Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (Hamilton)/M. Porcius Cato

by Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos

Vitae (Editio Interlinearis Latina-Anglica Ad Modum Hamiltonii)

XXIV. M. Porcius Cato

editio: Philadelphia, 1890(?); Iacobus Hamiltonius (James Hamilton) et Ioannes Gulielmus Subsilvius (J. W. Underwood) recensuit

XXIII. Hannibal	XXV. Titus Pomponius Atticus

I

Cato,	ortus	municipio	Tusculo,
Cato,	born	in the municipal town	Tusculum,

adolescentulus,	prius-quam	daret (sub.)	operam
a very young man,	before that	he did give	work (apply)

honoribus,	versatus-est	in	Sabinis,
to honours,	was employed	in (among)	the Sabines,

quod	habebat	ibi	heredium	relictum	a
because	he had	there	an inheritance	left	by

patre.	Hortatu	Lucii	Valerii	Flacci,	quem
father.	By the advice	of Lucius	Valerius	Flaccus,	whom

habuit	collegam	in	consulatu	que	censura,
he had	colleague	in	the consulship	and	censorship,

ut	Marcus	Perperna	Censorius	solitus-est	narrare,
as	Marcus	Perperna	Censorius	used	to relate,

demigravit	Romam,	que	coepit	esse	in	foro.
he removed	(to) Rome,	and	began	to be	in	the forum.

Primum	meruit	stipendium	decem	que
First	he merited	pay	(being aged) of ten	and

septem	annorum,	Quinto	Fabio	Maximo,	Marco
seven	years,	Quintus	Fabius	Maximus,	Marcus

Claudio	Marcello	consulibus.	Fuit	tribunus
Claudius	Marcellus	consuls.	He was	tribune

militum	in	Sicilia.	Ut	rediit	inde,
of the soldiers	in	Sicily.	When	he returned	thence,

secutus-est	castra	Caii	Claudii	Neronis,
he followed	the camps	of Caius	Claudius	Nero,

que	opera	eius	existimata-est	magni
and	the work	of him	was esteemed	of great (value)

in	praelio	apud	Senam,	quo	Hasdrubal,
in	the battle	at	Sena,	in which	Hasdrubal,

frater	Hannibalis,	cecidit.	Obtigit
the brother	of Hannibal,	fell.	He happened

quaestor	Publio	Africano	consuli,	cum	quo
(to be) quaestor	to Publius	Africanus	consul,	with	whom

vixit	non	pro	necessitudine	sortis;
he lived	not	according to	relation	of lot (of office);

namque	dissensit	ab	eo	perpetua	vita.
for	he disagreed	from	him	in perpetual	life.

Factus-est	Aedilis	plebis	cum	Caio
He was made	Aedile	of the common people	with	Caius

Helvio.	Praetor	obtinuit	Sardiniam	provinciam,
Helvius.	Praetor	he obtained	Sardinia	(as) a province,

ex	qua,	decedens	quaestor	ex	Africa
out of	which,	departing	quaestor	out of	Africa

superiore	tempore,	deduxerat	Quintum	Ennium
in former	time,	he had brought	Quintus	Ennius

poetam,	quod	existimamus	non	minoris,
a poet,	which	we esteem	not	of less (importance),

quam	quemlibet	amplissimum	Sardiniensem	triumphum.
than	any	most ample	Sardinian	triumph.

II

Gessit	consulatum	cum	Lucio	Valerio
He carried on	the consulship	with	Lucius	Valerius

Flacco,	nactus	sorte	citeriorem	Hispaniam
Flaccus,	having obtained	by lot	hither	Spain

provinciam,	que	deportavit	triumphum	ex	ea.
(as a) province,	and	carried away	a triumph	out of	it.

Quum	Publius	Scipio	Africanus	moraretur (sub.)	ibi
When	Publius	Scipio	Africanus	did tarry	there

diutius,	iterum	consul,	quaestor	cuius
longer,	a second time	consul,	the quaestor	of whom

fuerat	in	priore	consulatu,	voluit	depellere
he had been	in	the former	consulship,	he wished	to drive

eum	de	provincia,	et	ipse	succedere	ei.
him	from	the province,	and	himself	to succeed	to him.

