Germ. 26.1Faenus agitāre et in ūsūrās extendere ignōtum;To deal in loans and extend them into interest is unknown; Germ. 26.1ideōque magis servātur quam sī vetitum esset.and therefore it is guarded against more than if it had been forbidden. Germ. 26.1Agrī prō numerō cultōrum ab ūniversīs in vices occupantur, quōs mox inter sē secundum dignātiōnem partiuntur;Lands are occupied by the whole community in turn, in proportion to the number of cultivators, and these they soon divide among themselves according to rank; Germ. 26.1facilitātem partiendī campōrum spatia praestant.the wide extent of the plains makes the dividing easy. Germ. 26.2Arva per annōs mūtant, et superest ager.They change their ploughland every year, and there is land to spare. Germ. 26.2Nec enim cum ūbertāte et amplitūdine sōlī labōre contendunt, ut pōmāria cōnserant, ut prāta sēparent, ut hortōs rigent: sōla terrae seges imperātur.For they do not strive with labour to match the fertility and extent of the soil, by planting orchards, fencing off meadows and watering gardens: only a corn crop is demanded of the earth. Germ. 26.3Unde annum quoque ipsum nōn in totidem dīgerunt speciēs: hiems et vēr et aestās intellēctum ac vocābula habent, autumnī perinde nōmen ac bona ignōrantur.Hence they do not divide even the year itself into as many seasons: winter, spring and summer have meaning and names for them, but the name of autumn is as unknown as its bounty.
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Germania 26
Usury unknown; the farming of the land
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| faenus (fēnus), -oris n. | interest on money, usury; moneylending |
| agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | drive about; discuss, debate |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ūsūra, -ae f. | use, enjoyment; interest (on money) |
| extendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentum | stretch out, extend |
| ignōtus, -a, -um | unknown |
| ideō (adv.) | for that reason, therefore |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| magis, comp. adv. | more, rather |
| servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | save, preserve |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| sī, conj. | if |
| vetō, -āre, vetuī, vetitum | forbid |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| cultor, -ōris m. | worshipper; tiller, cultivator |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ūniversus, -a, -um | all together, whole, entire, all |
| vicis (gen.), vicem f. | change, turn; in vicem: in turn |
| occupō, -cupāre, -cupāvī, -cupātus | seize; fill |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| secundum (prep. + acc.) | after, besides; along |
| dignātiō, -ōnis f. | esteem, regard; rank, standing |
| partior, -īrī, partītus sum | share out, divide |
| facilitās, -ātis f. | easiness of manner, good nature, approachability |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| spatium, -ī, n. | space, interval; space of time, time |
| praestō, -stāre, -stitī, -stitus | stand in front; show |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | change |
| supersum, -esse, -fuī | be over or left, remain |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| enim, conj. | for |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| ūbertās, -ātis f. | richness, fertility |
| amplitūdō, -inis f. | size, greatness |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| contendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch, hasten |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| pōmārium, -ī n. | orchard, garden |
| cōnserō, -ere, -sēvī, -situs | sow, plant; set thickly (with) |
| prātum, -ī n. | meadow |
| sēparō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | separate, divide |
| hortus, -ī, m. | garden |
| rigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | water, wet |
| sōlus, -a, -um | alone |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| seges, -etis f. | field of grain, standing crop |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| unde, adv. | whence |
| quoque, adv. | also |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| totidem (indecl.) | just as many |
| dīgerō, -ere, -gessī, -gestus | distribute, arrange; interpret |
| speciēs, -ēī, f. | sight, appearance, shape |
| hiems, hiemis f. | winter |
| vēr, vēris n. | spring |
| aestās, -tātis, f. | summer |
| intellēctus, -ūs m. | understanding, mind |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| vocābulum, -ī n. | name, word, term |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| autumnus, -ī m. | autumn |
| perinde (adv.) | in the same way, equally; haud perinde: not so much |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| bonum, -ī n. | a good thing, advantage; (pl.) goods |
| ignōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | be ignorant of |
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.