Germ. 33.1Iūxtā Tencterōs Bructerī ōlim occurrēbant: nunc Chamāvōs et Angrivariōs immigrāsse narrātur, pulsīs Bructerīs ac penitus excīsīs vīcīnārum cōnsēnsū nātiōnum, seu superbiae odiō seu praedae dulcēdine seu favōre quōdam ergā nōs deōrum;Next to the Tencteri the Bructeri used to be met: now it is said that the Chamavi and Angrivarii have moved in, the Bructeri having been driven out and utterly destroyed by a coalition of the neighbouring tribes, whether from hatred of their arrogance or the sweetness of plunder or some favour of the gods towards us; Germ. 33.1nam nē spectāculō quidem proeliī invīdēre.for they did not even begrudge us the spectacle of the battle. Germ. 33.2Super sexāgintā mīlia nōn armīs tēlīsque Rōmānīs, sed, quod magnificentius est, oblectātiōnī oculīsque cecidērunt.More than sixty thousand fell, not to Roman arms and weapons, but, what is more splendid, for our delight and before our eyes. Germ. 33.2Maneat, quaesō, dūretque gentibus, sī nōn amor nostrī, at certē odium suī, quandō urgentibus imperiī fātīs nihil iam praestāre fortūna maius potest quam hostium discordiam.May there remain and endure among these peoples, I pray, if not love for us, at least hatred of one another, since, as the destiny of the empire presses on, fortune can now offer nothing greater than discord among our enemies.
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Tacitus · Germania
Germania 33
The destruction of the Bructeri
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| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| ōlim, adv. | once upon a time, once, formerly, of old |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| immigrō (inmigrō), -āre, -āvī | move in, settle in |
| narrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | tell, relate, narrate |
| pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus | drive, drive away, beat, rout |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| penitus (adv.) | deep within, far inside |
| excīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsus | cut out, cut down, hew through |
| vīcīnus, -ī m. | neighbor |
| cōnsēnsus, -ūs, m. | agreement, consent |
| nātiō, -ōnis f. | people, nation; birth |
| sīve or seu, conj. | or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or |
| superbia, -ae f. | pride, arrogance |
| odium, -ī, n. | hatred |
| praeda, -ae, f. | booty, spoil, plunder |
| dulcēdō, -inis, f. | sweetness |
| favor, -ōris m. | goodwill, support, applause |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| ergā, prep, with acc. | toward, for |
| nōs | plur. of ego |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| nam, conj. | for |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| spectāculum, -ī n. | sight, spectacle, show |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| proelium, -ī, n. | battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle |
| invideō, -ēre, invīdī, invīsum (+ dat.) | envy, be jealous of |
| super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.) | over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning |
| sexāgintā (indecl.) | sixty |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| tēlum, -ī, n. | missile, spear, weapon |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| sed, conj. | but |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| magnificus, -a, -um | splendid, magnificent |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| oblectātiō, -ōnis f. | delight, amusement, entertainment |
| oculus, -ī, m. | eye |
| cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus | fall |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| quaesō (defective) | I beg, please |
| dūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | harden, toughen |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| sī, conj. | if |
| amor, -ōris, m. | love |
| at, conj. | but |
| certē (adv.) | certainly, surely; at any rate |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| quandō (adv.) | when; (after sī) ever |
| urgeō, -ēre, ursī | press hard |
| imperium, -ī, n. | command; sway, rule |
| fātum, -ī, n. | destiny, fate |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| praestō, -stāre, -stitī, -stitus | stand in front; show |
| fortūna, -ae, f. | fortune |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| discordia, -ae f. | disagreement, discord, strife |
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.