"Censere" y "decernere"un análisis específico del Senado en los "Anales" de Tácito

Abstract

In this paper we can find a model of lexicological study which comes up when dealing with censere and decernere as specialized words of the senatorial procedure in the Annals of Tacitus. Each lexical study needs a special approach according to the nture of the object observed. Here we can first find methodological problems related to the cathegory of specialized words, to Tacitus' conception of the senate and to the influence of his own style when handling terms of specialized valué. A basic contextual analysis, as well as a syntactical classifiction of both words, is also offered. As a conclusión, we can read that censere and decernere appear in the Annals almost exclusively as specialized words; syntactic preferences are detected, and it is clear that Tacitus uses syntax to show his particular view of the conditions in which the senate of the early imperial period worked.