Hist. 2.94.1Posterā diē tamquam apud alterīus cīvitātis senātum populumque magnificam ōrātiōnem dē sēmet ipsō prōmpsit, industriam temperantiamque suam laudibus attollēns, cōnsciīs flāgitiōrum ipsīs quī aderant omnīque Ītaliā, per quam somnō et luxū pudendus incesserat.The next day, as if before the senate and people of some other state, he delivered a grandiose speech about himself, extolling his own industry and temperance with praise, although the very men who were present, and all Italy, through which he had passed, shameful in his sleep and luxury, knew of his disgraceful conduct. Hist. 2.94.1Vulgus tamen vacuum cūrīs et sine falsī vērīque discrīmine solitās adūlātiōnēs ēdoctum clamōre et vōcibus adstrepēbat;Yet the common people, free from cares and without distinction between false and true, trained in the customary flatteries, applauded with shouts and cries; Hist. 2.94.1abnuentīque nōmen Augustī expressēre ut adsūmeret, tam frūstrā quam recūsāverat.and when he refused the name of Augustus, they forced him to take it, as uselessly as he had refused it.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.94
Vitellius praises himself
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| posterus, -a, -um | following, next |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| tamquam (adv., conj.) | as, just as; as if |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| senātus, -ūs m. | senate |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| magnificus, -a, -um | splendid, magnificent |
| ōrātiō, -ōnis, f. | speech; ōrātiōnem habēre, to deliver an oration, speak |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| prōmō, prōmere, prōmpsī, prōmptus | take or bring out, produce |
| industria, -ae f. | diligence, hard work |
| temperantia, -ae f. | self-control |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| laus, laudis f. | praise, glory |
| attollō, -ere | lift up, raise |
| cōnscius, -a, -um | aware, conscious (of) |
| flāgitium, -ī n. | shameful act, disgrace, outrage |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| luxus, -ūs m. | extravagance, luxury |
| pudet, -ēre, puduit (impers.) | it shames, one is ashamed |
| incēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum | walk, step, advance |
| vulgus, -ī n. | the common people, the crowd |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| vacuus, -a, -um | empty |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| falsus, -a, -um | feigned, pretended, false |
| vērum (conj.) | but, but in fact; nōn modo ... vērum etiam: not only ... but also |
| discrīmen, -crīminis, n. | crisis, peril, danger |
| soleō, -ēre, solitus sum | be accustomed, usually do |
| adūlātiō, -ōnis f. | flattery, fawning |
| ēdoceō, -ēre, -docuī, -doctum | inform thoroughly, explain |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| vōx, vōcis, f. | voice; word |
| adstrepō, -ere | make a noise at; applaud noisily, shout assent |
| abnuō, -ere, -nuī | refuse, decline, reject |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| exprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press out |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus | take up, receive; take to oneself |
| tam, adv. | so |
| frūstrā, adv. | in vain |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| recūsō, -cūsāre, -cūsāvī, -cūsātus | give a reason against, refuse |
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.