XXXVIII. TRAJAN'S REPLY, ETC.

1. Actum, the line of conduct.' Mi Secunde, as we should

say, 'My dear Secundus.'

3. Neque enim, etc., lit. for nothing can be determined universally which may have, as it were, any settled

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form,' i.e. no general rule can be laid down to meet every case.'

10. Locum habere debent, ought to be admitted.'

11. Nec est, nor is it the custom.' Sæculi: what kind of genitive?

XXXIX. POMPEY'S VISIT, ETC.

XL. BRIEF SKETCH OF ROMAN HISTORY, ETC.

2. Dictaturæ, etc., 'dictatorships were resorted to on an emergency.'

4. Consulare jus, ' consular authority.”

6. Potentia; understand cessit, 'passed.'

7. Cunota, acc. after accepit.

8. Nomine principis, 'under the name of emperor.'

10. Sed prospera, but the prosperity,' &c.

12. Decōra ingenia, splendid talents,' or perhaps ingenia may='geniuses,' i.e. 'men of genius.'

13. Gliscente, 'increasing.'

14. Florentibus ipsis, while they themselves were alive. Falsa (sunt), 'were falsified.'

16. Consilium mihi, it is my plan.'

17. Mox, after that'; understand tradere, 'to hand down.'

20. Exuto, 'having been stripped of his power.'

22. Nisi Cæsar dux reliquus, 'there was no leader left but Cæsar,' i.e. Augustus.

23. Se ferens, 'giving himself out.'

25. Insurgere, Historic Infin., as also trahere in next line.

26. Nullo adversante, no one opposing him.'

27. Per acies, in battle.' Proscriptione; when a person was proscribed or outlawed, a tablet was hung up with his name and sentence of outlawry, confiscation of goods,' &c. Sometimes (as here) it involved death. 28. Cateri, etc., and since the rest of the nobility, in proportion to the readiness with which each had courted the yoke, were raised by wealth and honours,' lit. by how much -or according as-anyone was more ready for slavery. 29. Ac novis, etc., and being enriched (or advanced) by (out of) the new state of things.'

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XLI. TRAVELS OF GERMANICUS, ETC.

2. Cognoscendæ antiquitatis, for studying the antiquities.' Observe omission of causâ.

3. Prætendebatur, 'acted as an excuse,' lit. was held out as an excuse. Levavitque, reduced,' 'lightened.'

4. Usurpavit, 'and practised many things.'

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5. Incedere, Hist. Infin., he went about.' Sine milite, 'without any soldier attending him.' Pari cum Græcis, 'similar to the Greeks.'

6. Quem eadem accepimus factitavisse, 'who we have heard frequently did the same.'

9. Perstricto, having been censured.'

10. Non sponte principis, without the permission of the

emperor.'

12. Dominationis arcana,

'secret acts of his rule,' i.e. 'acts

of policy.' Vetitis ingredi, 'being forbidden to enter,' i.e. by forbidding them to enter.

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13. Seposuit Egyptam, made Egypt forbidden ground,' lit. sequestered Egypt.'

14. Ne, etc., lest whoever should occupy that province and the defences of land and sea (defences which) with a garrison however slight (could be held) against great armies, should oppress Italy with famine,' i.e. reduce Italy to a state of famine.

17. Nondum comperto, etc., ‘since it had not yet been found

out that his expedition was disapproved of.' See comperio and incuso in Smith's 'Lat. Dict.'

19. Ob sepultum illic rectorem, 'on account of the burial there of the pilot,' &c.

22. Inde, 'from Canopus'; supply visit here, he visited.' 23. Et antiquissimum, and that he was the most ancient (of those deities who held the name).'

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Perhibent, assert.' 24. In cognomentum ejus adscitos, 'adopted (or assumed) his name,' lit.'were received into his name.'

26. Vestigia,' the ruins.'

27. Manebant, still remained.' Structis molibus, on huge structures that had been erected.'

28. E senioribus sacerdotum, (one) of the elder priests.' 29. Sermonem, 'the language.'

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2. Indicta gentibus, ' imposed upon the nations.'

