Hist. 2.4.1Titus spectātā opulentiā dōnīsque rēgum quaeque alia laetum antīquitātibus Graecōrum genus incertae vetustātī adfingit, dē nāvigātiōne prīmum cōnsuluit.Titus, having viewed the wealth, the gifts of kings and the other things which the Greeks, a race fond of antiquities, attach to an uncertain past, first consulted about his voyage. Hist. 2.4.1Postquam pandī viam et mare prosperum accēpit, dē sē per ambāgēs interrogat caesīs complūribus hostiīs.When he learned that the way was open and the sea favourable, he asks about himself in veiled terms, after many victims had been slaughtered. Hist. 2.4.1Sōstratus (sacerdōtis id nōmen erat) ubi laeta et congruentia exta magnīsque cōnsultīs adnuere deam videt, pauca in praesēns et solita respondēns, petītō sēcrētō futūra aperit.Sostratus (that was the priest's name), when he sees that the entrails are favourable and consistent, and that the goddess assents to great undertakings, gives a few customary answers for the present, then, asking for a private meeting, reveals the future. Hist. 2.4.1Titus auctō animō ad patrem pervectus suspēnsīs prōvinciārum et exercituum mentibus ingēns rērum fīdūcia accessit.Titus, his spirits raised, sailed on to his father, and as the minds of the provinces and armies were in suspense, his arrival added immense confidence to their affairs.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.4
Titus consults the oracle
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (64 words)
| spectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | look at or on |
| opulentia, -ae f. | wealth, riches |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| antīquitās, -ātis f. | antiquity, age; long descent |
| genus, generis, n. | kind, nature |
| incertus, -a, -um | uncertain, unreliable |
| vetustās, -ātis f. | age, antiquity; the distant past |
| adfingō, -ere, -finxī, -fictus | add (falsely), invent in addition |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| nāvigātiō, -ōnis, f. | sailing, navigation, voyage |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| pandō, -ere, pandī, passum | spread out (passīs manibus: with hands outstretched) |
| via, -ae, f. | road, way |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| prosperus, -a, -um | favourable, successful, prosperous |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| ambāgēs, -is f. (mostly pl.) | roundabout ways; riddles, dark hints |
| interrogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask, question |
| caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesum | cut, cut down; kill |
| complūrēs, -plūra, plur. adj. | several, many |
| hostia, -ae f. | sacrificial victim |
| sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f. | priest, priestess |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| congruō, -ere, -uī | agree, fit, coincide |
| exta, -ōrum n. pl. | entrails (heart, liver, lungs) of a sacrificed animal |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cōnsultum, -ī n. | decree (senātūs cōnsultum: a decree of the Senate) |
| adnuō, -ere, -nuī, -nūtum | nod, nod assent |
| dea, -ae f. | goddess |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| praesēns, -sentis, adj. | present, immediate, imminent |
| soleō, -ēre, solitus sum | be accustomed, usually do |
| respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus | reply, answer |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| sēcrētum, -ī n. | a private place; secret |
| aperiō, -īre, -uī, -tus | open |
| augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctum | increase, enlarge |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| pervehō, -ere, -vēxī, -vectum | carry through; (pass.) sail through, ride through, reach |
| suspendō, -pendere, -pendī, -pēnsus | hang up, hang |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| exercitus, -ūs, m. | army |
| mēns, mentis f. | mind, spirit |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| fīdūcia, -ae f. | confidence, trust, reliance |
| accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessum | come near, approach; be added |
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.