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ON CHAPTERS 2—4 59<br />
construction cf. c. 5, 6, 10, 11. <strong>The</strong> aoristic perf. subj. is used<br />
ver y frequently in mortRgt assertions and in negations <strong>of</strong>jossibility<br />
[F.]. See Roby 1540.<br />
15. regnum, sometimes loosely used by <strong>Tacitus</strong> for imperium<br />
or principatus.<br />
cul auunculus Augustus. She was really great-niece <strong>of</strong><br />
Augustus.<br />
17. municipali adultero, abl. instr. muvicipalis ' from a<br />
petty town,' 'provincial' (not in the Roman sense), i.e. from<br />
Vulsinii.<br />
18. ut pro honestis ...exspectaret, 'preferring a guilty and<br />
uncertain future to a safe and honourable present.'<br />
19. sumitur in conscientiam, ' is taken into their guilty<br />
secret.' Cf. xiii 12 assumptis in conscientiam.<br />
20. specie artis, 'under guise <strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>ession.' Note the<br />
various meanings <strong>of</strong> ars and artes in <strong>Tacitus</strong>.<br />
frequens secretis, '<strong>of</strong>ten present at their private interviews.'<br />
Cf. Hist, iv 69 frequens contionihus, and Cic. Rose. 16 erat ille<br />
Romae frequens.<br />
23. diuersa consilia, ' conflicting plans.'<br />
2. quae, i.e. the honours which.... N. quotes the following<br />
inscription : Druso Caesari, Germanici Caesaris filio, Ti. Augusti<br />
nepoti, diui Augusti pronepoti, potitifici d. d.<br />
3. repetita, 'revived.' Cf. refertur (line 9).<br />
addidit orationem Caesar. ' Caesar added a speech ' would be<br />
a stifi rendering. Say rather, ' the Emperor threw in some<br />
remarks <strong>of</strong> his own.'<br />
4. patria beneuolentia, abl. <strong>of</strong> description.<br />
6. quamquam sit, the ordinary construction in Silver Latin,<br />
eodem, locatival abl. loci, partitive gen. Cf. Cic. ad Att. i 13<br />
res eodem est loci. Yov potentiam 'real power' cf. c. 41.<br />
7. aequus adulescentibus, dat. <strong>of</strong> person concerned,— ' kindly<br />
towards the boys.'<br />
10. multitudinem.sumant, ' he gave as his reasons the large<br />
number <strong>of</strong> time-expired veterans, and the necessity <strong>of</strong> filling<br />
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