Hist. 1.75.1Per idem tempus expostulāta ad supplicium Calvia Crispīnilla variīs frūstrātiōnibus et adversā dissimulantis prīncipis fāmā perīculō exēmpta est.About the same time Calvia Crispinilla, whose execution had been demanded, was saved from danger by various evasions, at the cost of the reputation of an emperor who pretended not to see. Hist. 1.75.1Magistra libīdinum Nerōnis, trānsgressa in Āfricam ad īnstīgandum in arma Clōdium Macrum, famem populō Rōmānō haud obscūrē mōlīta, tōtīus posteā cīvitātis grātiam obtinuit, cōnsulārī mātrimōniō subnīxa et apud Galbam Othōnem Vitellium inlaesa, mox potēns pecūniā et orbitāte, quae bonīs malīsque temporibus iūxtā valent.Nero's tutor in lust, she had crossed to Africa to rouse Clodius Macer to arms, and had quite openly plotted a famine for the Roman people; afterwards she won the favour of the whole state, supported by marriage to an ex-consul, unharmed under Galba, Otho and Vitellius, and later powerful through her wealth and childlessness, which count equally in good times and bad.
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Histories 1.75
Calvia Crispinilla escapes punishment
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| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| expostulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | demand urgently; complain, remonstrate |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| supplicium, -ī, n. | punishment, torture |
| varius, -a, -um | various |
| frūstrātiō, -ōnis f. | evasion, delaying tactic; disappointment, frustration |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| adversus, -a, -um | facing; unfavourable, unsuccessful |
| dissimulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hide, disguise, pretend not to notice |
| prīnceps, -ipis | first, chief; as noun: leader |
| fāma, -ae, f. | report, rumor |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| eximō, -ere, -ēmī, -ēmptus | take away, remove; use up (a day) |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| magistra, -ae f. | (woman) teacher, mistress |
| libīdō, -inis f. | desire, lust; caprice |
| trānsgredior, -ī, -gressus sum | cross over |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| īnstīgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | urge on, rouse, incite |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| famēs, -is, abl. famē, f. | hunger |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| haud, adv. | not at all, by no means, not |
| obscūrē (adv.) | darkly, in a hidden way, obscurely |
| mōlior, -īrī, -ītus sum | work at, contrive, plot |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| posteā, adv. | after this, afterwards |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| obtineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold |
| cōnsulāris, -e | of a consul, consular; as noun: ex-consul; comitia cōnsulāria: the consular elections |
| mātrimōnium, -ī, n. | marriage; in mātrimōnium dūcere, marry |
| subnīxus, -a, -um | resting on, supported by |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| illaesus, -a, -um | unhurt, unharmed |
| mox, adv. | soon |
| potēns, -entis | powerful |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| orbitās, -ātis f. | bereavement, orphanhood |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| malus, -a, -um | bad |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
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.