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Histories 1.57

Flaccus fails to act

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Hist. 1.57.1Spectātor flāgitiī Hordeōnius Flaccus cōnsulāris lēgātus aderat, nōn compescere ruentīs, nōn retinēre dubiōs, nōn cohortārī bonōs ausus, sed segnis pavidus et sōcordiā innocēns.Hordeonius Flaccus, the consular legate, was there as a spectator of the outrage, not daring to restrain those rushing headlong, to hold back the wavering, or to encourage the good, but sluggish, fearful, and innocent through indolence. Hist. 1.57.1Quattuor centuriōnēs duetvīcēnsimae legiōnis, Nōnius Receptus, Donatius Valēns, Rōmilius Mārcellus, Calpurnius Repentīnus, cum prōtegerent Galbae imāginēs, impetū mīlitum abreptī vinctīque.Four centurions of the Twenty-second Legion, Nonius Receptus, Donatius Valens, Romilius Marcellus and Calpurnius Repentinus, when they tried to protect Galba's images, were swept away by the soldiers' onrush and put in chains. Hist. 1.57.1Nec cuiquam ultrā fidēs aut memoria priōris sacrāmentī, sed quod in sēditiōnibus accidit, unde plūrēs erant omnēs fuēre.Nor did anyone any longer keep faith with or remember the former oath, but, as happens in mutinies, where the majority was, there all were.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (47 words)
spectātor, -ōris, m.looker-on, spectator
flāgitium, -ī n.shameful act, disgrace, outrage
cōnsulāris, -eof a consul, consular; as noun: ex-consul; comitia cōnsulāria: the consular elections
lēgātus, -ī, m.ambassador
adsum, adesse, adfuībe present, be at hand
nōn, adv.not
compescō (conp-), -ere, -pescuīhold in check, restrain; quench (thirst)
ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrusrush
retineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentushold or keep back, keep, restrain; hold fast
dubius, -a, -umdoubtful, uncertain
cohortor, -hortārī, -hortātusencourage, exhort
bonus, -a, -umgood
audeō, audēre, ausus sumdare
sed, conj.but
segnis, -eslow, sluggish, idle
pavidus, -a, -umfrightened
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
sōcordia, -ae f.sluggishness, negligence
innocēns, -entisharmless; innocent
quattuor, indecl. adj.four
centuriō, -ōnis m.centurion (officer commanding about 80 men)
duoetvīcēsimus (duetvīcēnsimus), -a, -umtwenty-second
legiō, -ōnis f.legion
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
prōtegō, -ere, -tēxī, -tēctuscover over, shield, protect
imāgō, -inis f.likeness, image, portrait
impetus, -ūs, m.attack; impetum facere, to charge
mīles, mīlitis, m.soldier
abripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptussnatch away, carry off
vinciō, vincīre, vinxī, vinctusbind
que, enclitic conj.and
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.any one, anything
ultrā (prep. + acc.)beyond
fidēs, -eī f.faith, trust; pledge
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
memoria, -ae, f.memory
prior, priusearlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front)
sacrāmentum, -ī n.military oath (of allegiance)
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
sēditiō, -ōnis f.riot, mutiny, discord
accidō, -cidere, -cidīfall to or upon; befall, happen
unde, adv.whence
plūrēs, -a, plur. adj.more, many, several
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
omnis, -eall, every
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.