Vocabulary for Sulpicius Severus' Life of St. Martin
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Praefatio
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- unanimis -e: of one mind (late Lat.)
- scheda -ae, f.: a leaf or sheet of paper
- sermo -onis, f.: style, language
- spondeo, spondēre, spopondi, sponsum: promise.
- appello, -ere, appuli, appulsum: to turn (one's mind to) (OLD s.v. 6).
- decido, -ere, -cidi, -cisum: decide.
- soloecismus -i, m.: a mistake in grammar or usage.
- libo (1): taste, sample (libassem = libavissem, plupf. subj.).
- desuetudo, -inis, f.: disuse
Section 1
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- inaniter (Adv.): pointlessly.
- fructus -us, m.: reward.
- concipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum: conceive (a hope) (OLD s.v. 11).
- aut . . . aut: 'on the one hand . . . on the other hand'
- occido, -cidere, -cidi, -casum: perish.
- actus -us, m.: action, deed.
- praesens -ntis: present, this-worldly (as opposed to spiritual or heavenly) (eccl.).
- siquidem: 'seeing that' (OLD s.v. 3).
Section 2
- Pannoniae, -arum f. pl.: Pannonia, a province of the Roman empire on the eastern coast of the Adriatic.
- ŏrĭundus, -a, -um: born
- secundum: 'according to' (prep. + acc.).
- infimis > infimus -a -um 'lowest' (superlative of inferus)
- gentilis -e, adj., heathen, pagan, non-Christian. The word is also found as a noun, gentilis -is m.
ala -ae f. = cavalry detachment scholares alae (f. pl.): (mounted) imperial guard.
- spiro (1) + acc.: 'to breath or express the spirit of'
- contentus -a -um: content with (+ abl.)
- monachus -i m.: monk.
- devincio, -ire, -vinxi: 'bind'.
- regeneratus -a -um: 'born again'.
