Hercules Labors Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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densissima

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the thickest

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pellem

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skin

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traicere

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throw across

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occidere

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fall down

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reddebat

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render

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infestam

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disturb

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contulit

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to bring together

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percussit

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pierce

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feram

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beast

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arcum

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bow

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secum

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with him/her/it

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attulerat

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bring forth

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intendit

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drew

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potuit

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to be able

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demum

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at last

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braciis

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arms

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omnibus viribus

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with all his might

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complexus est

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he put his arms around

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fauces

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throat

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exanimatus est

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put out of breath

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respirandi

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of breathing

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facultas

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opportunity

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dabatur

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given

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cadaver

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dead body

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oppidum

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town

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umeris

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shoulder

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rettulit

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bring back

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ardente

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burning

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dextraxerat

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pull down

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pro

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as a

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veste

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garment

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fama

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a report

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acceperunt

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recieve

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gaudebant

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were rejoicing

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vehementer

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heartily

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honore

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honor

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novem

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nine

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profectus est

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set out

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paluden

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swamp

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prehendit

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grasped

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abscidere

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to cut off

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quotiens

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as often as

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fecerat

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make, do

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exoriebantur

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were springing up

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conatu

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effort

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distitit

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gave up

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succidere

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cut down

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accendere

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to light

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postqum comprehenderunt

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after they had caught fire

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ligna

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firewood

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ignem

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fire

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adussit

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to set on fire

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unde

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from which source

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cancer

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crab

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ingens

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huge

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fax, facis f.

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torch

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clava

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club

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crura

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legs

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mrodebat

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was biting

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sagittas

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arrow

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sanguine

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blood

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imbuit

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dipped

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mortiferas

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deadly

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itaque

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and so

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caedes

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slaughter

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nuntiata est

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announced

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timor

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fear

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occupavit

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occupied

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animum

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mind

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quendam

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a certain

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referre

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bring back

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audaciae

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boldness

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retinere

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kept

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cornua

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horns

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aurea

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gold

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traduntur

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were reported

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incrdibili

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incredibly

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vestigiis

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tracks

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usque

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he kept on

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vesperum

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evening

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neque

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not even

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nocturnum

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at night

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quietem

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rest

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consequi

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catch up

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totum

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the whole

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annum

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year

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traditur

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it is reported

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ita

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so

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contendit

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hurry

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postulare

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demand

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servare

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save

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curru

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race

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cepit

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caught

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vero

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true

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aprum

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boar

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agros

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fields

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vastabat

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were destroying

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rem

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task

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suscepit

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undertook

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progressus est

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advance

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paulum

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a little

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simul

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at the same time as

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occurit

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meet

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atque

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and

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refugit

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fled back

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altam

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deep

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fossum

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ditch

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proiecit

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threw (himself)

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laqueum

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net

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iniecit

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threw in

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summa cum difficulttate

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with the highest difficulty

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extraxit

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pulled out

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etsi

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although

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fortiter

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strongly

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relatus est

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brought back

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negotium

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business

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duodevigenti pedum

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18 feet

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montibus

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mountains

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murum

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wall

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purrupit

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broke

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immisit

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sent in

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conficerent

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complete

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regnum

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kingdom

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obtinebat

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were occupying

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tria milia

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3,000

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boum/boves

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cattle

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ingentis

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huge

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inculsi erant

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kept

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squalore

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filth

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erat obsitum

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covered

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-ior

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more

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-issimus/rimus/limus

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the most

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umquam

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(not) ever

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purgare

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clean

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operae

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work

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paucos

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a few

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aves

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birds

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rostra

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beaks

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aenea

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broze

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vescebantur

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were feeding on

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carne

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flesh (of men)

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lacum

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lake

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locum

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place

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procul

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far

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limo

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slime

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lintre

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boat

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progredi

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advance

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comsumpsisset

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he had used up

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contulit

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brought together

150
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fabris

A

craftsmen

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maxime

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most highly

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colebantur

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worshipped

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fabricatus est

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had made

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crepundia

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rattles

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acrem

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feirce noise

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aere

A

sky

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praestabunt

A

display

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avolarent

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flew off

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transfixit

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peirced

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commutatio

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change

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antea

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before

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supplico

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torture

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eodem

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same

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adfecti

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experience

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meritam

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deserved

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praemis

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rewards

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honoribus

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honors

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concloavit

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placed

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idoneus

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suitable

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nactus esset

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encountered

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tempestatem

A

weather

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exposuit

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expose

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nesciente

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not know

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gens, gentis, f.

