United States or Croatia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
I find myself here fettered by the laws of ceremony; for it neither permits a man to speak well of himself, nor ill: we will leave her there for this time. Horace, Sat., ii. he always committed to paper his actions and thoughts, and there portrayed himself such as he found himself to be: "Nec id Rutilio et Scauro citra fidem; aut obtrectationi fuit." Tacitus, Agricola, c.
Ac plerique suam ipsi vitam narrare fiduciam potius morum, quam arrogantiam arbitrati sunt: nec id Rutilio et Scauro citra fidem aut obtrectationi fuit: adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur, quibus facillime gignuntur. At nunc narraturo mihi vitam defuncti hominis, venia opus fuit: quam non petissem incursaturus tam saeva et infesta virtutibus tempora.
Morum is objective gen. A gen. may take the place of the latter acc., esse being understood, Z. 448. Rutilio. Rutilius Rufus, consul A.U.C. 649, whom Cic. He wrote a Roman history in Greek. Plut. Mar. 28. His autobiography is mentioned only by Tacitus. Scauro. M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul A.U.C. 639, who wrote an autobiography, which Cic. Citra fidem. Cf. note G. 16. Aut obtrectationi.
Word Of The Day