[Gutenberg 33311] • Selections from Viri Romae

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...see A. 308, b; B.; G. 697, 2; H. 511, 1, n. 4. 20. in... consules: translate, "when C. and A. were consuls." See note on p. 10,1. 25. 22-23. in... reum = Catillnam. 23. incendium... minitans: threatening to stop the conflagration of his own house by destroying his neighbor's. Note that the verb of threatening takes the same construction as a verb of promising; see p. 9, 1. 0. PAGE 23. 2. supplicio mortis: by Roman law a father might put his children to death, --a right which probably was not often exercised. 6. infestis sigrus: "with hostile army." Cf. infesto exercitu, p. 6,1. 10. 7. dimicatum sit = "they fought"; for the voice see references on p. 12,1. 1. 11. pulcherrima morte: translate, "a glorious death, if he had fallen" etc. In what form would the full condition be expressed? 12. Senatus populusque Romanus: the regular expression for the government of Bome; often abbreviated S. P. Q. R. 14. fuisse iniectum = esse iniectum; see p. 2, 1. 22. 23. ut dispexerim = ut dicam me dispexisse, "as to say that I perceived." 25. optimum factii: "best to do." A. 303; B. 340, 2; G. 436; H. 547. 26. Paucis post annis: A. 259, d; B. 223; G. 403, 4; H. 430.--diem dixit: "accused"; literally, "appointed a day (for a trial)."--tribunus plebis: these tribunes were officers elected to protect the plebeians. At first they possessed only the right of veto, but in the course of time they had become extremely powerful. 27. cives Romanos: l.e. the conspirators. They were condemned by a vote of the senate. PAGE 24. 2. veste mutata: l.e. having put on mourning (soiled, dingy) robes. 4. quam =potius quam, "rather than." 6. ut... interdicerStur: the regular formula for...