Bellum Iugurthinum 77

Leptis asks for a garrison

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Iug. 77.1Sed pariter cum captā Thalā lēgātī ex oppidō Lepcī ad Metellum vēnerant ōrantēs, utī praesidium praefectumque eō mitteret: Hamilcarem quendam, hominem nōbilem factiōsum, novīs rēbus studēre, advorsum quem neque imperia magistrātuum neque lēgēs valērent;But at the same time as Thala was taken, envoys had come to Metellus from the town of Leptis, begging him to send a garrison and a commander there: a certain Hamilcar, a man of noble birth and a partisan, was plotting revolution, and against him neither the orders of the magistrates nor the laws had any force; Iug. 77.1nī id festīnāret, in summō perīculō suam salūtem, illōrum sociōs fore.unless he made haste in this, their own safety, and the Romans' allies, would be in the utmost danger. Iug. 77.2Nam Lepcitānī iam inde ā prīncipiō bellī Iugurthīnī ad Bēstiam cōnsulem et posteā Rōmam mīserant amīcitiam societātemque rogātum.For the people of Leptis, right from the beginning of the Jugurthine war, had sent to the consul Bestia and afterwards to Rome to ask for friendship and alliance. Iug. 77.3Deinde ubi ea impetrāta, semper bonī fidēlēsque mānsēre et cūncta ā Bēstiā, Albīnō Metellōque imperāta nāvē fēcerant.Then, once that had been granted, they always remained loyal and faithful and had diligently carried out all the orders of Bestia, Albinus and Metellus.

Iug. 77.4Itaque ab imperātōre facile quae petēbant adeptī.And so they readily obtained from the commander what they asked. Iug. 77.4Ēmissae eō cohortēs Ligurum quattuor et C. Annius praefectus.Four cohorts of Ligurians were sent there, and Gaius Annius as commander.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (73 words)

sed, conj.	but
pariter (adv.)	equally, alike; at the same time
cum, prep, with abl.	with
capiō, capere, cēpī, captus	take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
lēgātus, -ī, m.	ambassador
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
oppidum, -ī, n.	town
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
praesidium, -ī, n.	protection; guard, escort
praefectus, -ī m.	commander, officer
que, enclitic conj.	and
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus	send
quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron.	a certain, certain
homō, hominis, m.	man
nōbilis, -e	well-known, noble
factiōsus, -a, -um	partisan, fond of intrigue, power-seeking
novus, -a, -um	new; novissimus, last
rēs, reī, f.	thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
studeō, -ēre, -uī	be eager, give attention, apply oneself
adversum (prep. + acc.; also adversus)	against, opposite
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
imperium, -ī, n.	command; sway, rule
magistrātus, -ūs m.	magistrate, official
lēx, lēgis f.	law
valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus	be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail
nī (conj.)	if not, unless (= nisi)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
festīnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	hurry, make haste
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
summus, -a, -um	uppermost, highest, greatest
perīculum, -ī, n.	danger, peril, risk
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
salūs, salūtis, f.	safety, deliverance, escape
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
socius, -ī, m.	companion, comrade, ally
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
nam, conj.	for
iam, adv.	now, already
inde (adv.)	from there; then
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)	away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
prīncipium, -ī n.	beginning; prīncipiō, in the first place
bellum, -ī, n.	war
Iugurthīnus, -a, -um	of Jugurtha, Jugurthine
cōnsul, -ulis m.	consul (one of Rome's two chief magistrates)
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
posteā, adv.	after this, afterwards
amīcitia, -ae f.	friendship, alliance
societās, -ātis f.	alliance, partnership
rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	ask
deinde, adv.	then, next
ubi, adv.	where; conj., when
impetrō, -petrāre, -petrāvī, -petrātus	gain one's end, obtain (a request)
semper, adv.	always
bonus, -a, -um	good
fidēlis, -e	faithful, loyal
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus	remain
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus	command, order, enjoin
nāvē (gnāvē) (adv.)	busily, diligently, zealously
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
itaque, adv.	and so, accordingly, therefore
imperātor, -ōris, m.	commander, general
facile, adv.	easily
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus	seek, ask; attack
adipīscor, -ī, adeptus sum	obtain, win, gain
ēmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send out or forth
cohors, cohortis f.	cohort (a tenth of a legion); company
quattuor, indecl. adj.	four

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.