HoraceSatires1.5.7-19Vocab

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deterior, -ius: worse; superl. deterrimus, 'very bad'

venter, ventris, m.: belly, stopmach

indicere bellum: declare war upon (+ dat.)

haud = non

aequus, -a, -um: (of a state of mind), even, unruffled, calm

aequo animo: with equanimity, patiently

induco, -ere: draw over, spread over, to overlay, overspread

diffundo, -ere, -fūdi, -fūsum: to spread by pouring, to pour out, pour forth

paro (1): prepare

signa, -orum n. pl: constellations

puer, pueri, m.: slave

convicium, -ii, n.: verbal abuse, insult

ingero, -ere, -gessi, -gestum: heap upon

appello, -ere: nautical t. t., to bring or conduct a ship somewhere, to land

insĕro, -ere, sĕrŭi, sertum: to put, bring, or introduce into, to insert

aes, aeris, n.: copper; money

ex-ĭgo, -ere, -ēgi, -actum: to require, demand, claim any thing due

mula, -ae f.: mule

ligo (1): tie up

cŭlex, ĭcis, m.: gnat, midge, mosquito

rāna, ae, f.: frog

păluster, tris, tre: fenny, marshy, swampy

canto (1): to make some person or thing the subject of one's singing, playing, or song

prō-lŭo, lŭi, lūtum, 3: moisten, wet, wash

vappa, -ae. f: wine that has lost its spirit and flavor; palled, flat, vapid wine

certatim (Adv.): in competition

fessus, -a, -um: wearied, tired, fatigued; worn out, weak, feeble, infirm

pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3: to cause to eat, to feed, pasture

rĕtĭnācŭlum, -i n.: tether, rope, cable (only in plur.)

pĭger, gra, grum: slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive (of persons and things).

rĕ-lĭgo (1): to bind back or behind, to bind or fasten up, to bind fast

sterto, ŭi, 3: snore

sŭpīnus, a, um: backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, lying on the back, supine

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