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Bellum Iugurthinum 69

Vaga punished; Turpilius executed

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Iug. 69.1Vagēnsēs ubi animum advortēre ad sē vorsum exercitum pergere, prīmō, utī erat rēs, Metellum esse ratī portās clausēre;When the people of Vaga noticed that an army was advancing towards them, at first, thinking it was Metellus, as was in fact the case, they shut their gates; Iug. 69.1deinde ubi neque agrōs vāstārī et eōs, quī prīmī aderant, Numidās equitēs vident, rūrsum Iugurtham arbitrātī cum magnō gaudiō obviī prōcēdunt.then, when they saw that their fields were not being laid waste and that those in the lead were Numidian horsemen, believing it was Jugurtha after all, they went out to meet them with great joy. Iug. 69.2Equitēs peditēsque repente signō datō aliī volgum effūsum oppidō caedere, aliī ad portās festīnāre, pars turrīs capere: īra atque praedae spēs amplius quam lassitūdō posse.Suddenly, at a given signal, some of the horse and foot cut down the crowd that had poured out of the town, others hurried to the gates, part seized the towers: anger and the hope of plunder were stronger than weariness. Iug. 69.3Ita Vagēnsēs biduom modo ex perfidiā laetātī;So the people of Vaga rejoiced in their treachery for two days only; Iug. 69.3cīvitās magna et opulēns cūncta poenae aut praedae fuit.the city, great and wealthy, was given up wholly to punishment or plunder.

Iug. 69.4Turpilius, quem praefectum oppidī ūnum ex omnibus profūgisse suprā ostendimus, iussus ā Metellō causam dīcere, postquam sēsē parum expūrgat, condemnātus verberātusque capite poenās solvit;Turpilius, the commander of the town, who, as I showed above, alone of all escaped, was ordered by Metellus to defend himself, and when he failed to clear himself, he was condemned, flogged and put to death; Iug. 69.4nam is cīvis ex Latiō erat.for he was a citizen from Latium.

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×5, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (85 words)
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
advertō, -ere, advertī, adversumturn toward (animum advertere: notice)
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
versus (adv.)toward, in the direction of (often after ad or in + acc.)
exercitus, -ūs, m.army
pergō, -ere, perrēxī, perrēctumgo on, press on
prīmō, adv.at first
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
reor, rērī, ratus sumthink, suppose, reckon
porta, -ae, f.gate; door
claudō, -ere, clausī, clausumclose, shut; (agmen) bring up the rear
deinde, adv.then, next
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
ager, agri, m.field, land
vāstō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslay waste
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
adsum, adesse, adfuībe present, be at hand
eques, equitis m.horseman; (pl.) cavalry
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
rūrsus, adv.again
arbitror, -ārī, -ātusconsider, think, judge
cum, prep, with abl.with
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
gaudium, -ī, n.gladness, joy
obvius, -a, -umin the way, meeting; sē obvium dare: come to meet
prōcēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessumgo forward, advance
pedes, peditis m.foot soldier
que, enclitic conj.and
repente (adv.)suddenly
signum, -ī, n.sign, signal
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
alius, -a, -udanother, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
vulgus, -ī n.the common people, the crowd
effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour out
oppidum, -ī, n.town
caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesumcut, cut down; kill
festīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumhurry, make haste
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
turris, -is f.tower; siege tower
capiō, capere, cēpī, captustake, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
īra, -ae, f.anger, wrath
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
praeda, -ae, f.booty, spoil, plunder
spēs, speī, f.hope
amplius (adv.)more, further
quam, adv.how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
lassitūdō, -inis, f.weariness
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
ita, adv.in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
bīduum, -ī n.two days
modo, adv.only
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
perfidia, -ae f.treachery, bad faith
laetor, -ārī, -ātus sumrejoice, be glad
cīvitās, -tātis, f.state
opulēns, -entisrich, wealthy, powerful
cūnctus, -a, -umall, the whole
poena, -ae, f.penalty, punishment
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
praefectus, -ī m.commander, officer
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
omnis, -eall, every
profugiō, -ere, -fūgīflee, escape
suprā, adv. and prep. with acc.above, before
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusstretch out before, show, explain
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussusbid, order, command
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
parum (comp. minus, superl. minimē)too little; minimē: least, not at all
expūrgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusclean out; clear (of a charge), justify
condemnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscondemn; (+ gen.) convict of
verberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbeat, flog
caput, capitis, n.head
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtusloosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
nam, conj.for
cīvis, -is, m. and f.citizen, fellow-citizen, subject
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.