Latin set text - Prose - Vocabulary - 1

Arria
verecundus

modest

exesquias

funeral procession

quotiens

whenever

immo

rather/instead

commodiorem

getting better

simulabat

pretend

persaepe

very often

cohibitae

held back

siccis

dried (her eyes)

tamquam

as if

orbitatem

grief

foris

outside

praeclarum

remarkable

eiusdem

same woman

perfodere

pierce

porrigere

offer

paene

somewhat

dolet

hurt

moverat

take up (arms)

capiat

take (food)

calcietur

to shoe

praestabo

take care

impetravit

succeed/ gain permission

piscatoriam

fishing

profiteretur

volunteer

indicium

evidence

gremio

lap

gener

son-in-law

pergeret

go ahead

deprecaretur

beg (of her)

concordia

harmony

suorum

relatives/ household

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exsiluit

jump out

impetu

violence

impegit

dashed against/ smashed

decidit

fell down

focilata

having regained her senses

quamlibet

no matter/ however

negavissetis

denied

A Day in the life of Pliny the Elder

officium

duty

delegatum

assigned

reversus

having returned

reliquum

rest

veterum

ancestors

more

custom

interdiu

during the day

aestate

in summer

otii

leisure

excerpebat

take extracts

aliqua

any/some

prodesset

be of use

plerum

usually

gustabat

have a snack

cursim

rapidly

fremitum

bustle

in secessu

away from the city

eximebatur

took him away

destringitur

scraped

tergitur

dried

in itinere

whilst travelling

curis

responsibilities

vacabat

devoted himself

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pugillaribus

writing tablets

hieme

winter

manicis

long sleeves

muniebantur

protected

caeli

weather

asperitas

harshness

ullum

any

eriperet

take away

sella

sedan chair

repeto

I remember

correptum

scolded

arbitrabatur

thought

impenderetur

devoted

The Death of Pliny the Elder

exitum

death

posteris

posterity

classem

fleet

praesens

in person

fere

about

visa

it seemed

eruditissimo

very scholarly

proprius

more closely

noscenda

needing to be investigated

liburnicam

fast boat

una

as well

vellem

want

codicillos

note

imminenti

imminent

subiacebat

lay under

ulla

any

discrimini

danger

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inceperat

begun

obit

accomplished

deducit

launched

quadriremes

warships

laturus

bring

frequens

densely populated

amoenitas orae

delightful stretch of coast

rectum

straight

cursum

course

gubernacula

rudder

motus

movements

mali

disaster

figuras

features

deprenderat

observed

cinis

ash

accederunt

approached

pumices

pumice stones

lapides

stones

ambusti

scorched

fracti

broken

vadum

shallow

ruina

debris

fortes

fortune

monenti

advise

diremptus

separated

sinu

bay

sensim

gradually

circumactis

sweeping

curvatis

curving

infunditur

pours in

nondum

not yet

conspicuum

obvious

sarcinas

luggage

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certus

resolved

contrarius

contrary

ventus

wind

resedisset

subsided

secundissimo

favourable

invectus

sailed in

amplectitus

embraced

trepidantem

trembling man

hortatur

encouraged

securitate

composure

leniret

calm

lotus

having bathed

hilaris

cheerfully

magnum

brave

pluribus

very many

latissimae

very broad

alta

towers

relucebant

blazing

fulgor

glare

claritas

brightness

excitabatur

emphasised

formidinis

fear

agrestium

country folk

trepidatione

panic

solitudinem

abandoned area

quieti

rest

meatus animae

breathing

propter

on account of

amplitudinem

stoutness

limini

doorway

area

courtyard

adibatur

approached

completa

having been filled

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mora

delay

pervigilaverant

stayed awake through the night

tecta

buildings

vagentur

roam about

crebis

frequent

nutabant

shaking

emota

torn

sedibus

foundations

nunc huc nunc illuc

now here now there

abire aut referri

swaying forwards and backwards

sub dio

outside

casus

fall

exesorum

porous

collatio

comparison

ratio

reason

cervicalia

pillows

linteis

linen cloths

constringunt

tied

munimentum

protection

alibi

elsewhere

faces

torches

lumina

lamps

placuit

decided

adspicere

observe

praeberet

offered

adhuc

still

vastum

swollen

abiecto

thrown down

linteo

sheet

recumbens

lying

semel atque iterum

time and again/again and again

poposcit

asked for

hausit

drank

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praenuntius

warning sign

sulphuris

sulphur

vertunt

turnd

innitens

leaning on

doubus

two

concidit

collapsed

spiritus

breathing

caligne

fumes/gases

clausus

blocked

stomachus

windpipe

invalidus

weak

angustus

narrow

aestuans

inflamed

novissime

last (most new)

integrum

intact

inlaesum

uninjured

opertum

covered

indutus

clothed

habitus

appearance

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