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Marsyas and Marsya, -ae, m.: a satyr who challenged Apollo to a trial of skill on the flute, and whom the latter vanquished and flayed alive; near his statue in the Roman forum was the place for the transaction of business | Marsyas and Marsya, -ae, m.: a satyr who challenged Apollo to a trial of skill on the flute, and whom the latter vanquished and flayed alive; near his statue in the Roman forum was the place for the transaction of business | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 16 September 2010
com-mŏdus, -a, -um: pleasant, agreeable,
prae-clārus, -a, -um: famous, celebrated
quā-cumquē (-cunque): wherever, wheresoever
lĭbīdo, -ĭnis, f.: fancy, inclination
in-cēdo, -ere, -cessi, -cessum: walk, go
percontor, -āri, tātus sum: to ask particularly, to question strictly, to inquire, interrogate, investigate
hŏlus, -ĕris n.: Kitchen or garden herbs of any kind; vegetables, esp. cabbage, colewort, turnips, greens
far, farris, n.: spelt, grain, meal, grits
fallax, -ācis: deceitful, deceptive, fallacious
circus, i, m.: Circus Maximus, and more freq. Circus: the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators.
vespertīnus, -a, -um: of or belonging to evening or even-tide, evening-
pĕr-erro (1): to wander through, to roam or ramble over
as-sisto, (ads-), -ere, astĭti: to stand somewhere, to stand at or by (+ dat.)
dīvīnus, -i m.: a soothsayer, prophet = vates
porrum, -i n., and porrus, -i m.: a leek, scallion
cĭcer, ĕris, n.: chickpea
lăgănum, -i n.: a thin flat cake, a pancake
cătīnus, -i m. (cătīnum, i, n.) a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food, a bowl, dish, pot
lapis, -is m: stone; lapis albus, a table of white marble, a marble table
pōcŭlum, -i n.: a drinking-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl
cyăthus, i, m.: a small ladle for transferring the wine from the mixing-bowl (crater) to the drinking-cup
ĕchīnus, i, m.: sea-urchin; a copper vessel for the table, perh. to wash out the cups in, a rinsing-bowl?
vīlis, e: of small price or value, purchased at a low rate, cheap (opp. carus).
pătĕra, ae, f.: a broad, flat dish or saucer, used esp. in offerings; a libationsaucer or bowl
gutus (or guttus), -i m.: a narrow-necked vessel, flask, cruet, from which liquids (wine, oil, ointments, etc.) are poured by drops
sŭpellex, -lectĭlis f.: household utensils, stuff, furniture, or goods
sollĭcĭtus, -a, -um: full of anxiety, anxious
surgo, -ere: to rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep
māne (adv.): in the morning, early in the morning
ŏb-ĕo, -īre, -īvi or -ĭi: to go to meet
Marsyas and Marsya, -ae, m.: a satyr who challenged Apollo to a trial of skill on the flute, and whom the latter vanquished and flayed alive; near his statue in the Roman forum was the place for the transaction of business
