Horace, Satire 1.8.1-22 Flashcards

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truncus –ī m.

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the stem, stock, or trunk of a tree; stem, trunk; trunk of the human body

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fīculnus -a -um

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of the fig-tree

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līgnum lignī n.

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wood; firewood; trunk/stump/tree; timber; beam/post; wood (material); stave; wood thing/part, writing–tablet, spear shaft; stone (of fruit), shell (nut); the Cross; staff, cudgel, club; gallows/stocks; [~ pedaneum => altar step]

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faber fabrī m.

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craftsman, artisan; smith; workman

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incertus –a –um

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unsure, uncertain, unreliable

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scamnum -ī n.

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stool, bench

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Priāpus –ī m.

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phallic fertility god, used in gardens to keep off birds and thieves

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formīdō formīdinis f.

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fear

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dextera dextera f.

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right hand

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obscēnus –a –um

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filthy, indecent, loathsome, foul; horrible (> caenum)

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ruber rubra rubrum

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red

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porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum

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to stretch forth, hold forth, lift; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend (> pro and rego)

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inguen –inguinis n.

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the groin

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pālus –ī m.

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a stake, prop, stay, pale

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importūnus –a –um

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troublesome, uncivilized

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volucris volucris m. or f.

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bird

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vertex verticis m.

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whirlpool, eddy; crown of the head; peak, summit

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harundō –inis f.

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reed

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terreō terrēre terruī territus

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to terrify, frigthen

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fīgō fīgere fīxī fīxus

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to fix, fasten

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cōnsīdō cōnsīdere cōnsēdī cōnsessus

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to sit down/be seated; hold sessions, sit (judge), try; alight; subside/sink (in); encamp/bivouac; take up a position; stop/stay, make one’s home, settle; lodge

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hortus hortī m.

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garden

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angustus –a –um

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narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

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cadāver –eris n.

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a dead body, carcass, corpse (> cado)

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cella cellae f.

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storeroom, (wine) cellar, larder; temple chamber; sanctuary; room, garret; pen; cell; monestary

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conserva –ae f. and conservus –ī m.

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fellow–slave

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locō locāre locāvī locātus

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to place, put, station; arrange; contract (for); farm out (taxes) on contract; contract out, award work contracts for (often with gerundive)

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arca arcae f.

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chest, box, place for safe–keeping; strong–box coffer

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commūne –nis n.

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that which is in common; community, state

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sepulcrum sepulcrī n.

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place of burial, tomb, grave

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Pantolabus -ī m.

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Pantolabus, a stock name for a parasite

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scurra scurrae f.

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idler, loafer, man about town; profession buffoon, comedian/clown

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Nomentānus –a –um

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a Roman cognomen; L. Cassius Nomentanus was a notorious spendthrift

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frōns frōntis f.

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forehead, brow; front

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cippus –ī m.

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a pale, stake, post, pillar; gravestone

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ager agrī m.

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field

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hērēs hērēdis m. or f.

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heir

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monumentum monumentī n.

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reminder; memorial, monument, tomb; record, literary work, history, book

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Esquiliae –ārum f.

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the Esquiline Hill, the largest of the seven hills of Rome

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habitō habitāre habitāvī habitātus

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to inhabit, dwell; live, stay

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salūbris –e or salūber –bris –bre

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healthy

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agger aggeris m.

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mound, rampart

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aprīcus –a –um

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open to the sun; sunny; sun–loving (> aperio)

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spatior spatiārī spatiātus sum

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to walk about

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modo

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provided that; only, just; now, just now

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īnfōrmis –e

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shapeless; deprived of beauty, deformed, blank, waste; misshapen, hideous; uncouth, foul; unseemly, dishonored

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os ossis n.

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bone

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fera ferae f.

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wild animal

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suēscō –ere suēvī suētus

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to become accustomed, to be wont, used, accustomed

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vexō vexāre vexāvī vexātus

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to annoy, vex

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locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.

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place, region, part

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venēnum venēnī n.

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poison; drug

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modus modī m.

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measure; limit; rhythm, meter; manner, way

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vagus –a –um

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wandering, roaming, shifting

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lūna lūnae f.

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moon

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decōrus –a –um

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fitting, suitable; handsome

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prōferō prōferre prōtulī prōlātus

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to bring forward; advance; defer; discover; mention

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ōs ōris n.

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mouth; face

59
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quīn

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introduces Relative Clause of Characteristic, Doubting clause, Prevention clause

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os ossis n.

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bone

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legō legere lēgī lēctus

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to gather; choose; read; collect (cremated bones); furl (sail), weigh (anchor); pick out; steal

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herba herbae f.

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grass, herb

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noceō nocēre nocuī nocitus

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to harm, hurt; injure (+ dat.)