Cat12Vocab

• indicates items in the DCC Core Latin Vocabulary

Ăsĭnĭus, -a, -um: belonging to the Roman gens Asinia, Asinius Marrucinus

• mănus, -ūs, f.: hand

• sĭnister, -tra, -trum: left; harmful, perverse, misguided

bellus, -a, -um: pretty, nice, fine, charming

• ūtor, ūtī, ūsus sum: dep. w/ abl., use

iŏcus, -i, m.: joke, jest

• atque: and

• vīnum, -i, n.: wine

• tollo, tollĕre, sustŭli, sublātum: pick up, carry off, steal

lintĕum, -i, n.: linen cloth; napkin; sail

neglĕgens, -entis: careless

salsus, -a, -um: salty; witty, clever

• pŭto (1): think

• fŭgĭo, fŭgĕre, fūgi, fŭgĭtum: flee, escape

ĭneptus, -a, -um: foolish, gauche, awkward

• quamvīs: rel. adv., to any degree you like, as much as can be

sordĭdus, -a, -um: dirty, squalid, shabby, unbecoming, tacky, sordid

invĕnustus, -a, -um: not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

• crēdo, -dĕre, -dĭdi, -dĭtum believe (+ dat.)

• frāter, -tris, m.: brother, referring here to Gaius Asinius Pollio, who went on after the date of this poem to be a noted Roman soldier, politician, orator, consul in 40 BC, patron of Vergil and Horace, and historian. His lost contemporary history provided much of the material for the historians Appian and Plutarch.

furtum, -i, n.: theft; any sneaky act

tălentum, -i, n.: a weight of silver used as a Greek unit of currency (@ 65 lbs.); a large sum of money

• mūto (1): change; in pass., w/ acc. of thing received in exchange & abl. of price paid, buy; exchange, take in exchange

• vŏlo, velle, volui: wish, be willing

lĕpos, lĕpōris, m.: charm, grace, wit

differtus, -a, -um: filled, stuffed

făcētĭa, -ae, f.: cleverness, wit

• quārē: interr. & rel. adv., on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

hendĕcăsyllăbi, -ōrum, m.: eleven-syllable verses of poetry, esp. lines of poetry in the Phalaecian meter; cutting or sarcastic verses

trĕcenti, -ae, -a: three hundred

• exspecto (1): anticipate, expect, look out for

rĕmitto, -mittĕre, -mīsi, -missum: send back, return

• mŏvĕo, -ēre, mōvi, mōtum: move

aestĭmātĭo, -ōnis, f.: price, monetary value

vērum: adversative conj., but, rather, actually

mnēmŏsȳnum, -i, n.: keepsake, souvenir

sŏdālis, -is, m.: crony, buddy, comrade

sūdārĭum, -ii, n.: a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin

Saetabus, -a, -um: of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis.

Hiberi, -ōrum m. pl.: the Iberians or Spaniards. ex Hiberīs = 'from the country of the Spaniards'

• mitto, mittĕre, mīsi, missum: send

• mūnus, -ĕris, n.: gift

• nĕcesse est: it is necessary (+ subjunctive)

• ut: as

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