Hist. 1.24.1Flagrantibus iam mīlitum animīs velut facēs addiderat Maevius Pudēns, ē proximīs Tigellīnī.To the soldiers' minds, already ablaze, Maevius Pudens, one of Tigellinus' intimates, had added torches, as it were. Hist. 1.24.1Is mōbilissimum quemque ingeniō aut pecūniae indigum et in novās cupiditātēs praecipitem adliciendō eō paulātim prōgressus est ut per speciem convīviī, quotiēns Galba apud Othōnem epulārētur, cohortī excubiās agentī virītim centēnōs nummōs dīvideret;By enticing all those most unstable in temperament or in need of money and headlong in pursuit of new desires, he gradually went so far that, under cover of a dinner, whenever Galba dined with Otho, he distributed a hundred sesterces a man to the cohort on guard duty; Hist. 1.24.1quam velut pūblicam largītiōnem Othō sēcrētiōribus apud singulōs praemiīs intendēbat, adeō animōsus corruptor ut Cocceiō Proculō speculātōrī, dē parte fīnium cum vīcīnō ambigentī, ūniversum vīcīnī agrum suā pecūniā ēmptum dōnō dederit, per sōcordiam praefectī, quem nota pariter et occulta fallēbant.this largesse, a public one as it were, Otho heightened with more secret rewards to individuals, so bold a corrupter that when Cocceius Proculus, one of the bodyguard, was disputing part of a boundary with his neighbour, he bought the neighbour's whole estate with his own money and gave it to him as a gift, thanks to the indolence of the prefect, who missed what was well known and what was hidden alike.
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Tacitus · Historiae I
Histories 1.24
Bribing Galba's guards
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| flagrō, -āre, -āvī | blaze, burn; be inflamed (with: abl.) |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| mīles, mīlitis, m. | soldier |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| velut | even or just as, as |
| fax, facis, f. | torch, firebrand |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| proximus, -a, -um | nearest, next |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| mōbilis, -e | movable, quick; fickle, changeable |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| ingenium, -ī n. | natural ability, talent, cleverness; character |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| indigus, -a, -um | needing, in want of; needy |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| cupiditās, -tātis, f. | desire, longing, eagerness |
| praeceps, -cipitis | headlong |
| alliciō, -ere, -lexī, -lectus | attract, entice, win over |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| paulātim (adv.) | little by little, gradually |
| prōgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go forward, advance |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| speciēs, -ēī, f. | sight, appearance, shape |
| convīvium, -ī n. | banquet, dinner party |
| quotiēns (adv.) | how many times; as often as |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| epulor, -ārī, -ātus sum | feast, banquet |
| cohors, cohortis f. | cohort (a tenth of a legion); company |
| excubiae, -ārum f. pl. | watch, guard (kept through the night) |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| virītim (adv.) | man by man, to each individually |
| centēnī, -ae, -a | a hundred each, in hundreds |
| nummus, -ī, m. | coin |
| dīvidō, -videre, -vīsī, -vīsus | divide, separate |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| pūblicus, -a, -um | public, of the state (rēs pūblica: the state) |
| largītiō, -ōnis f. | lavish giving, bribery |
| sēcrētus, -a, -um | separate; secret, private |
| singulī, -ae, -a | one at a time, single |
| praemium, -ī, n. | reward |
| intendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out; stretch, draw, aim |
| adeō (adv.) | so far, to such a degree; so |
| animōsus, -a, -um | high-spirited, bold, proud |
| corruptor, -ōris m. | corrupter, seducer |
| speculātor, -ōris m. | spy, scout |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| vīcīnus, -ī m. | neighbor |
| ambigō, -ere | be in doubt, dispute, argue |
| ūniversus, -a, -um | all together, whole, entire, all |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| emō, -ere, ēmī, ēmptum | buy |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| sōcordia, -ae f. | sluggishness, negligence |
| praefectus, -ī m. | commander, officer |
| nōtus, -a, -um | known, well-known, famous |
| pariter (adv.) | equally, alike; at the same time |
| occultus, -a, -um | hidden, secret |
| fallō, fallere, fefellī, falsus | deceive |
Tacitus, Historiae I. Latin text: C. D. Fisher, Cornelii Taciti Historiarum Libri (Oxford, 1911), 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.