Iug. 72.1Ad ea rēx, aliter atque animō gerēbat, placidē respondit.To this the king replied calmly, otherwise than he felt in his heart. Iug. 72.1Bomilcare aliīsque multīs, quōs sociōs īnsidiārum cognōverat, interfectīs īram oppresserat, nē qua ex eō negōtiō sēditiō orerētur.After putting to death Bomilcar and many others whom he had found to be accomplices in the plot, he had suppressed his anger, so that no rebellion should arise from that affair. Iug. 72.2Neque post id locōrum Iugurthae diēs aut nox ūlla quiēta fuit: neque locō neque mortālī quoiquam aut temporī satis crēdere, cīvīs hostīsque iūxtā metuere, circumspectāre omnia et omnī strepitū pavēscere, aliō atque aliō locō, saepe contrā decus rēgium, noctū requiēscere, interdum somnō excitus arreptīs armīs tumultum facere: ita formīdine quasi vēcordiā exagitārī.And from that time on, Jugurtha had no peaceful day or night: he trusted no place, no man and no moment sufficiently, feared citizen and enemy alike, looked about at everything and trembled at every noise, spent the night now in one place, now in another, often against royal dignity, and sometimes, roused from sleep, seized his arms and raised an alarm: so was he driven by fear, as if by madness.
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Bellum Iugurthinum 72
Jugurtha haunted by fear
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| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| aliter, adv. | in another way, otherwise, differently |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| placidē (adv.) | quietly, calmly |
| respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus | reply, answer |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| īnsidiae, -ārum, f. plur. | ambush; plot, stratagem |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | put out of the way, kill |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press against, overpower, crush |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| negōtium, -ī, n. | business, matter; task, trouble, difficulty |
| sēditiō, -ōnis f. | riot, mutiny, discord |
| orior, -īrī, -tus | arise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| ūllus, -a, -um | any |
| quiētus, -a, -um | quiet, at peace, calm |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| mortālis, -e | mortal |
| quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron. | any one, anything |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| satis, adv. | enough, sufficiently |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| cīvis, -is, m. and f. | citizen, fellow-citizen, subject |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| metuō, -ere, metuī | fear, be afraid of |
| circumspectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | look round (at), keep looking about; watch for |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| strepitus, -ūs m. | noise, din |
| pavēscō, -ere | become afraid, take fright (at) |
| saepe, adv. | often, frequently |
| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| decus, -oris n. | honour, glory; what is fitting, propriety |
| rēgius, -a, -um | royal, kingly |
| noctū, adv. | at or by night |
| requiēscō, -ere, -quiēvī, -quiētum | rest, take a rest |
| interdum (adv.) | sometimes |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| exciō, -īre, -cīvī, -citus | rouse, stir up; summon |
| arripiō, -ere, -ripuī, -reptus | seize, snatch up |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| tumultus, -ūs m. | uproar, uprising |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| formīdō, -inis f. | fear, dread; something to be dreaded |
| quasi, conj. | as if |
| vēcordia, -ae f. | madness, frenzy |
| exagitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | harass, drive about |
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.