JuvenalSatires1.42-50Vocab

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merces, -edis, f.: pay, recompense, hire, salary, reward; rent, price; bribe

palleo, -ere, ui: be/look pale; fade; become pale at

premo, -ere, pressi, pressus: press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

calx, calcis: lead vial/bottle/jar

anguis, -is: snake, serpent; dragon; Draco, Serpens, Hydra

rhetor, -oris, m.: teacher of public speaking, rhetorician

ara, -ae, f.: altar, structure for sacrifice, pyre; sanctuary; home; refuge, shelter

siccus, -a, -um: dry

iecur, -coris, n.: liver

ardeo, -ere, arsi, arsus: be on fire; burn, blaze; flash; glow, sparkle; rage; be in a turmoil

ira, -ae, f.: anger; ire, wrath; resentment; indignation; rage/fury/violence

spoliator, -oris, m.: a robber, pillager, plunderer, spoiler

pupillus, -i, m.: orphan, ward

prosto, -are, -stiti, -stitus: offer goods for sale to public; be on sale, expose for sale/prostitute oneself

inanis, -e: void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

salvus, -a, -um: well, unharmed, sound; alive; safe, saved

nummus, -i, m.: coin; cash; money; sesterce

exul, -ulis: exile, banished person; wanderer

octavus, -a, -um: eighth

fruor, frui, fructus sum: enjoy, profit by, delight in

ploro, -are: cry over, cry aloud; lament, weep; deplore