JuvenalSatires1.87-101Vocab

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uber, -eris (comp. uberior): fertile, rich, abundant, abounding, fruitful, plentiful, copious, productive

vitium, -i, n.: fault, vice, crime, sin; defect

avaritia, -ae, f.: greed, avarice; rapacity; miserliness, stinginess, meanness

sinus, -i, m.: bowl for serving wine

alea, -ae, f.: game of dice; die; dice-play; gambling, risking; chance, venture, risk, stake

arca, -ae, f.: box, chest; strong-box, coffer; wealth, money; coffin, bier; cell, cage; ark

dispensator, -oris, m.: steward; attendant; treasurer; dispenser

armiger, -gera, -gerum: bearing arms, armed; warlike, martial, of war/fighting; producing armed men

simplex, -plicis: single; simple, unaffected; plain

perdo, -ere, -didi, -ditus: ruin, destroy; lose; waste

horreo, -ere, -ui: dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance

totidem: as many; just so/as many; the equivalent number of, same

ferculum, -i, n.: food tray; dish, course; food; bread; bier; litter

ceno, -are: dine, eat dinner/supper; have dinner with; dine on, make a meal of

avus, -i, m.: grandfather; forefather, ancestor

sportula, -ae, f.: food or money given by patrons to clients

trepido, -are: tremble, be afraid, waver

suppono, -ere, -posui, -positus: place under; substitute; suppose

posco, -ere, poposci: ask, demand

agnosco, -ere, -novi, -nitus: recognize, realize, discern; acknowledge, claim, admit to/responsibility

praeco, -onis, m.: herald, crier

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