HoraceSatires1.6.12-18Vocab

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contra (Adv.): on the contrary, on the other hand

genus, generis n.: a descendant, offspring

unde (adv.): from whom, because of whom

Tarquinius Superbus: the last king of Rome, at whose expulsion the Republic was founded

as, assis m.: penny, small coin

lĭcĕo, -ēre, -cŭi, -cĭtum: to be valued, esteemed at so much (+ gen. of price)

noto (1): to censure, reprimand

fama, -ae f.: reputation

ineptus, -a, -um: senseless, silly, absurd

stupeo -ēre, -ui: to be astonished or amazed at

tĭtŭlus, -i m.: a superscription, inscription, label, title

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f.: an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions)

ŏportet, ŭit, 2: it is proper, becoming, or reasonable; it behooves

vulgus, -i n.: the crowd, the mass of people

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