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Nero Chapter 26-33 Flashcards

1
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sensim

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gradually; slowly

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crepusculum

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dusk

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galero

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cap; bonnet

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pernicies

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death

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expilo, -are

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to pillage

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quintana

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market

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licitatio

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bidder; auction

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in eius modi

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in his way; in such a way

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periculum adiit

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he underwent danger

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laticlavio

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one entitled to wear the latus clavus, a senator, patrician

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adtrecto, -are

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to touch; fondle

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gestatoria

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litterbarer

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13
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seditiones

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crimes

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14
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signifer

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chief, utmost

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decerno, -ere

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to fight in combat

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consaucio, -ire

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to wound

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17
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invalescens, -tis

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increasing, prevailing

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refotus

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having been refreshed; revived

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19
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ambubaiae

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Syrian girls in Rome

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20
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ganea,

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eating house, cook shop

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21
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indicebat

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he was inviting

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22
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aliquanto

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with a considerable; not little amount

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23
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ingenuorum paedagogia

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the freedmen school boys

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concubinatus nuptarum

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the intercourse of married women

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ortus, -a, -um

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having sprung forth

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26
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flammeus

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bridal veil

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27
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excultus

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having been adorned

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28
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comitatus est

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he was accompanied

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29
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concubitum

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copulation

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30
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appetisse

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to have sought

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31
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obtrectator

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neighsayer; detractor

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32
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deterritum

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having been discouraged

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33
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macula

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stain

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34
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proditum

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having been betrayed

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contectus

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having been covered

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36
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ad stipitem

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to a stake

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37
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deligatorum

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(of the men and women) having been tied

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38
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affatim

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sufficiently; enough

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39
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desaevisset

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he had raged

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conficeretur

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he was dispatched

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comperi

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I have heard

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callide

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cleverly

43
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optegere

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to hide

44
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constaret

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was accurately correct

45
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sordidos ac deparcos

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stingy and niggardly

46
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abutor

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ab+utor - to use up

47
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prodegisse

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to have squandered, consumed

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largior, -iri

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to dispense; give bountifully

49
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erogo, -are

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to pay out

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milies

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a thousand times; cf, deciens

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Cercopithecus

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κερκοπίθηκος, - a monkey with a tail,

52
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faenerator

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money-lender

53
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funis

A

rope

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carruca

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a sort of four-wheeled travelling and state coach (not before the empire),

55
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canusinatis mulionibus

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with Canusinian mule-drivers

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phalerata

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adorned with trappings

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transitorius

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adapted for passing through

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suffecerit

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it would be sufficient

59
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laxitas

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width, roominess, extent

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miliariis

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a thousand feet in length

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species, -ei

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shape; form, sight

62
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unio, unionis

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mother of pearl

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cenationes laqueatae

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panel-tiled eating rooms

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fistulata

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furnished with pipes

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albulus

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whitish; sulfurous

66
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hactenus

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no further than this; so far; to this extent

67
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gratia

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for the sake of (with genitive)

68
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custodia, -ae

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(metonymy, here) people in custody; prisoner

69
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praeceperat

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decreed; commanded

70
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impendium

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cost; money laid out

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fiducia, -ae

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reliance; confidence; trust; assurance

72
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reptentinus, -, -um

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sudden, hasty, unexpected

73
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thesauros aniquissimae gazae

A

a treasure of very ancient wealth

74
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specus, -us

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caverna; antrum; spelunca; spelaeum

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eruo, eruere

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to dig out

76
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molior, moliri

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to set one’s self or one’s powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one’s self

77
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calumniis rapinisque

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with lies and with robberies

78
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dextans

A

ten-twelfths

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fiscus, -i

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basket; public chest; imperial treasury

80
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uncia

A

a twelfth

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nundinarum

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of the marketplace

82
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ilico

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repente; subito; extemplo; statim

83
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conflo, -are

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to melt down, kindle; inflame

84
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posthac

A

after this time, hereafter, henceforth, in future ____

85
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insectatus est

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(insequor) to follow up; address; related

86
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contumelia

A

abuse, affront, insult, reproach
injuria; offensio

87
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desisse (desino, -ere)

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to have left off, give over, cease

88
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irritus, -a, -um

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undecided, unfixed, of no effect

89
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arguo, -ere

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declaring, making known, making clear

90
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bustum

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tomb; mound

91
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maceria

A

wall of an enclosure

92
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suppeto, -ere

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to be present; to be equal; to be sufficient; to impersonate

93
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coram

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before the eyes of; in the presence of

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haedus

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a goat, kid

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correptum

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having been blamed

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comitali morbo

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by falling sickness; epilepsy

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