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Histories 1.35

Galba moves; a false rumour

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Hist. 1.35.1Nec diūtius Galba cūnctātus speciōsiōra suādentibus accessit.Galba delayed no longer and sided with those urging the more showy course. Hist. 1.35.1Praemissus tamen in castra Pīsō, ut iuvenis magnō nōmine, recentī favōre et īnfēnsus Titō Vīniō, seu quia erat seu quia īrātī ita volēbant;Piso, however, was sent ahead to the camp, as a young man of great name and fresh popularity, and hostile to Titus Vinius, whether because he was, or because those angry with Vinius wished it so; Hist. 1.35.1et facilius dē odiō crēditur.and it is easier to believe in hatred. Hist. 1.35.1Vixdum ēgressō Pīsōne occīsum in castrīs Othōnem vagus prīmum et incertus rūmor: mox, ut in magnīs mendāciīs, interfuisse sē quīdam et vīdisse adfirmābant, crēdula fāma inter gaudentīs et incūriōsōs.Piso had scarcely gone out when there came a rumour, at first vague and uncertain, that Otho had been killed in the camp: soon, as happens with great lies, certain men were asserting that they had been there and seen it, the story finding easy belief among those who rejoiced and those who did not care to inquire.

Hist. 1.35.1Multī arbitrābantur compositum auctumque rūmōrem mīxtīs iam Othōniānīs, quī ad ēvocandum Galbam laeta falsō vulgāverint.Many thought that the rumour had been made up and embellished by Othonians who had already mingled with the crowd and who put about the false good news to lure Galba out.

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Grammar in this passage: ablative absolute ×2, indirect statement ×3, gerunds and gerundives ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (61 words)
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
diū, adv.for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp
cūnctor, -ārī, -ātus sumdelay, hesitate
speciōsus, -a, -umhandsome; plausible, specious
suādeō, -ēre, suāsī, suāsusadvise, urge
accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessumcome near, approach; be added
praemittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missumsend ahead
tamen, adv.however, yet, nevertheless
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.camp
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
iuvenis, -is, m.young man, youth
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
recēns, -entisrecent, fresh
favor, -ōris m.goodwill, support, applause
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
īnfēnsus, -a, -umhostile, angry (with: dat.)
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
quia (conj.)because
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
īrātus, -a, -umangered, enraged, angry, furious
ita, adv.in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
volō, velle, voluīwish
facile, adv.easily
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
odium, -ī, n.hatred
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusbelieve
vixdum (adv.)hardly yet, scarcely yet
ēgredior, -gredī, -gressusgo out or forth, go ashore, disembark
occīdō, -cīdere, -cīdī, -cīsuscut down, kill
vagus, -a, -umwandering, roaming
prīmum, adv.first, in the first place
incertus, -a, -umuncertain, unreliable
rūmor, -ōris m.rumour, report
mox, adv.soon
mendācium, -ī n.lie, falsehood
intersum, -esse, -fuī, -futūrusbe or lie between
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron.a certain, certain
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
affirmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusassert, declare firmly
crēdulus, -a, -umtrusting, credulous, too ready to believe
fāma, -ae, f.report, rumor
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsusbe glad, rejoice
incūriōsus, -a, -umcareless, indifferent, unconcerned (about)
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
arbitror, -ārī, -ātusconsider, think, judge
compōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positumput together; mend, set in order
augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctumincrease, enlarge
que, enclitic conj.and
misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtusmix, mingle
iam, adv.now, already
Othōniānus, -a, -umof Otho, Othonian; (m. pl. as noun) Otho's supporters
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
ēvocō, -vocāre, -vocāvī, -vocātuscall out, challenge
laetus, -a, -umglad, joyful
falsō (adv.)falsely, wrongly
vulgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake common, spread abroad; (corpus) prostitute
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.