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Chapter 55 Flashcards

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accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus

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to receive; accept; hear (of), learn (of)

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addictus –a –um

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bound to (a thing or person)

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agitātor –ōris m.

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one who drives; a charioteer (> agito)

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apophorēta –ōrum n.

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presents which guests received at table, especially at the Saturnalia

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armātūra –ae f.

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armor, equipment; group of armored soldiers

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centuriō centuriōnis m.

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centurion

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circensēs –ium m. pl.

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games in the Circus Maximus

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cōdicillus cōdicillī m.

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writing tablet, notebook; letter of instruction; imperial rescript

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columbīnus –a –um

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of pigeons; (of plants) dove-colored (and the name of a special poison)

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columbus –ī m.

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Columbus (name)

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cōmissātiō –ōnis f.

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a Bacchanalian revel, revelry, rioting

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custōs custōdis m.

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guard; sentry/watch; guardian/protector/keeper; doorkeeper/watchman/janitor; jailer, warden; poll watcher; spy; garrison; container; replacement vine shoot

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dēditus –a –um

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given up, surrendered

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dēnūntiō dēnūntiāre dēnūntiāvī dēnūntiātus

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to denounce

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eburneus (eburnus) –a –um

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of ivory; ivory; ivory–hilted (> ebur)

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equīle –is n.

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horse-stall, stable

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Eutychus –iī m.

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Eutychus, a Greek name

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factiō –ōnis f.

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faction; band, company

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familia familiae f.

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household; household of slaves; family; clan; religious community

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flagellō –āre

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to whip, scourge, lash

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gemma –ae f.

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jewel, gem

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Germānus –a –um

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German

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Incitātus –ī m.

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the name of Caligula’s horse”

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inquietō –āre

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to disturb, trouble

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īnsānia –ae f.

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madness

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istōc

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thither, that way, yonder:

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leviter

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lightly, slightly

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marmoreus –a –um

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of marble, marble; like marble; smooth, marble–; fair (> marmor)

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Maurētānia –ae f.

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Maruetania, a kingdom in N. Africa (roughly Morocco and Algeria)

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Mnestēr –ēris m.

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a (male) Greek name; the name of a famous pantomime actor

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monīle –is n.

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necklace

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obstrepō –strepere –strepuī –strepitum

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make a noise

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ōsculor ōsculārī

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to kiss

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Ōstia –ae f. or –ōrum n.

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Ostia, port at mouth of Tiber

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pantomīmus –ī m.

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a ballet-dancer, pantomime; pantomime actor

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perferō perferre pertulī perlātus

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to suffer, endure; report

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plāga –ae f.

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a blow, wound; lash, whip

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praesaepe –is n. or praesaepium –iī

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an inclosure, fold, stall, smanger, trough, table, pen; hive (rel. to praesaepio)

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prasinus –a –um

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leek-green, prasinous; of the Green charioteers

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prīdiē

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day before

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Ptolemaeus –ī m.

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Ptolemy

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purpureus –a –um

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purple

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recīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

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to cut away; lop off; curtail, reduce (> re and caedo)

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saucius –a –um

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wounded; afflicted; drunk

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scrībō scrībere scrīpsī scrīptus

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to write

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sestertiūm gen. pl; rarely sestertiōrum or sestertiūm nummūm

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a sesterce, a small silver coin, originally equal to two and a half asses, or one fourth of a denarius.

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silentium silenti(ī) n.

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silence

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stabulum –ī n.

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stable, stall; inn, lodging house; brothel; a shepherd’s dwelling, grange; den, haunt; cattle–camp (> sto)

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supellex (or suppellex or supellectilis) supellectilis f.

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domestic utensils, household stuff, furniture, goods

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tegimentum (tegmentum) –ī n.

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a covering, cover

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Thrāx –ācis or Thraex –aecis m.

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an inhabitant of Thrace, a Thracian-style gladiator

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vīciē(n)s

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20 times

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vīcīnia –ae f.

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neighborhood, nearness, vicinage, vicinity

Suetonius, Caligula (selections) (30 decks)

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