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The Death of Messalina 2
Tacitus's Description of the Death of Messalina
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| honestus | honour, decency, virtue |
| libido, libidinis | lust |
| questus, -us | complaint |
| inritus | useless |
| ducebantur | prolonging |
| impetus | force |
| pulsae sunt | burst open |
| fores | doors |
| adstitit | stood by |
| per silentium | silently |
| increpans | approached |
| probrum, -i | a reproachful, disgraceful act |
| introspexit | realised |
| frustra | in vain |
| iugulum, -i | throat |
| pectus, pectoris | chest, breast |
| transigitur | run through |
| ictus, -us | a blow |
| concessum est | was handed over |
| epulanti | while dining |
| ultra | further |
| poposcit | demanded |
| solita convivio | with his usual conviviality |
| secutus | following |
| odium, -i | hatred |
| tristitia | sadness |
| laetantes | rejoicing |
| maerentes | weeping |
| iuvit | assisted |
| oblivio, -onis | forgetfulness |
| censendo | by censuring |
| effigies, -ei | statue |
| demovendas | must be pulled down |
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