Vocabulary for Sulpicius Severus' Life of St. Martin

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Praefatio

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unanimis -e: of one mind (late Lat.)

scheda -ae, f.: a leaf or sheet of paper

sermo -onis, f.: style, language

spondeo, spondēre, spopondi, sponsum: promise.

appello, -ere, appuli, appulsum: to turn (one's mind to) (OLD s.v. 6).

decido, -ere, -cidi, -cisum: decide.

soloecismus -i, m.: a mistake in grammar or usage.

libo (1): taste, sample (libassem = libavissem, plupf. subj.).

desuetudo, -inis, f.: disuse

Section 1

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inaniter (Adv.): pointlessly.

fructus -us, m.: reward.

concipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum: conceive (a hope) (OLD s.v. 11).

aut . . . aut: 'on the one hand . . . on the other hand'

occido, -cidere, -cidi, -casum: perish.

actus -us, m.: action, deed.

praesens -ntis: present, this-worldly (as opposed to spiritual or heavenly) (eccl.).

siquidem: 'seeing that' (OLD s.v. 3).

Section 2

Pannoniae, -arum f. pl.: Pannonia, a province of the Roman empire on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.

ŏrĭundus, -a, -um: born

secundum: 'according to' (prep. + acc.).

infimis > infimus -a -um 'lowest' (superlative of inferus)

gentilis -e, adj., heathen, pagan, non-Christian. The word is also found as a noun, gentilis -is m.

ala -ae f. = cavalry detachment scholares alae (f. pl.): (mounted) imperial guard.

spiro (1) + acc.: 'to breath or express the spirit of'

contentus -a -um: content with (+ abl.)

monachus -i m.: monk.

devincio, -ire, -vinxi: 'bind'.

regeneratus -a -um: 'born again'.