JuvenalSatires1.77-86Vocab

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nurus, -us, f.: daughter-in-law; prospective daughter-in-law; wife of grandson

corruptor, -oris, m.: corruptor, briber; seducer, ravisher

avarus, -a, -um: avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for

spondeo, -ere, spopondi, sponsus: promise, give pledge/undertaking/surety; contract to give/take in marriage

turpis, -e: ugly; nasty; disgraceful; indecent; base, shameful, disgusting, repulsive

praetextatus, -a, -um: underage; juvenile; wearing a toga praetexta

adulter, -era, -erum: impure/adulterated; mixed/crossbred; adulterous, unchaste; of adulterer

indignatio, -onis, f.: indignation; anger; angry outburst

nimbus, -i, m.: rainstorm, cloud

tollo, -ere, sustuli, sublatus: lift, raise; destroy; remove, steal; take/lift up/away

aequor, -oris, n.: even, level surface

navigium, -i, n.: vessel, ship

ascendo, -ere, -endi, -ensus: climb; go/climb up; mount, scale; mount up, embark; rise, ascend, move upward

sors, sortis, f.: lot, fate; oracular response

posco, -ere, poposci: ask, demand

paulatim: little by little, by degrees, gradually

caleo, -ere, -ui: be/feel/be kept warm; be hot with passion/inflamed/active/driven hotly/urged

ostendeo, -ere, -i: show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit

voluptas, -tatis, f.: pleasure, delight, enjoyment

discurro, -ere, -i, -cursus: run off in different directions; run/dash around/about; wander; roam

farrago, -inis, f.: mixed fodder, mash; mixture, medley; a hodgepodge; trifle

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