HoraceSatires1.5.62-70Vocab

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morbus, -i m.: a sickness, disease

facies, -ei f.: face

permultus, -a, um: very much, very many

iŏcor, -āri, - ātus sum: to say in jest

pastor, ōris, m.: a herdsman, esp. a shepherd

salto (1): to dance, i. e. to represent by dancing and gesticulation, to perform in pantomime a play or a part

larva, -ae f.: mask

cŏthurnus, i, m.: The high shoe or buskin worn by tragic actors (while soccus was the shoe of the comic actor)

dono (1): dedicate, give, bestow

cătēna, -ae f.: a chain, used as a fetter, shackle, etc.

vōtum, i, n.: a solemn promise made to some deity, a vow

Lăres, -um and -ĭum m. pl.: the tutelar deities of a house, household gods, domestic Lares (whose images stood on the hearth in a little shrine, aedes, or in a small chapel, lararium); as the tutelar deities of each particular dwelling, also in sing.: Lar, Laris, m.

far, farris, n.: a sort of grain, spelt; coarse meal, grits

lībra, -ae f.: the Roman pound, of twelve ounces

grăcĭlis, -e: thin, slight, slender, slim; meagre, lean

pŭsillus, -a, -um: very little, very small, petty, insignificant

prorsus (Adv.): straight on, right onwards, directly

prō-dūco, -ere, x-i, -ctum: to draw or drag out, to lengthen out, prolong, protract

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