Tacitus. Agricola, XIX.
Beginning with himself and his family, he first made himself master in his own house; a thing which is, in many cases, as difficult as the ruling of a province.
Ā sē suīsque ōrsus prīmum domum suam coërcuit; quod plērīsque haud minus arduus est quam prōvinciam regere.
suī, sibi, sē, sē, reflex. pron. 3rd pers., himself, herself, itself, themselves.
suus, -a, -um, 3rd pers. poss. adj. pron., his, her, its, their.
-que, conj., enclitic, and.
ōrdior, ōrdīrī, ōrsus sum, begin, (with ā/ab, ablative of source or descent).
prīmum, adv., first, before all else.
domus, -ūs, f., house.
coërceō, -ēre, -cuī, -citus, restrain, check, tame, correct.
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron., who, which, that.
plērusque, -raque, -rumque, a very great part, a good many.
haud, adv., not, not at all, by no means.
minus, adv., less.
arduus, -a, -um, steep, difficult.
quam, conj., after a comparitive, than.
prōvincia, -ae, f., territory, province.
regō, -ere, rēxī, rēctus, govern, rule.
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