HoraceSatires1.9.57-66Vocab

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munus, muneris n.: gift

corrumpo, -ere: to gain to one's self by gifts, etc.; to bribe, buy over

desisto, -ere: stop

tempus, -oris n.: the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity

occurro, -ere: come up to, to go or come to meet, to meet

trĭvĭum, -i n.: (ter-via) a place where three roads meet, a fork in the roads, cross-road

deduco, -ere: to lead out, conduct, escort, accompany a person out of the house, as a mark of respect

pulchrē (adv.): well, excellently

tendo (tenno), -ere, tĕtendi, tentum: go, travel

vello, -ere, vulsi, vulsum: pluck, pull pinch

presso (1): press

lentus, -a, -um: insensitive, sluggish, obstinate

nūto (1): nod

dis-torquĕo, -ere, -rsi, -rtum: twist

ē-rĭpĭo, -ere, -ĭpŭi, -eptum: save, rescue

salsus, -a, -um: witty

dissĭmŭlo (1): to feign that a thing is not that which it is; to dissemble, disguise; to hide, conceal

iecur, iecoris n.: liver

ūro, urere, ussi, ustum: To burn up, destroy by fire, consume

bīlis, is f.: bile (the bilious fluid secreted by the liver, iecur)

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