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TACITUS ANNALS: NOTES
below) with his back turned to the person ' supra,' and the host
took the position 7 in the diagram, 'below' the most honoured
guest who was at 6 : —
lectus medius
In this case probably Nero and Agrippina, owing to their rank,
occupied the Meatus medius ' alone.
§ a. pluribus sermonibus : abl. instr., with ' tracto.'
familiaritate iuvenili : abl. of description, having the nomina-
tive adj. ' adductus ' ( = 'grave') co-ordinated with it, for variety,
instead of another similar abl. expression : see Intr. II 64 (f).
artius, &c., ' (kissing) her eyes and clinging closely to her
breast.'
explenda simulatione, ' by way of fdiing up the measure of his
hypocrisy.' For the abl. see Intr. II 22 (b).
quamvis : take with 'fcrum,' 'even his savage heart.'
Ch. 5, § 2. super pedes, &c. : Acerronia was sitting on a lower
seat and leaning over (' reclinis ') the feet of Agrippina, who lay on
a couch.
ruere : historic infinitive.
loci : the cabin on the deck where Agrippina was resting.
§ 3. eminentibus, Szc, ' thanks to the framework of the couch
projecting and happening to be strong enough to resist the weight
(of the falling roof).'
§ 5. remigibus : i.e. those of the rowers who were in the plot.
inclinare : sc. 'se,' ' to throw their weight.'
ipsis, the conspirators ; alii, those not in the plot.
promptus, &c., 'did not act together with sufficient promptitude
for this sudden stroke.'
dedere, Sec, ' made it possible for her to slip gently into the
water.'
§ 6. inprudentia, 'in her ignorance of the situation,' hoping to
be saved by passing as Agrippina.
§ 7. lenunculorum : small fishing-boats.
villae suae : i.e. BauH.
Ch. G, § I. summa sui parte, 'in its upper part,' abl. of the
part affected.
concidisset, &c., 'had given way, just as any mechanism on dry
lanil might have done'; i.e. the sea had nothing to do with
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