LINGVA LATINA PER SE ILUSTRTA

Hans Henning Ørberg

EXERCITIA LATINA II

CAPITVLVLVM LII

Exercitium 3

Lēctiō II
versūs 124-241

abditus
accūrātē
acquīrere
adoptātiō
aldulterīnus
anteferre
commodum
commūtātiō
contendere (bis)
dēprāvāre
disceptāre
distribuere
dīvulgāre
extollere
flāgitium
frētus
iūsta
largītiō
mōlīrī
occursāre
patrāre
quīnquennium
quīs (dat pl)
rēgulus
rescindere
scrūtārī
subvenīre
tābēscere
tugurium

1. [= rēgis fīliī] rēgī mortuō [= fūnus] magnificē fēcērunt.

2. Posteā convēnērunt ut dē administrandō rēgnō [= dissererent].

3. Ibi Iugurtha "Oportet" inquit " [= quīnque annōrum] dēcrēta omnia [= irrita fierī]."

4. Ad hoc Hiempsal "Idem" inquit "mihi vidētur, "nam tū ipse tribus proximīs annīs / [< adoptāre] in rēgnum vēnistī!"

5. Ex eō tempore Iugurtha [= labōrābat] ut Hiempsalem opprimeret.

6. Cum rēgulī ad pecūniam inter sē [= dīvidendam] convēnissent, mīlitēs Iugurthae, parātīs clāvibus [= falsīs], in Hiempsalis hospitium irrūpērunt.

7. Interfectīs iīs quī [= occurrunt], loca [= occulta] [= explōrant], atque Hiempsalem in [= casā] ancillae repertum occīdunt.

8. Fāma tantī sceleris lātē [dis- < vulgus].

9. Adherbal, quī timēbat nē Iugurtha sē oppugnāret, [= fīdēns] cōpiīs suīs parābat armīs [= certāre].

10. Adherbal victus in Prōvinciam profūgit atque inde Rōmam [= properāvit].

11. Iugurtha lēgātōs Rōmam mittit, [= quibus] praecipit ut veteribus amīcīs mūnera largiantur et novōs amīcōs .

12. Hāc [= largīrī] Iugurtha tantam [= mūtātiōnem] in senātū [= perfēcit], ut ex māximā invidiā in grātiam nōbilitātis venīret.

13. Adherbal senātōrēs ōrāvit ut sibi [= auxiliō venīrent] neu paterentur rēgnum Numidiae [<> convalēscere]

14. Lēgātī Iugurthae paucīs respondent: 'Hiempsalem ob saevitiam et [= facta indigna] sua interfectum, Iugurtham petere nē verba inimīcī factīs suīs [= praeferrent].'

15. Hīs audītīs, senātūs magna pars, largītiōne [= corrupta], Iugurtham laudibus [= valdē laudābat].

16. Decem lēgātī in Āfricam missī sunt, quōrum prīnceps L. Opīmius ā Iugurthā [= māximā cum cūrā] receptus est.

17. Iugurtha dandō et pollicendō multa perfēcit, ut plērīque lēgātī rēgis [= quod rēgī prōderat] sequerentur.


Index Cap. 52 Ecercitium 2 Cap. 52 Exercitium 4