Livy Vocab Flashcards
vereri
They feared
caesorum
Of the slain
praegressi
Had reconnoitred
stationem…excubare
Were watching before the gates
situm
The lay out
consedere
They went into camp
quaenam hostibus in perdita consilia essent
To find out what the enemy in their desperate case could be at
turbatim
Troop by troop
identidem
In each moment
exanimare
Terrified them
placuit
They resolved that
senatusque robur
The able-bodied senators
armisque et frumento conlato
Having laid in arms and provisions
utique periturae
Who were bound to die in any case
et quo id aequiore animo de plebe multitudine ferret
And so that the multitude of plebs would bear it with a more measured mind
inopiam armatorum
The scanty resources of the fighting men
commendantes
They committed
digridientibus
With the departure
concursatio incerta
Uncertain running
quia quod utile obsessis ad minuendam imbellem is parum humanum erat
Since what would have helped the besieged to lessen the number of non-combatants would have been inhuman
deploratis sequentes
In despair of the common wealth
quisve ea locus fideli adservaturus custodia esset
And in what place the objects would be safe
doliolis
In jars
sacello
In the shrine
ubi nunc despui religio est
Where now it is forbidden to spit
inter se onere partito
Sharing the burden amongst them
plaustro
Wagon
salvo etiam tum
Preserving even then
quae augustissima vestis est tensas ducentibus triumphantibusve
Put on the stately robes which are worn by those who conduct the tensae or celebrate a triumph
vestiti
Thus habited
eburneis sellis
On ivory chairs
modico…praesidio
After leaving a moderate guard
adeo haud secus quam venerabundi
So nearly akin to religious awe
ut tum omnibus promissa erat
Which he wore long as they all did then
compelli
The besieged
consipere
To keep their senses
aequata
Laid low
abalienaverant
They had ceased to feel
experiri
They undertook
testudine facta
Having put their shields above their heads
subeunt
They began the ascent
nihil tremere nec trepide
Did nothing rashly nor in confusion
strage
With havoc
cuius ad id tempus immemores
Having never till that moment considered such a thing
praedari
Pillage
exsulabat
Was in exile
senesceret
He was pining away
eguit
Has made it necessary
ubi usus erit mei vobis
Or when shall you have need of me
vobis…fortuna oblata est
You have now the opportunity