HoraceSatires1.6.110-121Vocab

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com-mŏdus, -a, -um: pleasant, agreeable,

prae-clārus, -a, -um: famous, celebrated

quā-cumquē (-cunque): wherever, wheresoever

lĭbīdo, -ĭnis, f.: fancy, inclination

in-cēdo, -ere, -cessi, -cessum: walk, go

percontor, -āri, tātus sum: to ask particularly, to question strictly, to inquire, interrogate, investigate

hŏlus, -ĕris n.: Kitchen or garden herbs of any kind; vegetables, esp. cabbage, colewort, turnips, greens

far, farris, n.: spelt, grain, meal, grits

fallax, -ācis: deceitful, deceptive, fallacious

circus, i, m.: Circus Maximus, and more freq. Circus: the oval circus built by Tarquinius Priscus between the Palatine and Aventine hills, which could contain more than one hundred thousand spectators.

vespertīnus, -a, -um: of or belonging to evening or even-tide, evening-

pĕr-erro (1): to wander through, to roam or ramble over

as-sisto, (ads-), -ere, astĭti: to stand somewhere, to stand at or by (+ dat.)

dīvīnus, -i m.: a soothsayer, prophet = vates

porrum, -i n., and porrus, -i m.: a leek, scallion

cĭcer, ĕris, n.: chickpea

lăgănum, -i n.: a thin flat cake, a pancake

cătīnus, -i m. (cătīnum, i, n.) a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food, a bowl, dish, pot

lapis, -is m: stone; lapis albus, a table of white marble, a marble table

pōcŭlum, -i n.: a drinking-vessel, a cup, goblet, bowl

cyăthus, i, m.: a small ladle for transferring the wine from the mixing-bowl (crater) to the drinking-cup

ĕchīnus, i, m.: sea-urchin; a copper vessel for the table, perh. to wash out the cups in, a rinsing-bowl?

vīlis, e: of small price or value, purchased at a low rate, cheap (opp. carus).

pătĕra, ae, f.: a broad, flat dish or saucer, used esp. in offerings; a libationsaucer or bowl

gutus (or guttus), -i m.: a narrow-necked vessel, flask, cruet, from which liquids (wine, oil, ointments, etc.) are poured by drops

sŭpellex, -lectĭlis f.: household utensils, stuff, furniture, or goods

sollĭcĭtus, -a, -um: full of anxiety, anxious

surgo, -ere: to rise, arise, get up from bed, from sleep

māne (adv.): in the morning, early in the morning

ŏb-ĕo, -īre, -īvi or -ĭi: to go to meet

Marsyas and Marsya, -ae, m.: a satyr who challenged Apollo to a trial of skill on the flute, and whom the latter vanquished and flayed alive; near his statue in the Roman forum was the place for the transaction of business