Bk. 1 Ch. 8 Vocab Flashcards
magnifica
magnificent
senator Romanus
Roman senator
Nuceriam
Nuceria
Nucerini
the people of Nuceria,
Nucerians
inimici
enemies
saepe
often
terbulenti
rowdy,
disorderly
spectalculum
show,
spectacle
splendidum
splendid
edidit
presented
diem natalem
birthday
celebrabat
was celebrating
cives
citezens
complebant
were filling
nuntibant
were announcing
viginti
twenty
retiarii
net-fighters
murmillones
heavily armed gladiators
bestiarii
beast-fighters
bestias
wild animals,
beasts
quam celerrime
as quickly as possible
hi
these
vehementer
loudly,
violently
tacuerunt
fell silent
tuba
trumpet
sonuit
sounded
pugnam commiserunt
began the fight
victores
victors,
winners
expediti
lightly armed
evitaverunt
avoided
ignavi
cowards
callidi
clever,
smart
decipiunt
are deceiving,
are tricking
frusta
in vain
provocaverunt
challenged
unus
one
graviter
seriously
vulneraverunt
wounded
alterum
the second,
the other
hic
this
missionem
release
mortem
death
pollicem vertit
turned his thumb up
dedit
gave
interfecerunt
killed
iterum
again
cervi
deer
esuriebant
were hungry
retinet
is holding back
hunc
this
tres
three
audacissime
very boldly
recubuerunt
lay down
obdormiverunt
went to sleep
iratissimi
very angry
ridiculum
ridiculous,
silly
edebat
was presenting
fugiebant
began to run away,
began to flee
suos
their
destrinxerunt
drew
attonitus
astonished
tristis
sad
pedem
foot,
paw
ostendit
showed
spinam
thorn
ostendit
showed
spinam
thorn
dolet
hurts
benignus
kind
fremuit
roared
exclamavit
shouted
adiuvo
help
hoc
this
extraxit
pulled out
postea
afterwards
comprehenderunt
arrested
Christianus
Christian
olfecit
smelled,
sniffed
lambebat
began to lick
agnovit
recognised
ad salutem
to safety