A | B |
Mense Iulio | abl. of time when |
tantus + ut clause | result clause |
vellent (volo) | imperf. subjunctive |
coepit (perf. indic.) | began |
ut ... irent | purpose clause |
irent (eo) | imperf. subjunctive |
Antequam (Before) ... sunt | temporal clause |
accidit | happened |
ut solebat (indicative mood) | AS he was accustomed |
cum Tito fratre | abl. of accompaniment |
silentium | neuter subject in nominative case |
Subito (adverb) | Suddenly |
hortabatur (hortor, 1) | was urging |
ut ... ferrent | indirect command |
ferrent (fero) | imperf. subjunctive |
maxima cum cura | abl. of manner |
vocibus auditis | ablative absolute |
irrupit (irrumpo, 3, perf. indic.) | burst into |
factum est (fio) | has happened |
iubes (iubeo, 2, pres. indic.) | you order |
aliquid mali accepit | has had an accident |
tam + ut clause | result clause |
lapsus (labor) | slipped |
ceciderit (cado, perf. subjunctive) | fell down |
Puto eum ... | I think THAT he (indirect statement) |
Multos dies | acc. of duration of time |
iacebat (iaceo, 2) | was lying |
videbatur (videor) | he seemed |
mox tamen | soon however; but soon |
fiebat (fio) infirmior | he was becoming weaker |
inciderat = had fallen into | in + cado = incido |
In dies | Day by day |
Tandem, adv. | At last |
vix (adv.) | scarcely |
posset (possum) | was able, could (imperf. subjunctive) |
loqui (loquor, 3) | to speak (pres. infin.) |
Haud (adv.) multo (adv.) post (adv.) | not much later |
excessit (excedo, 3) | departed |
maximo dolore | with overwhelming grief |
Tota ... dedit.) | The entire household surrendered itself to grief. |
scissa ... solutis | 2 ablative absolutes joined by -que |
pectora plangebant | were beating their breasts |
in lecto funebri (abl. of place where) | on a funeral bier (a wooden frame on which a corpse or a coffin is carried to where it will be buried or cremated) |
postridie | on the following day |
summo honore (with greatest respect) | abl. of manner |
elatum est (effero), perf. pass. indic. | was carried out |
Praecedebant (were going in front) | prae = before, in front; cedo, ere = go, move, walk |
tubicines | trumpet players |
taedas tenentes (holding torches) | nom. participial phrase modifying viri |
nenias cantantes (singing dirges) | nom. participial phrase modifying mulieres (women) |
Cum ... venissent | circumstantial clause |
processit (went forward) | pro- + cedo, 3 = go, move, walk forward |
ut ... laudaret (to pronounce a funeral oration over his deceased brother) | purpose clause |
qualis | what sort of |
quot merita ... contulisset | how many services he had rendered |
latum est (was carried) | perf. pass. indicative |
rogus exstructus erat | a funeral pyre had been built |
impositum est (was placed upon) | -um here is neuter, describing the neuter nom. corpus |
super corpus (upon or over the body) | super + acc. corpus here is acc. |
Appropinquavit | approached |
manu (in his hand) | abl. of means |
Quam taedam (This torch) | Linking "qui" agreeing with taedam |
oculis aversis (after turning his eyes away) | abl.absolute (his eyes having been turned away) |
Exsequiis confectis (after the funeral rites were finished) | from conficio, ere(3) |
tristes (sadly) | nom. adj. used adverbially |
Multa (Many things) | substantival neuter adjective |
quam hilaris fuisset (how cheerful he had been) | indirect question with pluperf. subjunctive |
quantum | how much |
Maxime | Very much |