(b) He is not (1) moved by honours that the people confer, or the purple of empire, or civil feuds, that make (2) brothers swerve from brothers’ duty; or the Dacian coming down from the Hister, his sworn (2) ally; no, nor by the great Roman State and the death-throes of subject kingdoms.
N.B.—(b) is superior to (a) in—
(1) the use of Passive for Active;
(2) the predicative use of agitans, infidos, coniurato.
IV. neque ille
Aut doluit miserans inopem, aut invidit habenti.
(i.) Vocabulary.—You will probably know the meanings of the words in this sentence. Thus the meaning of—
| doluit | is suggested by | dolor. |
| miserans | „„ | miser. Cf. miser-able. |
| inopem | „„ | in + ops. Cf. op-ulent. |
| invidit | „„ | invidia. Cf. envy. |
(ii.) Translation.—You have here two principal verbs, doluit, invidit, joined by aut, and a principal subject ille.
Notice that inopem must be the object of the participle miserans, and that habenti is used as a noun.
He never felt the pang of pity for the poor, or of envy for the rich.