HoraceSatires1.9.67-78Vocab

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nescio quid: I know not what, something, some, a certain

sēcrētō (adv.): without witnesses; in private.

mĕmĭni, meminisse: to remember, recollect

trīcēsĭmus -a -um: thirtieth

vin? = visne? 'do you want?'

curtus, -a, -um: clipped; circumcised

oppēdo, -ĕre: to break wind at any one; to deride, mock, insult; with dat.

rĕlĭgĭo, -onis f.: religious scruples, scruples of conscience, religious objection

infirmus, -a, -um: weak in mind or character, superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant, light-minded

ignosco, -ere, -nōvi, -nōtum: to pardon, forgive, excuse, overlook

ălĭās (adv.): at another time, on another occasion

huncine = hunc-ne (interoogative particle)

surrexe = surrexisse (surgo, -ere, surrexi, surrectum: rise)

culter, -tri, m.: knife

obvius, -a, -um: in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet

antestor, -ari: to call up as a witness before the opening of the cause, to call as a witness

oppono, -ere: offer, present

auricula, -ae f.: ear

rapio, -ere: drag, draw, or hurry away

ius, iuris n.: a place where justice is administered, a court of justice

utrimque (adv.): from or on both sides

undĭquĕ (adv.): from all parts, sides, or places, from every quarter, on all sides

concursus, -us m: an uproar, tumult

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