The annals of Tacitus

14. montis anfractu, '
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horn
the winding valltYS .'
15. uelut a tergo uocesT to be taken closely together,— ' the
sound of voices seeming to come from behind.'
miscuerant ut...omiserint. For the syntax see c. 15.
16. ut...omiseriiit,
' that the Romans abandoned part of their
fortifications, thinking that they had been broken through.'
17. peruasere, ' found their way in.'
19. adpetente luce. Cf. Livy's iavi uer adpetebat.
20. eastern. See c. 49.
coacta, ' enforced.' The verb cogo is not often used of things,
as here. Cf. xiii 43 nullam accusationem ah eo coactam ; xvi 19
coacta mors.
' proxima . . . recepta . the neighbouring districts were ta.ken over
with the consent of the inhabitan ts .
21. sponte incolarum. For this construction cf. ii 59 sponte
principis. It is a Silver age usage.
22. montis Haeini...Meiiips, ' the early and severe Balkan
wintei .'
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1. commota, 'shaken,' i.e. by the death of Drusus and the
intrigues against the family of Germanicus.
3. Pulchra sobrina eius. She was A^rippina 's second cousin.
4. recens praetura. ^*''*'^*'^''* is pure abl.,^— ' fresh from the
praetorship.' Cf. i 41 recens dolore et ira ; Hist, iii 77 recens
tiictoria ; Virg. Aen. vi 450 recens a uulnere Dido. He had just
laid down the praetorship, and was hoping for the consulship,
which he gained in 39 a.d.
modicus dignationis, lit. ' moderate in respect of esteem.. ' Cf.
ii 73 modicus uoluptatum.
5. quoquo facinore, ' by
'
any crime whatsoever.'
properus clarescere, the only instance of this construction of
properiis.
7. d^eugliaaes, ' ' ' incantations, imprecations.'
atrox, ' rigorous.'
8. turn et, ' and now also.'