Notes to Valerius Maximus, Factorum et Dictorum 2.1.4.

repudium, -i n.
divorce; rejection of a prospective spouse; breaking an engagement. In the early years of the Republic, divorce initiated by the husband was termed repudium, as repudiare was the husband's act of sending his wife away.
uxor, -oris f.
wife, spouse, consort. Note that Valerius places uses uxorem before virum, a customary alternative for maritus.
condo, -ere, -didi, -ditum
establish; form, produce; build; hide; the past participle is used here as an adjective modifying urbe, signifying the time of the founding of Rome (753 BCE).
centesimus, -a, -um
hundredth; along with quinquagesimum, modifies annum.
quinquagesimus, -a, -um
fiftieth.
intercedo, -cedere, -cessi, -cessum
occur, happen; the subject is nullum, in agreement with repudium.
Spurius Carvilius:
the praenomen and nomen of Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga (died 212 BCE). Consul in 234 BCE, he defeated the Corsicans and the Sardinians, for which he was awarded a triumph (click on SPQR for image of the emperor Titus' triumph); he was elected consul again in 228 BCE.
sterilitas, -tatis f.
barrenness, sterility; genitive after the causal ablative causa.
dimitto, -mittere, -misi, -missum
renounce, repudiate; separate; send out; disband.
tolerabilis, -e
minimally acceptable, passable; ablative of cause/reason with ratione.
ratio, -onis f.
motive, reason; ablative of cause/reason after motus.
moveo, -ere, movi, motum
influence, move; perfect passive participle modifying the subject (qui=Carvilius) of videbatur, which in the passive also has the active meaning seem (see also esse visas below in Gellius).
reprehensio, -onis, f.
reproof, blame, fault; ablative case after caruit.
careo, -ere, carui, caritum + ablative
be without, lack.
quia conjunction
because, since.
cupiditas, -atis, f.
desire, wish, longing; subject of debuisse in indirect statement introduced by arbitrantur.
liberi, -orum, m. pl.
children; offspring; genitive after cupiditatem.
coniugalis, -e
conjugal, wifely; in the dative case with fidei.
fides, -ei f.
faithfulness, fidelity. dative case, the object of praeponi.
praepono, -ponere, -posui, -positum
put ahead, prefer, give priority. The object of preference is in the dative case (coniugali fidei); praeponi is the passive infinitive.
arbitror (1 deponent)
think, judge; debuisse is the perfect active infinitive, indicating a requirement prior to arbitrabantur.
quo adverb
by which; so that; introduces a purpose clause. Here the author leaves the case of Carvilius to note the respect given to married women in divorce cases.
matronalis, -e
matronly; of or pertaining to a married woman.
decus, -oris n.
honor, honorable behavior.
verecundia, -ae, f.
modesty.
munimentum, -i n.
protection.
tutus, -a, -um
safe, secure; guarded; tutius is the comparative adverb.
ius, iuris n.
court; law.
adtingo, tingere, -tigi, -tactum
touch; approach, reach; mention; strike, attack.
permitto, -mittere, -misi, -missum
allow, grant; followed by the dative of person (vocanti and its direct object matronam) and complementary accusative (corpus eius adtingere).
inviolatus, -a, -um
morally unstained, pure.
manus, -us, f.
hand; in the genitive case, modifying aliena.
alienus, -a, -um
not one's own; unconnected, unusual; foreign. Used here in a special sense: other than one's own spouse.
tactus, -us, m.
a touching, touch, handling.
stola, -ae f.
stola; the jumper-style garment worn for modesty by married Roman women over the tunic (click SPQR at the end of the line). Note the framing word order of inviolata . . . stola.

Notes to Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.3.1-2

trado, -ere, -didi, -ditum
transmit, relate, narrate; hand down; give over, surrender; used impersonally here, introducing the infinitive in indirect statement (here fuisse; below dilexisse . . .habuisse ...praevertisse).
quingenti, -ae ,-a
five hundred.
fere adverb
almost.
condo, -ere, -didi, -ditum
establish; form, produce; build; hide; the past participle is used here as an adjective modifying Romam, signifying the time of the founding of Rome (753 BCE).
res, rei f.
legal matter, case.
uxorius, -a, -um
wifely, of a wife, pertaining to a wife.
actio, -onis f.
legal suit, legal action; accusative subject of the infinitive fuisse in indirect statement.
cautio, -onis f.
written stipulation, proviso; bond, obligation; accusative subject of fuisse in indirect statement.
quoniam conjunction
since, because.
profecto conjunction
indeed, surely.
nihil adverb
in no respect, not at all.
desidero (1)
long for, desire; the subjects are nullas ... actiones... cautiones.
etiamtunc conjunction
still at that time, yet.
diverto, -vertere, -verti, -versum
separate, diverge from, differ; leave (the married state); present active participle in an ablative absolute construction (nullis matrimoniis divertentibus).
Servius Sulpicius
Servius Sulpicius Rufus (c. 106 BCE- 63 BCE) was one of the foremost Republican jurists; Cicero considered him to be superior to himself in this regard.
compono, -ponere, -posui, -positum
compose; collect; put in order; compare.
dos, dotis f.
dowry.
tum primum adverb
then for the first time; modifies esse visas.
cognomentum, -i n.
name, surname; like cognomen, it differentiated those who shared a family name.
divortium, -i n.
dissolution of marriage; separation.The term originally referred to the action of the wife who initiated the divorce, meaning that she was turning away from her husband to begin a new life. In time, however, it came to be used as well for the action initiated by the husband.
liberi, -orum, m. pl.
children; offspring.
vitium, -i n.
fault, defect; construe with corporis.
gigno, –ere, genui, genitum
give birth to.
quingentesimus, –a, -um
five hundredth; modifies anno.
vicesimus, –a, -um
twentieth; modifies anno.
tertius, –a, -um
third; modifies anno.
consul, -ulis m.
consul; ablative absolute. Romans marked each year of the Republic with the names of the two consuls and inscribed them in stone in the Roman Forum (click on SPQR at the end of the line): in 227 BCE, Marcus Atilius Regulus and Publius Valerius Flaccus were consuls.
atque conjunction
and further.
egregie adverb
greatly, dearly.
diligo, -ere, dilexi, dilectum
love, cherish; perfect active infinitive after traditur, its subject is is Carvilius, its object is uxorem.
carus, -a, -um
dear, precious; superlative form of the adjective (understand uxorem), it is the object of habuisse, a perfect active infinitive after traditur.
mos, moris m.
manner, custom; character, behavior (in plural); eius refers to Carvilius' wife.
gratia, -ae f.
favor, regard, kindness; here, in the ablative case=on account of, because of, followed by the genitive morum. See also below.
set=sed conjunction
but.
iusiurandum, -i n.
oath.
religio, -onis f.
sanctity, scrupulous regard for.
praeverto, –ere, -verti, -versum
prefer; attend to first; a perfect active infinitive in indirect statement after traditur. The direct object religionem takes precedence over the dative animo et amore.
censor, -oris m.
Censor, a powerful Roman magistrate (click on SPQR at end of the line), one of two, chosen every 5 years, among whose duties were to monitor the rolls of citizens according to rank and the conduct of the upper classes.
cogo, -ere, coegi, coactum
force, compel; the subject is still is Carvilius.
quaero, -ere, -sivi/sii, -situm
obtain, procure, acquire; seek; desire. The verb is a gerundive in an old genitive plural case, expressing purpose after gratia and taking liberum (also an alternate genitive plural form) as its direct object (for further explanation see "C" under Gerundive).
habiturum=habiturum esse: infinitive in indirect statement after iurare.


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