HoraceSatires1.5.27-36Vocab

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ŭter-que, utrăque, utrumque (pron.): each (of two), either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (applied to two subjects regarded severally, while ambo regards the two as a pair

lēgātus, i, m.: an official assistant given to a general or the governor of a province, a deputy, lieutenant, lieutenant-general

ā-verto, -ere, -ti, -sum: to turn something away from a place, to avert, turn off, remove; to alienate, estrange

sŏlĕo, -ēe, -ĭtus: be accustomed to

com-pōno, -ere, pŏsŭi: To end strife, confusion, etc., to compose, pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quiet, tranquillize, reconcile, etc., that which is disturbed or at variance.

nĭger, gra, grum: black

collȳrĭum, ii, n., = κολλύριον: a liquid eyesalve

lippus, -a, -um: blear-eyed, bleared, inflamed, suffering from conjunctivitis

illĭno (inl-), -lēvi, -lĭtum, 3 (also acc. to the 4th conj.): to put on by smearing or spreading, to smear, spread, or lay on

interea (Adv.): meanwhile

unguis, is m.: a nail of a person's finger or toe; Ad or in unguem, after the Gr. εἰς ὄνυχα or ἐπ ὄνυχος, to a hair, to a nicety, exactly, perfectly (an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the nail; or joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail.

ad unguem factus homo: 'a polished gentleman' (Rolfe)

praetor, -oris m.: the chief magistrates in colonies, as in Capua

libenter (Adv.): gladly

linquo, -ere, līqui: To leave, quit, forsake, depart from something

in-sānus, -a, -um: mad, insane

rīdĕo, ridēre, risi, risum: to laugh pleasantly, to smile

scriba, -ae m.: a public or official writer, a clerk, secretary, scribe (whereas librarius or scriba librarius denotes a private secretary or amanuensis; notarius, a short-hand writer):

Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f.: the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis.

clāvus, i, m.: a purple stripe on the tunica, which, for senators, was broad (latus, cf. laticlavius); for the equites, narrow (angustus; cf. angusticlavius).

prūna, -ae, f.: burning coal, live coal

vatillum, -i n.: a small shovel or pan for holding hot coals