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forsit: i.e. fors sit

iūrĕ (adverb.): with justice, justly

in-vĭdĕo, -ēre, -vīdi, -vīsum: to envy or grudge one any thing, with dat. of the person or thing exciting the feeling.

quī-vīs, quaevis, quodvis: who or what you please, any whatever, any one, any thing

praesertim (adv.): especially

cautus, -a, -um: careful, circumspect, wary, cautious, provident

as-sūmo (ads-), -ere, -mpsi, -mptum: to take to or with one's self, to take up, receive, adopt, accept, take; to take or choose as friends

prāvus, -a, -um: perverse, irregular, improper, wrong, vicious, bad

ambĭtĭo, ōnis, f.: a striving for one's favor or good-will; an excessive desire to please, flattery, adulation

prŏcul (adv.): at a distance, a great way off, far, afar off, from afar.

cāsus, -ūs m.: in abl.: casu, adverbially, by chance, casually, by accident, accidentally

sortĭor, -īrī, -ītus sum: to cast or draw lots; to obtain, receive a thing

cōram, (adv.): in the presence of, before the eyes of, in the face of, before

singultim (adv.): sobbingly (singultus, -us m. = a sob)

infans- fantis: that cannot speak, without speech, mute, speechless

pŭdor, ōris, m.: shyness; modesty; awe.

prŏ-for, -fāari, -fātus sum: to say or speak out, to say, speak

Sătŭrēiānus, -a, -um: the appellation of a region in Appulia; hence, poet. for Appulian

vecto (1): to bear, carry, convey

căballus, i, m.: an inferior riding- or pack-horse, a nag

nōnus, -a, -um: ninth

dūco, -ere: to reckon, consider, hold, account, esteem as any thing

sē-cerno, -ere, -crēvi, -crētum: to distinguish, discern

purus, -a, -um: pure, unspotted, spotless, chaste, undefiled, unpolluted, faultless