Matron of Ephesus Vocabulary

Question 1

aliquot dierum abstinentia sicca
passa est frangi pertinaciam suam

Answer 1

dry from the abstinence of some days suffered her own abstinence to be broken

Question 2

at illa ignota consolatione percussa laceravit vehementius pectus

Answer 2

but that one, having been struck by the unknown/ base consolation, she tore her chest more vehemently

Question 3

aut nudatum pectus in conspectu
frequentiae plangere

Answer 3

or to beat her new chest in the sight of a crowd

Question 4

ceterum scitis quid plerumque
soleat temptare

Answer 4

moreover, you know what for the
most part is accustomed to tempt/ try

Question 5

coepitque hortari lugentem ne
perseveraret in dolore supervacuo

Answer 5

and he began to urge the mourning one, lest she persevered in empty/
useless grief

Question 6

conciliante gratiam ancilla ac
subinde dicente

Answer 6

with her slave-girl bringing together thanks/ favor and saying suddenly/repeatedly

Question 7

concupiit scire quis aut quid faceret

Answer 7

he desired strongly to know who or what was making [the sound]

Question 8

cum virum extulisset

Answer 8

when her man had been carried out [for burial]

Question 9

deinde retecta potione et cibo

Answer 9

then having been repaired by the drink and by the food

Question 10

deinde ut et corpus iacentis
conspexit

Answer 10

then, as he caught sight of both the body of the one lying there

Question 11

desiderium extincti non posse
feminam pati

Answer 11

that the woman was not able to suffer the desire of the one having been
extinguished/ the dead man

Question 12

detraxere nocte pendentem

Answer 12

they dragged down the hanging one at night

Question 13

expugnare dominae pertinaciam
coepit

Answer 13

she began to attck the obstianancy/pertinacity of her mistress

Question 14

id cinerem aut manes credis sentire
sepultos

Answer 14

do you believe that ash or ghosts
having been buried feel it