| 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 |