JuvenalSatires4.25-33Vocab

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squama, -ae f.: fish scale

piscator, -oris m.: fisherman

vendo, -ere, -dĭdi, -dĭtum: sell

epulae, -arum f. pl.: banquet

sestertĭus, -a, -um (num. adj.): two and a half; only in the phrases sestertius (nummus) 'a sesterce' and (milia) sestertia (neuter plural), 'a thousand sesterces'

exiguus, -a, -um: small

mŏdĭcus, -a, -um: moderate, modest

sūmo, -ere, sumpsi, sumptum: take

margo, -ĭnis, m. and f.: edge, border

purpŭrĕus, -a, -um: clothed in purple

ructo (1): belch

scurra, -ae f.: court jester

Pălātĭum, -i n.: one of the seven hills of Rome; the imperial residence on the Palatine hill

mūnĭceps, -ĭpis: fellow-citizen, fellow countryman

frango, -ere, frēgi, fractum: break, crack

merx, mercis f.: goods, merchandise, cargo

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