Livy Vocab Flashcards
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vereri
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They feared
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caesorum
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Of the slain
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praegressi
A
Had reconnoitred
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stationem…excubare
A
Were watching before the gates
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situm
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The lay out
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consedere
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They went into camp
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quaenam hostibus in perdita consilia essent
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To find out what the enemy in their desperate case could be at
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turbatim
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Troop by troop
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identidem
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In each moment
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exanimare
A
Terrified them
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placuit
A
They resolved that
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senatusque robur
A
The able-bodied senators
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armisque et frumento conlato
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Having laid in arms and provisions
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utique periturae
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Who were bound to die in any case
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et quo id aequiore animo de plebe multitudine ferret
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And so that the multitude of plebs would bear it with a more measured mind
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inopiam armatorum
A
The scanty resources of the fighting men
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commendantes
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They committed
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digridientibus
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With the departure
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concursatio incerta
A
Uncertain running
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quia quod utile obsessis ad minuendam imbellem is parum humanum erat
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Since what would have helped the besieged to lessen the number of non-combatants would have been inhuman
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deploratis sequentes
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In despair of the common wealth
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quisve ea locus fideli adservaturus custodia esset
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And in what place the objects would be safe
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doliolis
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In jars
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sacello
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In the shrine
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ubi nunc despui religio est
Where now it is forbidden to spit
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inter se onere partito
Sharing the burden amongst them
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plaustro
Wagon
28
salvo etiam tum
Preserving even then
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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
30
vestiti
Thus habited
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eburneis sellis
On ivory chairs
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modico...praesidio
After leaving a moderate guard
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adeo haud secus quam venerabundi
So nearly akin to religious awe
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ut tum omnibus promissa erat
Which he wore long as they all did then
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compelli
The besieged
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consipere
To keep their senses
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aequata
Laid low
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abalienaverant
They had ceased to feel
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experiri
They undertook
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testudine facta
Having put their shields above their heads
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subeunt
They began the ascent
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nihil tremere nec trepide
Did nothing rashly nor in confusion
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strage
With havoc
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cuius ad id tempus immemores
Having never till that moment considered such a thing
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praedari
Pillage
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exsulabat
Was in exile
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senesceret
He was pining away
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eguit
Has made it necessary
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ubi usus erit mei vobis
Or when shall you have need of me
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vobis...fortuna oblata est
You have now the opportunity
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argumento
This may be seen
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taedio
By the tediousness
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vagique...palantur
Roaming aimlessly
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cibo vinoque raptim hausto repleti
They greedily gorge themselves with food and wine
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frequentesque
In force
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aequis iniquisque persuasum erat
Well-wishers and opponents were alike persuaded
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strages
An overthrow
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ludibrio esse clades suas
To make sport of their calamities
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temperavere animis
They could scarcely temper their spirits
60
ad salinas
At the salt works
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ad id tantum intentis Gallis
With the Gauls being solely concerned
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Gabino cinctu incinctus
Clad in the Gabinian cincture
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prohibitus deseruisset
Could cause him to neglect
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palate fuerant
Men who had been wanderers
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acciri
To send for
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discriminaque rerum prope perditus rebus servabant
Preserving the proper distinctions even in their nearly desperate case
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quod magis credere libet
As I prefer to believe
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compererit legem latam
He had learnt that the law was passed
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sublustri
On a star-lit night
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alterni innixi
Supporting themselves by their fellows
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prout postularet locus
As the ground required
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umbone
The boss of the shield
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classico
Trumpet
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cum et recte et perperam facto pretium deberetur
Good conduct and bad had both to be requited
75
selibras farris
Half a pound of spelt
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citati
We’re called up
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urgebat
Afflicted
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cum...tum
Not only...but also
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iam pigritia singulos sepeliendi
Soon they were too slothful to bury the dead
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indutiae
A truce
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famem obicerent
Would taunt them about the famine
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postremo spe quoque iam non solum cibo deficiente
But at last even hope as well as food began to fail them
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obruentibus...armis
To sustain their armour
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redimi se quacumque pactione
For whatever conditions they could make
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redemptos
Ransomed
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per altercationem
Owing to the dispute
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renitentes
When they objected
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denuntiatque
He warned
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sarcinas
Packs
90
fana
Temples
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providit
He saw to it
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interque iocos militares, quos inconditos iaciunt
Amid the jests that we’re uttered by the soldiers roughly
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terminarentur
Should be established
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expiarentur
Should be celebrated
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expiatoque eorum in libris per duumviros quaereretur
And that the proper rites should be searched for in books by the duumvirs
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expiandae
For propitiating
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sella
Throne
98
sollemnis laudatio
Eulogies
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dimicatio
The quarrel
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plus vastitatis huic urbi secunda nostra fortuna faciet quam adversa fecit
Shall our prosperity make the city more desolate than our adversity has done
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divini cultus exemptam hominibus putem
I should think it wholly negligent for men to ignore the worship of the gods
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intuemini enim horum deinceps annorum
For consider these past few years in order
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terrarium orbi documento essemus
We were a warning to the whole world
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admonuerunt
Turned
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sollemne...obiit
Offered up the sacrifice
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quorum neutrum fieri salvis caerimoniis potest
But if these courses neither can be followed without violation of the sacred usages
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percenseam
(Lest) I enumerate
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epulo
In the feast
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pulvinar suscipi
That the couch be spread
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sine piaculo
Without sin
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instaurentur
Are renewed
112
iactari
This is a pretext
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nec id mirati sitis priusquam quale sit audieritis
And don’t be astonished at this until you have heard what my meaning is
114
conscisceremus
Sentence ourselves
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macerent desiderio
Torment you with regret
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maritime commeatus
Foreign commodities
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latitudinem obtinens Italiae
It’s occupancy of the entire breadth of Italy
118
ancilia
Shields
119
hic omnes propitii manentibus vobis di
Here are all the gods propitious to you if you remain
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tegula publice praebita est
Tiles were supplied by the state
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caedendae
Could be quarried
122
festinatio curam exemit vicos dirigendi
Haste took away attention to the straightening of streets
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omisso sui alienique discrimine
While paying no attention to theirs or others’ land
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cloacae
Sewers
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occupatae
Appropriated
