Saturday, January 15, 2011

002.06

Accendebat haec, onerabatque Sejanus, peritia morum Tiberii odia in longum jaciens, quae reconderet auctaque promeret.
Tacitus. Annals, I., 69.
All this was inflamed and aggravated by Sejanus, who with his thorough comprehension of the character of Tiberius, sowed for a distant future hatreds which the emperor might treasure up and might exhibit when fully matured. - (Church and Brodribb.)

Accendēbat haec, onerābatque Sēiānus, perītia mōrum Tiberiī odia in longum iaciēns, quae reconderet auctaque prōmeret.

onerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, burden, overwhelm, oppress.
Sēiānus, -ī, m., Lucius Aelius Sejanus, d. A.D. 31, son of Sejus Strabo, a (former) trusted advisor of Emperor Tiberius.
perītia, -ae, f., experience, practical knowledge, skill.
mōs, mōris, m., manner, habit, character.
Tiberius, -ī, m., emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero, 42 B.C. - A.D. 37.
odium, -ī, n., hatred, grudge, ill-will.
longus, -a, -um, long, far, boundless.
iaciō, -ere, iēcī, iactum, throw, hurl, cast.
recondō, -ere, -didī, -ditus, put back, lay up, put away (subjunctive).
augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctus, increase, enlarge, increas in power or importance.
prōmō, -ere, prōmpsī, prōmptus, take out, produce, bring to light.

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