Notes to Tacitus, Annales 2.85

eodem: i.e. 19 CE, under the rule of the Emperor Tiberius.

decretum, - i n.
decree.

libido, -inis f.
lust, wantonness.

coerceo, -ere, -ui, -itum
restrain, restrict; read coercita est.

caveo, -ere, cavi, cautum
prescribe, decree; read cautum est. Used impersonally, it is followed by ne and the subjunctive faceret in an indirect construction of prohibition.

quaestus, -us m.
profit, income.

cui: dative of possession; the antecedent is the understood feminine subject of faceret.

avus, -i m.
grandfather.

maritus, -i m.
husband.

eques, -itis m.
horseman; one belonging to the Equites, the rank of knight. The law applied to anyone in this or a higher order.

praetorius, -a, -um
having praetorian rank; i.e., a member of the family had been a praetor. Praetors served primarily as judges in law courts, but could convene the Senate and assemblies; they assumed administrative duties of consuls when these were absent from Rome. .

genitus, -a, -um + ablative
born of/from.

licentia, -ae f.
wantonness, licence.

stuprum, -i n.
illicit sexual intercourse; adultery.

apud + accusative
in front of, in the presence of.

aedilis, -is m.
aedile; these magistrates supervised public places, public games, and the grain supply in the city of Rome; two were required to be plebeians, and the other two (who had more status) could come from either order; the latter 2 were called curule aediles. Among the urban aediles' many duties was the oversight of public morality.

vulgo (1)
declare publicly.

mos, moris m.
custom, practice.

veteres, -um m. pl.
ancestors, elders; the antecedent of qui which follows.

recipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum
accept, admit; ablative absolute with more.

poena, -ae f.
penalty, punishment; partitive genitive with satis "sufficient punishment." Understand esse in indirect statement.

adversus/um + accusative
against, towards.

impudicus, -a, -um
shameless, disgraceful.

professio, -onis f.
open declaration; public registration.

flagitium, -i n.
disgrace, infamy; sexual misconduct.

exigo, -ere, -egi, -actum
demand, require of someone; read exactum est, impersonal use.

Titidus Labeo: possibly the celebrated painter of small panel pictures who had praetorian rank; his actions as proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis brought him ignominy.

uxor, -oris f.
wife; in the ablative following in = in the case of.

delictum, -i n.
offense, wrong.

manifestus, -a, -um
caught in; convicted; obvious; the genitive expresses the thing in point of which a term is applied to a person.

ultio, -onis f.
punishment, legal penalty.

lex, legis f.
law; here, the Lex Iulia, reinforced by the more stringent law passed by the Senate in 19 CE.

omitto, -ere, -misi, -missum
neglect, ignore.

praetendo, -ere, -tendi, -tentum
put forward as a pretext or reason; followed by the infinitive praeterisse, in indirect statement.

sexaginta indeclinable number
sixty; with dies, subject of praeterisse.

datus, -a, -um perfect passive participle of do
granted, given, allowed.

consulo, -ere, -sului, -sultum
consult, get advice; the gerund + ad = purpose construction.

necdum adverb
and not yet.

praetereo, -ire, -ii
pass, expire.

visum: read visum est, impersonal use.

statuo, -ere, -statui, statutum
decide, make a decision.

Seriphos, -i f.
Seriphos, an island in the western Cyclades (today Serifos), that was used as a place of exile in the early empire; Seriphon is a Greek accusative form.

abdo, -ere, -didi, -ditum
banish.


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