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Agricola 27

Both sides prepare for war

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Agr. 27.1Cuius cōnscientiā ac fāmā ferōx exercitus nihil virtūtī suae invium et penetrandam Caledoniam inveniendumque tandem Britanniae terminum continuō proeliōrum cursū fremēbant.Emboldened by the knowledge and the fame of this, the army clamoured that nothing was impassable to its courage, and that Caledonia must be penetrated and the boundary of Britain at last found in a continuous course of battles. Agr. 27.2Atque illī modo cautī ac sapientēs promptī post ēventum ac magniloquī erant.And those who just now had been cautious and wise were eager and boastful after the event. Agr. 27.2Inīquissima haec bellōrum condiciō est: prospera omnēs sibi vindicant, adversa ūnī imputantur.This is the most unfair condition of wars: all claim successes for themselves, failures are blamed on one man. Agr. 27.3At Britannī nōn virtūte sē, sed occāsiōne et arte ducis victōs ratī, nihil ex adrogantiā remittere, quō minus iuventūtem armārent, coniugēs ac līberōs in loca tūta trānsferrent, coetibus ac sacrificiīs cōnspīrātiōnem cīvitātum sancīrent.But the Britons, thinking that they had been beaten not by courage but by opportunity and the general's skill, abated nothing of their arrogance, but armed their young men, moved their wives and children to safe places, and ratified the alliance of their states with assemblies and sacrifices.

Agr. 27.3Atque ita inrītātīs utrimque animīs discessum.And so they parted with tempers roused on both sides.

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Grammar in this passage: gerunds and gerundives ×2, purpose clauses ×1, indirect statement ×2, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (71 words)
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
cōnscientia, -ae f.awareness; consciousness of guilt, guilty conscience
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
fāma, -ae, f.report, rumor
ferōx, -ōcis, adj.fierce, savage
exercitus, -ūs, m.army
nihil, n., indecl.nothing
virtūs, -tūtis, f.manliness, courage, bravery
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
invius, -a, -umpathless, impassable
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
penetrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake one's way into, penetrate, reach
inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome upon, find
que, enclitic conj.and
tandem, adv.at length or last, finally
terminus, -ī m.boundary, limit
continuō (adv.)at once, immediately
proelium, -ī, n.battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle
cursus, -ūs, m.running, speed; course, route, voyage; race
fremō, -ere, -uī, -itumroar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at)
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
modo, adv.only
cautus, -a, -umcareful, wary, on one's guard
sapiēns, -entiswise; as noun, a wise man, a philosopher
promptus, -a, -umready, eager
post, adv.after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
ēventus, -ūs m.outcome, result
magniloquus, -a, -umboastful, big-talking; grandiloquent
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
inīquus, -a, -umuneven; unfair
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
bellum, -ī, n.war
condiciō, -ōnis f.terms; condition, status
prosperus, -a, -umfavourable, successful, prosperous
omnis, -eall, every
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
vindicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumpunish; claim
adversus, -a, -umfacing; unfavourable, unsuccessful
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
imputō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscharge to someone's account; claim credit for (a favour)
at, conj.but
nōn, adv.not
sed, conj.but
occāsiō, -ōnis, f.chance, opportunity
ars, artis, f.art
dux, ducis, m. and f.leader, commander
vincō, -ere, vīcī, victumconquer, defeat
reor, rērī, ratus sumthink, suppose, reckon
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
arrogantia, -ae f.arrogance
remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missumsend back; give up, remit
quō, adv.to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long?
minus, comp. adv.less
iuventūs, -ūtis f.youth; the young men
armō, -āre, -āvi, -ātusarm, equip
coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f.spouse, husband, wife
līberī, -ōrum, m. plur.children
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
tūtus, -a, -umsafe
trānsferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātuscarry across, transfer
coetus, -ūs m.meeting, gathering, assembly
sacrificium, -ī, n.sacrifice
cōnspīrātiō, -ōnis f.agreement, unanimity; conspiracy
cīvitās, -tātis, f.state
sanciō, -īre, sānxī, sānctummake binding, ratify
ita, adv.in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
irrītō (inrītō), -āre, -āvī, -ātusprovoke, stir up
utrimque, adv.on either side or both sides
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
discēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessusgo apart, withdraw, depart
Tacitus, Agricola. Latin text: H. Furneaux, Cornelii Taciti Opera Minora (Oxford, 1900), 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.