Hist. 2.33.1Sānē ante utrīusque exitum, quō ēgregiam Othō fāmam, Vitellius flāgitiōsissimam meruēre, minus Vitelliī ignāvae voluptātēs quam Othōnis flagrantissimae libīdinēs timēbantur: addiderat huic terrōrem atque odium caedēs Galbae, contrā illī initium bellī nēmō imputābat.Indeed, before the end of each, by which Otho earned an excellent reputation and Vitellius a most disgraceful one, the idle pleasures of Vitellius were less feared than the burning lusts of Otho: Galba's murder had added terror and hatred to the latter, whereas no one blamed the former for the beginning of the war. Hist. 2.33.1Vitellius ventre et gulā sibi inhonestus, Othō luxū saevitiā audāciā reī pūblicae exitiōsior dūcēbātur.Vitellius, with his belly and gluttony, was thought a disgrace to himself; Otho, with his luxury, cruelty and daring, more ruinous to the state.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.33
How Otho and Vitellius were judged
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| sānē, adv. | certainly, by all means; very |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| uterque, utraque, utrumque | each, either, both |
| exitus, -ūs m. | way out; outcome, end |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ēgregius, -a, -um | outstanding, excellent |
| fāma, -ae, f. | report, rumor |
| flāgitiōsus, -a, -um | shameful, disgraceful |
| mereō, -ēre, meruī, meritus | deserve, earn |
| minus, comp. adv. | less |
| ignāvus, -a, -um | lazy, cowardly |
| voluptās, -tātis, f. | pleasure |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| flagrāns, -antis | blazing; ardent, passionate, intense |
| libīdō, -inis f. | desire, lust; caprice |
| timeō, -ēre, -uī | fear |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| terror, -ōris, m. | terror, fright |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| odium, -ī, n. | hatred |
| caedēs, -is, f. | cutting down, killing, slaughter |
| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| initium, -ī, n. | beginning |
| bellum, -ī, n. | war |
| nēmō, nēminis, m. and f. | no one, nobody |
| imputō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | charge to someone's account; claim credit for (a favour) |
| venter, ventris, m. | belly |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| gula, -ae f. | throat, gullet |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| inhonestus, -a, -um | dishonourable, shameful |
| luxus, -ūs m. | extravagance, luxury |
| saevitia, -ae f. | fierceness, cruelty |
| audācia, -ae, f. | boldness, audacity |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| pūblicus, -a, -um | public, of the state (rēs pūblica: the state) |
| exitiōsus, -a, -um | destructive, deadly |
| dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus | lead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry |
Tacitus, Historiae II. 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.