Horace, Satire 1.8.23-50 Flashcards

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succingō –ere –cīnxī –cīnctus

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to gird beneath; gird up; wrap; gird (> sub and cingo)

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vādō vādere vāsī vāsum

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to go, rush

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palla –ae f.

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cloak

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Cānidia -ae f.

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Canidia, a witch who appears in some of Horace’s poems

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capillus capillī m.

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hair

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Sagana -ae f.

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a witch

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ululō ululāre ululāvī ululātus

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to howl; wail, shriek; to utter wild cries of triumph; shriek the name of; invoke with cries

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pallor –ōris m.

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paleness, pallor (> palleo)

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uterque utraque utrumque

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which (of two), whichever, no matter which; one, either, one or other; (w/que) each/either (of two); both (separately); each side (pl.), each set

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horreō horrēre horruī

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to dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance

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aspectus aspectūs m.

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possibility of seeing, sight

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scalpō scalpere scalpsī scalptum

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to scratch, scratch out

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unguis –is m.

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fingernail; claw, talon

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pullus –a –um

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dark-colored, blackish-gray, dusky, blackish

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dīvellō –ere –vellī –vulsus

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to tear asunder; tear in pieces; tear away; separate, scatter (others, drive away); loosen, uncoil

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mordicus

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by biting, with bites, with the teeth

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agna agnae f.

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ewe–lamb

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cruor cruōris m.

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blood, bloodshed

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fossa –ae f.

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a ditch, trench (> fodio)

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cōnfundō cōnfundere cōnfūdī cōnfūsum

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to pour together, confuse

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mānēs –ium m. pl

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ghosts, the Underworld

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ēliciō ēlicere ēlicuī

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to allure, entice out, elicit

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lāneus –a –um

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woolly

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effigiēs –ēī f.

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something molded or fashioned; a figure, likeness, or image (> effingo)

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cēreus –a –um

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waxen (> cera)

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lāneus –a –um

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woolly

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compescō –pescere –pescuī —

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to confine, hold in check, repress, curb, restrain

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suppliciter

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in a suppliant manner; suppliantly; as a suppliant or suppliants (> supplex)

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servīlis –e

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of a slave, slavish, servile

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Hecatē –ēs f.

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Hecate, the sister of Latona, usually identified with Diana and Luna, and so represented with three heads

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Tīsiphonē –ēs f.

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Tisiphone, one of the three Furies

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serpēns –entis (gen. pl. serpentum) m./f.

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a creeping thing; snake, serpent (> serpo)

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īnfernus –a –um

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that which is below; of Hades, infernal (> inferus)

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canis canis m. or f.

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dog

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rubeō rubēre rubuī

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to be red, be ruddy

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testis testis m.

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witness

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merda -ae f.

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turd (usually plural)

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inquinō inquināre inquināvī inquinātus

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to befoul, stain, pollute, defile

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corvus –ī m.

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raven

40
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meiō meiere mixī mictus

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to urinate, make water; ejaculate

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cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus

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to defecate, defecate upon; defile with excrement

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Iūlius –iī m.

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Julius, the name of the Roman gens in which the family of Caesar was the most prominent; applied to Augustus

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Vorānus, ī. m.

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Voranus, a Roman name

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acūtus –a –um

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sharp, piercing

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lupus lupī m.

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wolf

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barba –ae f.

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beard; dim. barbula, little beard)

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varius –a –um

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different; various, diverse; changing; colored; party colored, variegated

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dēns dentis m.

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tooth

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colubra –ae f.

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a female serpent

50
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abdō abdere abdidī abditum

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to put away, remove, set aside

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furtim

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stealthily

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ārdeō ārdēre ārsī ārsum

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to burn, glow

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testis testis m.

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witness

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displōdō displōdere displōsī displōsum

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to burst apart

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sonō sonāre sonuī sonitum

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to sound, resound

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vēsīca –ae f.

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the bladder, urinary bladder

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pedō pedere pepēdī peditum

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to fart

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diffindō –ere –fidī –fissus

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to cleave asunder; split, pierce

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natis –is f.

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buttock

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fīcus fīcī of fīcūs f.

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a fig–tree

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caliandrum (caliendrum) -ī m.

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a woman’s headress of false hair

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excidō excidere excidī

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to fall out, drop

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incantō (1)

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to put a spell on, bewitch, enchant

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lacertus –ī m.

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the arm, esp. the upper arm

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iocus iocī m.

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joke, jest, sport