Click on a word to bring up parses, dictionary entries, and frequency statistics
21.
De origine Curtii Rufi, quem gladiatore genitum
quidam prodidere, neque falsa prompserim et vera exequi
pudet. postquam adolevit, sectator quaestoris, cui Africa
obtigerat, dum in oppido Adrumeto vacuis per medium diei
porticibus secretus agitat, oblata ei species muliebris ultra
modum humanum et audita est vox 'tu es, Rufe, qui in
hanc provinciam pro consule venies.' tali omine in spem
sublatus degressusque in urbem largitione amicorum, simul
acri ingenio quaesturam et mox nobilis inter candidatos
praeturam principis suffragio adsequitur, cum hisce verbis
Tiberius dedecus natalium eius velavisset: 'Curtius Rufus
videtur mihi ex se natus.' longa post haec senecta, et
adversus superiores tristi adulatione, adrogans minoribus,
inter pares difficilis, consulare imperium, triumphi insignia
ac postremo Africam obtinuit; atque ibi defunctus fatale
praesagium implevit.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.