Germ. 41.1Et haec quidem pars Suēbōrum in sēcrētiōra Germāniae porrigitur: propior, ut, quō modō paulō ante Rhēnum, sīc nunc Dānubium sequar, Hermundūrōrum cīvitās, fīda Rōmānīs;This part of the Suebi, indeed, stretches into the more remote regions of Germany: nearer, to follow the Danube now as I followed the Rhine a little before, is the state of the Hermunduri, loyal to the Romans; Germ. 41.1eōque sōlīs Germānōrum nōn in rīpā commercium, sed penitus atque in splendidissimā Raetiae prōvinciae colōniā.and for that reason they alone of the Germans trade not on the riverbank but deep inside, and in the most splendid colony of the province of Raetia. Germ. 41.2Passim sine custōde trānseunt;They cross everywhere without a guard; Germ. 41.2et cum cēterīs gentibus arma modo castraque nostra ostendāmus, hīs domōs vīllāsque patefēcimus nōn concupīscentibus.and while to other peoples we show only our arms and camps, to these we have thrown open our houses and country estates, and they do not covet them. Germ. 41.2In Hermundūrīs Albis orītur, flūmen inclutum et notum ōlim;Among the Hermunduri rises the Elbe, a river famous and once well known; Germ. 41.2nunc tantum audītur.now it is only heard of.
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Tacitus · Germania
Germania 41
The Hermunduri, friends of Rome
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| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| sēcrētus, -a, -um | separate; secret, private |
| porrigō, -ere, -rēxī, -rēctus | stretch out, hold out, hand |
| propior, -ius | nearer (+ dat.) |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| paulō, adv. | by a little, a little, somewhat |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| fīdus, -a, -um | faithful, loyal, trustworthy |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| sōlus, -a, -um | alone |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| rīpa, -ae, f. | bank |
| commercium, -ī n. | trade, dealings; means of communication |
| sed, conj. | but |
| penitus (adv.) | deep within, far inside |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| splendidus, -a, -um | bright, magnificent |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| colōnia, -ae f. | settlement, colony |
| passim (adv.) | here and there, in all directions |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| custōs, -ōdis m. | guard |
| trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go across or over, cross |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| modo, adv. | only |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
| noster, -tra, -trum | our |
| ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out before, show, explain |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| vīlla, -ae, f. | country-house, villa |
| patefaciō, -facere, -fēcī, -factus | throw, or lay open, open |
| concupīscō, -cupīscere, -cupīvī, -cupītus | long for, covet |
| orior, -īrī, -tus | arise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |
| inclutus (inclitus), -a, -um | famous, renowned |
| nōtus, -a, -um | known, well-known, famous |
| ōlim, adv. | once upon a time, once, formerly, of old |
| tantum, adv. | so much or far, only |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
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.