Hist. 1.33.1Interim Galbam duae sententiae distinēbant: Titus Vīnius manendum intrā domum, oppōnenda servitia, firmandōs aditūs, nōn eundum ad īrātōs cēnsēbat: daret malōrum paenitentiae, daret bonōrum cōnsēnsuī spatium: scelera impetū, bona cōnsilia morā valēscere, dēnique eundī ultrō, sī ratiō sit, eandem mox facultātem, regressum, sī paeniteat, in aliēnā potestāte.Meanwhile Galba was torn between two opinions. Titus Vinius held that they should remain inside the palace, set the slaves against the attackers, secure the entrances, and not go out to men in their anger: he should give the wrongdoers time to repent and the loyal time to unite: crimes gained strength from haste, good counsels from delay; and finally, the chance of going out of their own accord would be just as available later, if there were reason for it, while a return, if they regretted going, would lie in others' power.
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Tacitus · Historiae I
Histories 1.33
Vinius urges Galba to stay put
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| interim (adv.) | meanwhile |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| sententia, -ae, f. | opinion; purpose |
| distineō, -ēre, -tinuī, -tentum | keep apart, keep divided |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| intrā, prep. with acc. | within |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| oppōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positus | set against, place opposite |
| servitium, -ī n. | slavery; (pl.) slaves |
| firmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | strengthen, secure |
| aditus, -ūs, m. | approach, entrance |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| īrātus, -a, -um | angered, enraged, angry, furious |
| cēnseō, cēnsēre, cēnsuī, cēnsus | think, believe, consider |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| malus, -a, -um | bad |
| paenitentia, -ae f. | repentance, change of heart |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| cōnsēnsus, -ūs, m. | agreement, consent |
| spatium, -ī, n. | space, interval; space of time, time |
| scelus, sceleris, n. | wickedness, crime |
| impetus, -ūs, m. | attack; impetum facere, to charge |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| mora, -ae, f. | delay |
| valēscō, -ere, -luī | grow strong, gain strength |
| dēnique, adv. | lastly, finally |
| ultrō (adv.) | of one's own accord; besides (ultrō citrōque: back and forth) |
| sī, conj. | if |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| facultās, -tātis, f. | possibility, opportunity, chance, means |
| regressus, -ūs m. | return, retreat; recourse |
| paenitet, -ēre, -uit (impers.) | it repents, it grieves (paenitet mē: I regret, I am sorry) |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| aliēnus, -a, -um | belonging to another, out of place |
| potestās, -ātis f. | power, authority |
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.