The annals of Tacitus

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2. Celebris ingenii. He was a well-known orator.
cognitio, 'investigation,' 'trial.'
cunctantem iam, 'already hesitating,' i.e. he was already
considering the matter.
4. coetus uocesque, hendiadys,— 'meetings where remarks
• were made.'
quae...iiigerebaiitur, 'which often offensive as well as true
were flung in his face.'
5. postulate. The verb jjostulo as a legal term refers strictly
to the preliminary procedings,— the ava.Kpi.cns of Attic law—as
distinguished from cognitio (the actual trial) used twice in this
chapter. Cf. c. 21.
7. cuncta refert, ' repeats every detail.'
8. inter obstrepentes. . nititur, ' amid angry clamour struggles
on with strong assertion.'
adseueratione. Cf. c. 19.
9. per occultum, ' behind his back.' For the modal use of
jier cf. the frequent phrases per ludum, per otinm, per uinum.
11. purgaturum. We must supply probra. Cf. iii 13 si
recentia purgaret.
15. inclemeiitiam...amplexus, 'clinging with all the more
determination to the harshness....'
16. adulterii delatam, 'accused by informers of an intrigue.'
The gen. with defero is Tacitean.
quamquam...damnasset. Cf. c, 4 quamquam sit. We have
the correct syntax in this chapter, quamquam nititur.
19. in acta...non iurauerat. According to Dio Cassius,
Tiberius enforced an annual repetition of the oath to respect the
acts of Augustus [P.F.].
II albo senatorio erasit. This register was first posted up by
-—— ^ f. audltae, i.e. by the Senate.
2. de iure templi, ' about their claims to the temple.'
Limnatidis, ' of the Marshes.' The temple took its name