Germ. 23.1Pōtuī humor ex hordeō aut frūmentō, in quandam similitūdinem vīnī corruptus;For drink they have a liquid made from barley or wheat, fermented into a certain likeness to wine; Germ. 23.1proximī rīpae et vīnum mercantur.those nearest the riverbank also buy wine. Germ. 23.1Cibī simplicēs, agrestia pōma, recēns fera aut lāc concrētum: sine apparātū, sine blandīmentīs expellunt famem.Their food is simple, wild fruit, fresh game or curdled milk: without elaborate preparation, without delicacies, they drive away hunger. Germ. 23.1Adversus sitim nōn eadem temperantia.Against thirst they do not show the same restraint. Germ. 23.2Sī indulseris ēbrietātī suggerendō quantum concupīscunt, haud minus facile vitiīs quam armīs vincentur.If you indulge their drunkenness by supplying as much as they crave, they will be conquered no less easily by their vices than by arms.
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Germania 23
Food and drink
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| pōtus, -ūs m. | a drink |
| humō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | bury |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| hordeum, -ī n. | barley |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| frūmentum, -ī, n. | grain |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| similitūdō, -inis f. | likeness, resemblance |
| vīnum, -ī, n. | wine |
| corrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | spoil, ruin, destroy; bribe |
| proximus, -a, -um | nearest, next |
| rīpa, -ae, f. | bank |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| mercor, -ārī, -ātus sum | buy, purchase; trade |
| cibus, -ī, m. | food |
| simplex, -icis | simple, unmixed, pure |
| agrestis, -e | of the country, rustic; boorish |
| pōmum, -ī, n. | fruit, apple |
| recēns, -entis | recent, fresh |
| fera, -ae, f. | wild animal, beast |
| lāc, lactis, n. | milk |
| concrēscō, -ere, -crēvī, -crētus | harden, set; concrētus: clotted, matted |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| apparātus, -ūs m. | preparation; display, splendour |
| blandīmentum, -ī n. | flattery, charm, allurement; (pl.) delicacies, seasonings |
| expellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive out, expel |
| famēs, -is, abl. famē, f. | hunger |
| adversum (prep. + acc.; also adversus) | against, opposite |
| sitis, -is f. | thirst |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| temperantia, -ae f. | self-control |
| sī, conj. | if |
| indulgeō, -ēre, indulsī (+ dat.) | be kind to, favour |
| ēbrietās, -ātis f. | drunkenness |
| suggerō, -ere, -gessī, -gestus | bring up, supply; prompt, remind (someone of something) |
| quantus, -a, -um | how great or much? |
| concupīscō, -cupīscere, -cupīvī, -cupītus | long for, covet |
| haud, adv. | not at all, by no means, not |
| minus, comp. adv. | less |
| facile, adv. | easily |
| vitium, -ī n. | fault, vice |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
Tacitus, Germania. 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.