Tiberius, The third Emperour of Rome, a man of right good learning and eloquence, but of a verye naughtie nature and disposition, cruell, couetous, craftie, deceitfull: pretending himselfe desirous of that he most eschewed, and not to bee willing to haue that he most desired. Bearing a colour of displeasure to those, that he greatly fauoured: and shewing a fayre face of friendship, to those that he extremely hated. In sodain answeres much better than in those he mused for. So much giuen to drunkennesse, that, for Claudius Tiberius Nero, hee was of his sonldiours by reprothe termed Caldius Biberius Mero. Hee would banquet two whole dayes and a night together. Hee had by priuie canuassing procured the Imperiall estate to bee offered him by the Senatours, and openly with crafty dissimulation pretended himselfe exceeding loth to take the charge of it vpon him: by that meanes thinking to perceiue the inward affections of men toward him: which afterward in deede turned manye of the nobilitie to confusion. For some sayde openlye vnto him: Sir, other persons bee long ere they perfourme that they promise, and you are long ere you promise that you will bee sure to performe: noting his feigned refusing of that, which he was already sure of. After he had a long time reiected the care of the common weale, and liued onelye in sensualitie and riot, hee died, as it was thoughte by the pro-curement of Caligula, that followed him, as well in the succession of the empire, as in his naughtie nature and wicked condicious.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Tĭbĕrĭus, ii, m.I. In gen., a Roman prænomen (abbrev. Ti.); as, Ti. Sempronius Gracchus, Ti. Claudius Asellus, Ti. Claudius Nero.—II. In partic., the emperor Tiberius (whose full name is Ti. Claudius, Ti. F. Nero).—Hence, 1. Tĭbĕ-rĭus (-rĕus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Tiberius, Tiberian: marmor, Plin. 36, 7, 11, 55. — 2. Tĭbĕrĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of Tiberius, Tiberian: domus, Suet. Vit. 15: scorta, id. ib. 3: tempora, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 7: vetus S. C., Sid. Ep. 1, 7 fin.: pira,
a kind of which Tiberius was particularly fond
, Plin. 15, 15, 16, 54. —3. Tĭbĕrēĭus, a, um, adj., of Tiberius: aula, Stat. S. 3, 3, 66.