Nero Chapters 1-9 Flashcards by Matt coniff

Claruerunt

(They) excelled

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auctor

founder

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item

likewise; too; as well

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augustus

consecrated; reverend

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occursus

meeting

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permulceo

to rub; to stroke

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mala

jaw; cheek-bone

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rutilus

reddish; ruddy

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aes, aeris

bronze

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posteris

descendants

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functi (fungor, fungi)

to administer; busy oneself

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usurpo

to grasp; take hold of

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modo…modo

now…now; at one time…at another time

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vicissim

on the other hand, on the contrary, again, in turn, back

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ingenitus

unborn; innate

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atavus

great-great-great-grandfather

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coopto

to choose, elect, admit by election, appoint to office

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subrogo

to choose one in another’s place; substitute

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sollemnis

appointed

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existimo

to think; consider; estimate

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disquisitio

inquiry; investigation (inQUISITIVE)

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obsidio

blockade; seige

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reptente

sudden; unexpected

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trux

wild; savage; stern
(Trucks are wild)

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expavit

(he) dreaded

temperasset

he had combined

censuit

he judged

nex, necis

murder; death

insons

harmless; inculpable

conscius, -a, -um

conscious, aware; guilty

propinquus

near, close; related

cognatio

relationship; kinsmen; blood-relative

interitus

death; destruction

profligo

to overthrow, overwhelm (vincō) φλίβω (phlíbō), θλίβω (thlíbō, “to rub, crush”),

percucurrit

ran through

subinde

immediately after

delatam

having been delivered (confero, conferre)

pudeo

to shame; to embarass

obiit

died

aspersus

having been defiled

pecunia

property

aurigandi

chariot-driver

immitis

harsh; cruel; not mellow

profusus

extravagant (Profundere= to pour forth I.e., has been poured out a lot, so lots of things =extravagant)

munus

briber; offering

siquidem

accordingly; indeed

obtrivit

trampled on; crushed

iumentus

team; beast of burden; yoke

eruit

plucked out

iurgo, -are

to scold, quarrel (ius, iuris + agere)

reus

guilty

sub

under; before

priusquam

before; until

formidulosus

scary, terrifying (Ants are scary)

intuens

considering

aspernante

refusing; disdaining; despising

ludibrium

laughingstock; mockery

trimulus

of three years

relagata

having been banished; removed

adepto

having obtained; inherited; overtaken

dito, ditare

to enrich (Dis + ō) (dis = dives)

vitricus

stepfather

gratia

popularity

emanare

to emanate; become known

meridiantem

taking a siesta

aemulus

rival; equal; jealous; grudging

deprensus

seized, caught; intercepted

cervicalia

cushions; pillows

aliquamdiu

for some time, for a while

taedium

disgust; ennui; boredom

praecipere

to warn; anticipate; instruct

immanitas

brutality, barbarity; monster

consuetudine

custom; habit

subditivus

changeling; counterfeit; substitute

afflixit

ruined; damaged; afflicted; hexed

reus

guilty; on trial

tiro, tironis

recruit; novice

congiarium

largess for soldiers/poor; gift in grain/oil/wine/salt/money; 1 congius vessel

decursio

downward attack; raid; military parade

exin

therefore; next

tralaticius

traditional, handed down; customary; ordinary/common/usual; transferred

excubitores

watchmen; sentinels

raptim

hurriedly

excubo, -are

watching; staying on guard

primipilaris

of first maniple/centurion; of/belonging to a commissary