HoraceSatires1.6.19-26Vocab

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esto: (future imperative of sim) so be it

mando (1): to commit or entrust any thing to a person or thing

novus (homo): the first of his family who obtained a curule office, a man newly ennobled, an upstart

mŏvĕo, -ēre, mōvi, mōtum: remove

mĕrĭtō (adv.): according to desert, deservedly, justly

pellis, pellis f.: skin, hide

quĭesco, -ere, -ēvi, -ētum: to keep quiet, rest

fulgeo, fulgēre, fulsi: glow, gleam

constringo, -ere, -strinxi, -strictum: to draw together, bind together, to bind, tie up

quō (adv.): to what end, for what purpose, wherefore, why?

sumo, sumere, sumpsi, sumptim: To pick up, take as one's own

clavus, -i m.: a purple stripe on the tunica, which, for senators, was broad (latus, cf. laticlavius); for the equites, narrow

invidia, -ae f.: ill-will, jealousy, malice

adcresco, -ere, -crevi, cretum: grow, increase

privatus, -i m.: a privtate citizen

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