HoraceSatires1.9.67-78Vocab
nescio quid: I know not what, something, some, a certain
sēcrētō (adv.): without witnesses; in private.
mĕmĭni, meminisse: to remember, recollect
trīcēsĭmus -a -um: thirtieth
vin? = visne? 'do you want?'
curtus, -a, -um: clipped; circumcised
oppēdo, -ĕre: to break wind at any one; to deride, mock, insult; with dat.
rĕlĭgĭo, -onis f.: religious scruples, scruples of conscience, religious objection
infirmus, -a, -um: weak in mind or character, superstitious, pusillanimous, inconstant, light-minded
ignosco, -ere, -nōvi, -nōtum: to pardon, forgive, excuse, overlook
ălĭās (adv.): at another time, on another occasion
huncine = hunc-ne (interoogative particle)
surrexe = surrexisse (surgo, -ere, surrexi, surrectum: rise)
culter, -tri, m.: knife
obvius, -a, -um: in the way, so as to meet, meeting, to meet
antestor, -ari: to call up as a witness before the opening of the cause, to call as a witness
oppono, -ere: offer, present
auricula, -ae f.: ear
rapio, -ere: drag, draw, or hurry away
ius, iuris n.: a place where justice is administered, a court of justice
utrimque (adv.): from or on both sides
undĭquĕ (adv.): from all parts, sides, or places, from every quarter, on all sides
concursus, -us m: an uproar, tumult