Neque	potuit	efficere	hoc	per	senatum,	quum
Nor	was he able	to effect	this	by	the senate,	when

quidem	Scipio	obtineret (sub.)	principatum	in	civitate,
indeed	Scipio	did hold	the chief power	in	the state,

quod	respublica	administrabatur	tum	non	potentia,
because	the republic	was managed	then	not	by power,

sed	iure.	Ex	qua	re	iratus
but	by right.	Out of	which	thing	being angry

senatui,	consulatu	peracto,	mansit
to (with) the Senate,	the consulship	being finished,	he remained

privatus	in	urbe.	At	Cato,	factus	censor
private	in	the city.	But	Cato,	being made	censor

cum	eodem	Flacco,	praefuit	ei	potestati
with	the same	Flaccus,	was over	to that	power

severe.	Nam	et	animadvertit	in
severely.	For	both	he animadverted (punished)	against

complures	nobiles,	et	addidit	multas	novas
several	nobles,	and	added	many	new

res	in	edictum,	quare	luxuria	reprimeretur,
things	into	edict,	why	luxury	might be repressed,

que	iam	tum	incipiebat	pullulare.	[Circiter
which	already	then	did begin	to bud.	[About

octoginta	annos]	ab	adolescentia,	usque	ad
eighty	years]	from	youth,	even	to

extremam	aetatem,	destitit	non	suscipere	inimicitias
extreme	age,	he ceased	not	to undertake	enmities

caussa	reipublicae.	Tentatus	a	multis,
for the sake	of the republic.	Being tried	by	many,

non	modo	fecit	nullum	detrimentum	existimationis,
not	only	he made	no	loss	of esteem,

sed	quoad	vixit,	crevit	laude	virtutum.
but	as long as	he lived,	he increased	in praise	of virtues.

III

In	omnibus	rebus	fuit	singulari	prudentia
In	all	things	he was	with singular	prudence

et	industria.	Nam	fuit	et	solers	agricola,
and	industry.	For	he was	both	a skilful	husbandman,

et	peritus	reipublicae,	et	iuris-consultus	et
and	skilful	of the republic,	and	a lawyer,	and

magnus	imperator,	et	probabilis	orator,	et
a great	commander,	and	an approvable	orator,	and

cupidissimus	litterarum.	Studium	quarum	etsi
most desirous	of letters.	The study	of which	although

arripuerat	senior,	tamen	fecit	tantum
he had seized	(being) older,	yet	he made	so great

progressum	in	eis,	ut	possis	non
progress	in	them,	that	thou mayest be able	not

facile	reperire,	neque	de	Graecis	neque	de
easily	to find,	neither	of	Grecian	nor	of

Italicis	rebus,	quod	fuerit (sub.)	incognitum	ei.
Italian	things,	which	was	unknown	to him.

Confecit	orationes	ab	adolescentia.	Senex	instituit
He made	orations	from	youth.	Old	he began

scribere	historias,	quarum	sunt	septem	libri.
to write	histories,	of which	there are	seven	books.

Primus	continet	res	gestas	Romani	populi.
The first	contains	things	carried on	of the Roman	people.

Secundus	et	tertius,	unde	quaeque	Italica
The second	and	third,	whence	each	Italian

civitas	orta-sit (sub.);	ob	quam	rem
state	arose;	on account of	which	thing

videtur	appellasse	omnes	Origines.	Autem	in
he seems	to have called	all	Origines.	But	in

quarto,	primum	Poenicum	bellum;	in	quinto,
the fourth,	the first	Punic	war;	in	the fifth,

secundum.	Atque	omnia	haec	dicta-sunt	capitulatim.
the second.	And	all	these	are told	by chapters.

Persecutus-est	reliqua	bella	pari	modo,
He has followed-out	the remaining	wars	in like	manner,

usque	ad	praeturam	Servii	Galbae,	qui	diripuit
even	to	the praetorship	of Servius	Galba,	who	plundered

Lusitanos.	Atque	nominavit	non	duces
the Lusitanians.	And	he has named	not	the leaders

horum	bellorum,	sed	notavit	res	sine
of these	wars,	but	has noted	the things	without

nominibus.	In	iisdem	exposuit,	qua
names.	In	the same	he has exposed,	(things) which

viderentur (sub.)	admiranda	in	Italia	que	Hispaniis.
did seem	to be admired	in	Italy	and	the Spains.

In	quibus	comparet	multa	industria	et	diligentia,
In	which	appears	much	industry	and	diligence,

multa	doctrina.	Persecuti-sumus	plura	de
much	learning.	We have followed-out	more (things)	of

vita	et	moribus	huius	in	eo	libro,	quem
the life	and	morals	of him	in	that	book,	which

fecimus	separatim	de	eo	rogatu	Titi
we made	separately	about	him	by request	of Titus

Pomponii	Attici.	Quare	delegamus	studiosos
Pomponius	Atticus.	Wherefore	we refer	(those) desirous

Catonis	ad	illud	volumen.
of Cato	to	that	volume.