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clan

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consitit

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consist

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muleribus

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entirely

177
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studebant

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dedicate/study

178
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viribus

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might/strength/force

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vulnere

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wound

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posceret

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demand

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balteum

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belt

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acies

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line of battle

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burturbantur

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were disturbed

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magnum virtutum

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great virtue

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pristinae

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pristine

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dedecus

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defeat

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confirmavit

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raise

188
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redintegrarent

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rejoin

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verterent

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turn

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defessae

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tired

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summam

A

the highest

192
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clementiam

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mercy

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conscendit

A

board

194
Q

frumentum

A

gain

195
Q

tum vero

A

then indeed

196
Q

acesseret

A

retreive

197
Q

costodiebantur

A

guard

198
Q

bicipite cane

A

two-headed dog

199
Q

speciem

A

face

200
Q

coniuncta

A

co-joined

201
Q

intelligebat

A

understood

202
Q

quantum

A

how much

203
Q

proxima est

A

approach

204
Q

appelabantur

A

were called

205
Q

convenisset

A

had assembled

206
Q

delegit

A

chose

207
Q

usum

A

experience

208
Q

ositum

A

mouth

209
Q

appulit

A

put

210
Q

finis

A

territory

211
Q

posceret

A

demanded

212
Q

reliquae

A

the rest

213
Q

negaret

A

refuse

214
Q

copias

A

troops

215
Q

evocavit

A

called out

216
Q

intervallo

A

distance

217
Q

aciem

A

line of battle

218
Q

exercitus

A

armies

219
Q

neutri

A

neither

220
Q

transiit

A

crossed

221
Q

sustinuerunt

A

withstood

222
Q

impetum

A

charge

223
Q

occiderent

A

killed

224
Q

novo

A

new

225
Q

genere

A

kind

226
Q

fortunis

A

success

227
Q

cohortatus est

A

encouraged

228
Q

pristinae

A

former

229
Q

memoriam

A

memory

230
Q

retinerent

A

keep

231
Q

erexit

A

raised

232
Q

dedecus

A

dishonor

233
Q

hosiumque

A

enemy

234
Q

verbis

A

words

235
Q

vulneribus

A

wounds

236
Q

confecti essent

A

completed

237
Q

redintegrarent

A

renew

238
Q

diu

A

for a long time

239
Q

terga

A

backs

240
Q

fuga

A

through

241
Q

accepit

A

recieve

242
Q

captivis

A

captives

243
Q

socios

A

allies

244
Q

maturavit

A

hastened

245
Q

constituit

A

decide

246
Q

frumentem

A

grain

247
Q

defiecer

A

spoil

248
Q

ac

A

and

249
Q

utroque

A

both

250
Q

freti

A

strait

251
Q

condita erat/celati

A

hide

252
Q

nondum

A

not yet

253
Q

haud

A

by no means

254
Q

adventu

A

arrival

255
Q

abripuit

A

snatch away

256
Q

caudis

A

tail

257
Q

vestigiis

A

tracks

258
Q

arcus

A

bow

259
Q

intendit

A

aimed

260
Q

audaciam

A

boldress

261
Q

cognoscere

A

find out/learn

262
Q

postero

A

following

263
Q

somno

A

sleep

264
Q

furtum

A

theft

265
Q

animadvertit

A

noticed

266
Q

ammisos

A

lose

267
Q

mugitum

A

moo

268
Q

certus, a, um

A

sure, certain

269
Q

reciperet

A

accept

270
Q

praeda

A

plunder

271
Q

obstrueretur

A

block

272
Q

aditus

A

entrance

273
Q

saxum

A

rock

274
Q

onmino

A

completely

275
Q

irrupit

A

penetrate

276
Q

complexus est

A

grab

277
Q

auferret

A

steal

278
Q

poma

A

apples

279
Q

namque

A

for

280
Q

undique

A

from all sides

281
Q

circumdatus erat

A

surround

282
Q

referret

A

bring back

283
Q

conscendit

A

climb aboard/board

284
Q

ventus

A

wind

285
Q

solvit

A

set sail

286
Q

statim

A

immediately

287
Q

insulae

A

islands

288
Q

tempestas

A

staorm

289
Q

coorta est

A

arose

290
Q

navis

A

ship

291
Q

cursum

A

course

292
Q

nautarum

A

sailors

293
Q

paenae

A

almost

294
Q

deponerent

A

gave up

295
Q

spem

A

hope

296
Q

salutis

A

safety

297
Q

imperitus erat

A

was inexperienced

298
Q

haudquam

A

not at all

299
Q

territus est

A

frightened

300
Q

consecuta est

A

followed

301
Q

receperant

A

had recovered

302
Q

appulerunt

A

brought

303
Q

incolumwm

A

safe

304
Q

egressus est

A

left

305
Q

taurus

A

bull

306
Q

prehendit

A

grabbed

307
Q

labore

A

effort

308
Q

praeda

A

trasure

309
Q

peregrinos

A

stangers

310
Q

eodem

A

the same

311
Q

cruciatu

A

cruelty

312
Q

affecti sunt

A

experienced

313
Q

meritam

A

deserved

314
Q

non modo…sed

A

not only…but

315
Q

orabant

A

were begging

316
Q

decoraverunt

A

decorate

317
Q

praemiis

A

rewards

318
Q

mare

A

sea

319
Q

nactus esset

A

encountered

320
Q

sine

A

without

321
Q

muleribus

A

women

322
Q

auderent

A

dared

323
Q

commitere

A

engage in

324
Q

celebrrimum

A

the most famous

325
Q

famam

A

report

326
Q

acceperant

A

heard

327
Q

possidere

A

to possess

328
Q

mandavit

A

commanded

329
Q

cogeret

A

collect

330
Q

inferret

A

waeg

331
Q

nuntios

A

messengers

332
Q

pristinae

A

pristine

333
Q

praeterea

A

besides

334
Q

draco

A

dragon

335
Q

centum

A

hundred

336
Q

hortus

A

garden

337
Q

mercatoribus

A

merchants

338
Q

quesiverat

A

ask for

339
Q

reperire

A

to find out

340
Q

subiit

A

underwent

341
Q

orbis terrarum

A

of the world

342
Q

caelum

A

sky

343
Q

decideret

A

fall down

344
Q

ob

A

on account of

345
Q

sponte

A

voluntarily

346
Q

abesset

A

being absent

347
Q

sustinerent

A

hold up

348
Q

haerebant

A

hesitate

349
Q

munus

A

gift

350
Q

quinto

A

fifth

351
Q

aliquando

A

sometimes

352
Q

parerent

A

obey

353
Q

gaudio

A

joy

354
Q

egit

A

thanked

355
Q

beneficio

A

kindness