HoraceSatires1.6.1-11Vocab

Lȳdus, -a, -um: Lydian; Etrurian, Etruscan.

incolo, -ere, -ui: inhabit

fīnēs, -ium m. pl.: territory, land

gĕnĕrōsus -a, -um: of noble birth, noble

avus, -i m.: ancestor

impĕrĭto (1): to command, govern, rule (+ dat.)

plerīque: most people

nāsus, i, m.: nose

suspendo, -ere: hang up, cause to be suspended.

ăd-uncus, a, um: hooked

ignōtus, a, um: unknown; of low birth or condition, lowborn, base, vulgar

lībertīnus, -i m.: a freedman

nascor, nasci, natus sum: be born

rēfert (or separately rē fert), referre, rettŭlit: it matters, it is of importance or consequence. it makes a difference

dum: provided that

ingĕnŭus, a, um: freeborn, born of free parents

Servius Tullius, the sixth king of Rome, born of a slave mother.

regnum, -i n.: reign

amplus, -a, -um: great

hŏnor or hŏnos, -ōris m.: public honor, official dignity, office

augĕo, -ēre, auxi, auctum: to furnish abundantly with something, to heap upon, give to, endow with.

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