, -cendere, -cendī, -cēnsus | kindle, light |
| terreō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | frighten, terrify |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| vultus, -ūs m. | face, expression |
| saepe, adv. | often, frequently |
| impetus, -ūs, m. | attack; impetum facere, to charge |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| amō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | love |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| impudentia, -ae f. | shamelessness, effrontery |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| lūdibrium, -ī n. | mockery; a plaything, laughing-stock |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| discēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | go apart, withdraw, depart |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| quaestiō, -ōnis f. | inquiry, examination |
| exagitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | harass, drive about |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| augēscō, -ere, auxī | grow, increase |
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.