text_original: Thus, in tlie fifth century, Aetius and Picimer had succes  sively borne the dignity of patrician, and in the sixth, the Ostrogothic king Theodoric, speaking by the mouth of his minister Cassiodorus, had said, " The great distinction of the patriciate is that it is a rank held for life, like that of the priesthood from which it sprang. The patrician takes precedence of all other dignities save one, the consulship, and that is one which we ourselves sometimes assume.
text_transcription: THUS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY ISSUS AND RHEIMER HAD SUCCESSIVELY BORNE THE DIGNITY OF PATRICIAN AND IN THE SIXTH THE OSTROGOTHIC KING THEODORIC SPEAKING BY THE MOUTH OF HIS MINISTER CASSIODURUS HAD SAID THE GREAT DISTINCTION OF THE PATRICIATE IS THAT IT IS A RANK HELD FOR LIFE LIKE THAT OF THE PRIESTHOOD FROM WHICH IT SPRANG THE PATRICIAN TAKES PRECEDENCE OF ALL OTHER DIGNITIES SAVE ONE THE COUNCILSHIP AND THAT IS ONE WHICH WE OURSELVES SOMETIMES ASSUME
phonemes: ðˈʌs, ɪn tˈiːlˈaɪ fˈɪfθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ˈiːɾɪəs ænd pˈɪsɪmɚ hæd səksˈɛᵻz sˈaɪvli bˈɔːɹn ðə dˈɪɡnᵻɾi ʌv pætɹˈɪʃən, ænd ɪnðə sˈɪksθ, ðɪ ˌɑːstɹəɡˈɑːθɪk kˈɪŋ θiːədˈɔːɹɪk, spˈiːkɪŋ baɪ ðə mˈaʊθ ʌv hɪz mˈɪnɪstɚ kˈæsɪˌoʊdɚɹəs, hæd sˈɛd, " ðə ɡɹˈeɪt dɪstˈɪŋkʃən ʌvðə pætɹˈɪʃɪˌeɪt ɪz ðˌɐɾɪt ɪz ɐ ɹˈæŋk hˈɛld fɔːɹ lˈaɪf, lˈaɪk ðæt ʌvðə pɹˈiːsthʊd fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ ɪt spɹˈæŋ. ðə pætɹˈɪʃən tˈeɪks pɹˈɛsᵻdəns ʌv ˈɔːl ˈʌðɚ dˈɪɡnᵻɾiz sˈeɪv wˌʌn, ðə kˈɑːnsəlʃˌɪp, ænd ðæt ɪz wˈʌn wˌɪtʃ wiː aʊɚsˈɛlvz sˈʌmtaɪmz ɐsˈuːm.