Horace, Satire 1.10.56-75 Flashcards

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magis

A

to greater extent, more nearly; rather, instead; more

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mollis molle

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soft (cushion/grass); flexible; mild, tolerable; easy; calm; weak; cowardly; unmanly; pathic; tender (women/youths); peaceful; kindly; impressionable

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claudō claudere clausī clausus (also clūdō and clodō)

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to close, shut, block up; conclude, finish; blockade, besiege; enclose; confine

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sēnī –ae –a

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6 each

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contendō contendere contendī contentus

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to stretch, draw tight, make taut; draw/bend (bow/catapult); tune; stretch out; compete/contend (fight/law), dispute; compare/match/contrast; demand/press for; strain/tense; make effort, strive for; speak seriously/passionately; assert; hurl, shoo

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cibus cibī m.

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food

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cēnō cēnāre cēnāvī cēnātus

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to dine, take a meal, eat dinner

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Etruscus –a –um

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from Etruria (mod. Tuscany) the region of western Italy north of Rome

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Cassius –iī m.

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Cassius (a name)

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fervēns –entis

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boiling

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amnis amnis m.

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river (real/personified), stream; current; (running) water; the river Ocean

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capsa –ae f.

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a cylindrical book box

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ambūrō –ere –ussī –ūstus

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to burn round; p., ambustus, a, um, blazing, singed

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proprius –a –um

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own, very own; individual; special, particular, characteristic

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cōmis –e

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courteous, affable, kind, obliging, friendly, loving; elegant, cultured

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līmātus -a -um

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carefully composed, polished

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dēlābor –lāpsus sum

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to glide, slip, or fall down; descend; fall in with or upon

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dēterō dēterere dēteruī dēteritum

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to rub off, remove

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recīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

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

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scabō scabere scābī

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to scratch

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rōdō rōdere rōsī rōsum

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to gnaw, eat away, erode; to slander, carp at

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unguis –is m.

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fingernail; claw, talon

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stilus stilus –ī m.

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a pointed instrument, a stylus; a composition; a manner of writing

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lēctor –ōris m.

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reader

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lūdus lūdī m.

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game, play, sport, pastime, entertainment, fun; school, elementary school