5. Utensilium, ' of things useful,' ' necessaries.'

11. Disjectasque; observe this order: pyramidesque, instar montium, educta certamine et opibus regum, inter disjectas et vix pervias arenas. Educta, built.' Certamine, 'rivalry.' Inter disjectas, etc, amid disordered tracts of sand'; or disjectas may='shifting.'

14. Atque alibi, ' and in another place.'

15. Inquirentium,‘of those endeavouring to find out how deep it was.' Spatiis, measures.' Ventum, it was

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arrived at by him,' i.e. ' he arrived at.'

17. Patescit,' extends.' Rubrum mare, 'the Persian Gulf.'

XLII. ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT GERMANS.

1. Ipse accedo, 'I myself adhere.'

3. Tantum sui similem, ‘and like only to itself,' i.e. 'unlike any other nation.' Exstitisse, 'has existed.'

4. Habitus, 'general appearance.'

7. Et tantum ad impetum valida, and yet powerful only for some sudden effort.'

8. Patientia,'endurance'; understand est iis 9 Cælo, 'owing to the climate and soil.'

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XLIII. THE TRAVELS OF GERMANICUS.

1. The next year had Tiberius consul for the third time, Germanicus for the second time.' Turn this into better English.

4. Viso, from viso, visi, visum, 'to visit.' Agente, 'staying,' 'passing his time.'

5. Adversam navigationem, an unfavourable sailing of,' &c., say 'an unfavourable voyage on,' &c. Perpessus, 'having suffered,'' having experienced.'

8. Cum recordatione, i.e. 'which brought to his mind,' &c. 9. Adiit, 'visited.'

10. Imago, 'thoughts,' perhaps='associations' here.

11. Ventum, he came.'

12. Fœderique sociæ, etc., lit. 'it was given (by him) to the treaty with ... that he used,' &c., i.e., 'he only used one lictor out of compliment to an allied city.'

14. Præferentes, 'setting forth.'

16. Tramisit, from transmitto. Petita Eubœa, abl. abs. 17. Novissimo partu, by her latest bringing forth.' Edidit, 'gave birth to.' Tum extrema, then (he visits) the

extremities of,' etc.

22. Atque illum, etc., the north winds opposing him' (i.e. blowing towards him, meeting him)' drove him back as he was endeavouring on his return to visit,' &c. Better English: the north winds opposed him and drove him back.'

25. Quæque ibi veneranda, ‘and the objects there which are venerable,' &c.

27. Colophona adpellit, 'lands at Colophon.'

29. Ferme accītus, almost always brought (chosen) from, &c., lit. called, or summoned.

31. Hausta, etc., 'the water of a hidden fountain having been drunk,' i.e. 'having drunk water from a hidden fountain.'

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1. Edit responsa, 'delivers answers.'

Versibus compositis,

' in verses composed (at the moment).'

3. Per ambages, 'ambiguously,' 'in ambiguous language.' 4. Cecinisse, to have foretold,' from cano, 'to sing,' because the answers were delivered in verse.

XLIV. NERO BLAMES, ETC.

1. Non decedebat infamia, the evil report' (against Nero) 'did not subside.' Principis, of the emperor.'

2. Quin jussum, so that it was not believed that the fire, C., &c.

3. Abolendo rumori, for the purpose of doing away with the rumour.'

4. Subdidit reos, be substituted (in his place) as culprits.' Reus is really 'defendant.'

6. Per procuratorem, 'by the procurator.'

7. Supplicio affectus erat. 'had been visited with punishment.'

9. Originem ejus mali, 'where the evil first originated.'

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13. Haud proinde . . . quam, 'not so much 14. (In) odio humani generis, 'convicted of hatred,' &c. Convicti sunt; notice the plur. verb to the sing. nom. case, multitudo, a Noun of Multitude.

17. Flammandi, 'doomed to be burned.' In usum, 'for the purpose,' &c.

19. Edebat, 'exhibited.