Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 55 Flashcards
camera –ae f.
a vault, an arched roof, arch; chamber, room
carcer carceris m.
prison, jail; starting gate
dēdūcō dēdūcere dēdūxī dēductus
to lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant) divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduce launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)
dēpressus –a –um
sunken, low
exitium existi(ī) n.
destruction, ruin
fornix –icis m.
an arch, vault; brothel
frangō frangere frēgī frāctus
to break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage
gula –ae f.
the gullet, weasand, throat, neck; the palate, i. e. gluttony, gormandizing, appetite
humus humī f.
ground, soil, earth, land, country
incultus —ūsm.
want of cultivation, neglect
īnstō īnstāre īnstitī
to pursue, threaten; approach, press hard; be close to (+ dat.); stand in/on
īnsuper
above, overhead; moreover; (prep. w. abl.) besides
inveniō invenīre invēnī inventus
to find, discover
iungō iungere iūnxī iūnctus
to join, unite; bring together, clasp (hands); connect, yoke, harness
laeva –ae f. (sc. manus)
the left hand; ab laeva, on the left side
lapideus –a –um
of stone, consisting of stones
laqueus –ī m.
a noose
odor –ōris m.
scent, smell, odor, fragrance; disagreeable odor, stench; foul fumes
pariēs parietis m.
wall (of a house)
spatium spati(ī) n.
space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk
tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.
darkness
terribilis terribile
terrifying
trēs–virī or trēs virī or IIIvirī –ōrum m.
three associates in office, a board of three colleagues, three joint commissioners
Tulliānum –ī n.
the Tullianum (the prison and execution chamber on the slope of the Capitoline Hill)
