JuvenalSatires4.92-106Vocab

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hiems, hiemis, f.: winter, winter time; rainy season; cold, frost; storm, stormy weather

octogensim: 80th

solstitium, -i, n: solstice; summer-time, heat of the summer-solstice

tueor, tueri, tutus sum: see, look at; protect, watch; uphold

aula, -ae, f: hall; church/temple; palace/castle; inner/royal court; courtiers; royal power

juvenis, -e: youthful, young

saevus, -a, -um: fierce/ferocious; violent/wild/raging; cruel, harsh, severe; vehement

festino, -are: hasten, hurry

prodigium, -i, n.: portent; prodigy, wonder

senectus, -tutis, f: old age; extreme age; senility; old men; gray hairs

unde: from where, whence, from what or which place; from which; from whom

fraterculus, -i, m.: little brother

Gigas, Gigantos/i, m.: giant; Giant; the Giants

prosum, prodesse, profui, profuturus: be useful, be advantageous, benefit, profit

comminus: hand to hand, in close combat/quarters; close at hand; in presence of

ursus, ursi, m.: bear

figo, -ere, fixi, fixus: fasten, fix; pierce, transfix; establish

harena, harenae, f.: sand, grains of sand; sandy land or desert; seashore; arena, place of contest

venor, -ari, venatus sum: hunt

priscus, -a, -um: ancient, early, former

acumen, -inis, n: sharpened point, spur; sting; peak, promontory; sharpness/cunning/acumen; fraud

brutus, -a, -um: heavy, unwieldy, inert; dull, stupid, brute; irrational, insensitive, brutish

barbo, -are: supply with a beard

quisvis, cuiusvis: any whatever and INDEF whoever it be, whom you please; any whatever

ignobilis, -e: ignoble; unknown, obscure; of low birth

reus, -a, -um: liable to; guilty

cinaedus, -a, -um: resembling/like/typical of a cinaedus/sodomite; unchaste; impudent, shameless

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