nactus occasionem opportunam proposito suo, iuvenis gladium, quem tectum attulerat, destrinxit, tribunumque minis ac terrore compulsum iurare coegit a patris eius accusatione recessurum, eoque effectum est ne Torquatus causam diceret.
The young man had found an opportunity suited to his purpose. Drawing a sword which he had brought concealed, he forced the Tribune with threats and terror to swear that he would withdraw from the prosecution of his father; as a result Torquatus did not have to plead.
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