HoraceSatires1.9.31-44Vocab

dīrus, -a, -um: dreadful, horrible, terrible

vĕnēnum, -i n.: poison

hostĭcus, -a, -um: of or belonging to an enemy, hostile

aufĕro, auferre, abstŭli, ablātum: To take off or away, to destroy, consume, kill, slay

ensis, -is m.: sword

lătus, ĕris n.: the side, flank of men or animals; lateris dolor = pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining of the lungs

tussis, -is f.: cough

tardus, -s, -um: slow; tarda podagra, "that makes one move slowly"

pŏdāgra, -ae f: gout in the feet

garrŭlus, -a, -um: chattering, prattling, babbling, prating, talkative, garrulous

quandō-cumquē: at some time or other, in due time

consum,o -ere: annihilate, destroy

lŏquax, -ācis: talkative, prating, chattering, loquacious

ăd-ŏlesco, -ere, -ēvi: to grow (up)

praetĕrĭ-tus, -a, -um: gone by, past, past and gone, departed

casū (adv.): by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally

vădor, -āri, -ātus sum: jurid. t. t., to bind over by bail to appear in court; vadato, 'to the man who had summoned him'

līs, lītis f.: a lawsuit, an action or process at law

intĕr-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum: to be ruined, mostly in first pers.: interii, I am ruined, undone; inteream, 'may I be ruined, damn me'

prŏpĕro (1): be in a hurry

rēs, rei f.: A case in law, a lawsuit, cause, suit

sōdes (contr. from si audes): if you will, if you please, with your leave, prithee, pray

contendo, -ere: fight, contend against

rĕ-pĕto, -ere, -īvi or -ĭi, -ītum: resume, renew, repeat an action, a speech, etc.

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