HoraceSatires1.6.12-18Vocab
contra (Adv.): on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versā (in logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force)
genus, generis n.: a descendant, offspring, child
unde (adv.): from whom, from which (apart from relations of place, and referring to persons or things, from which as an origin, source, cause, means, reason, etc., something proceeds)
Superbus Tarquinius: the last king of Rome, at whose expulsion the Republic was founded
as, assis m.: penny, small coin
lĭcĕo, -ēre, -cŭi, -cĭtum: to have a price put upon it, to be valued, esteemed at so much
unius assis non umquam pretio pluris licuisse: 'was never balued at more than a single penny' (Rolfe)
noto (1): to censure, reprimand
nosti = novisti, from nosco, -ere, nōvi, nōtum
ineptus, -a, -um: senseless, silly, absurd
stupeo -ēre, -ui: to be astonished or amazed at, to wonder at any thing (poet.; cf. admiror)
tĭtŭlus, -i m.: a superscription, inscription, label, litle
ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f.: an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions)
ŏportet, ŭit, 2: it is necessary, needful, proper, becoming, or reasonable; it behooves; I (thou, he, etc.) must or ought (cf.: opus est, necesse est, debeo; oportet denotes the necessity of reason or duty, necesse est that of compulsion).
