Vocabulary for Sulpicius Severus' Life of St. Martin

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unanimis -e: of one mind (late Lat.)
scheda -ae, f.: a leaf or sheet of paper
sermo -onis, f.: style, language
spondeo, spondēre, spopondi, sponsum: promise.
appello, -ere, appuli, appulsum: to turn (one's mind to) (OLD s.v. 6).
decido, -ere, -cidi, -cisum: decide.
soloecismus -i, m.: a mistake in grammar or usage.
libo (1): taste, sample (libassem = libavissem, plupf. subj.).
desuetudo, -inis, f.: disuse

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inaniter (Adv.): pointlessly.
fructus -us, m.: reward.
concipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum: conceive (a hope) (OLD s.v. 11).
aut . . . aut: 'on the one hand . . . on the other hand'
occido, -cidere, -cidi, -casum: perish.
actus -us, m.: action, deed.
praesens -ntis: present, this-worldly (as opposed to spiritual or heavenly) (eccl.).
siquidem: 'seeing that' (OLD s.v. 3).

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