JuvenalSatires4.78-91Vocab

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an: can it be that

praefectus, i, m.: an overseer, commander. praefectus urbi or urbis: governor of the city of Rome, in the times of the republic, appointed only to represent the consul during the latter's absence; under the emperors, a perpetual office with a particular jurisdiction

interpres, interpretis m./f.: interpreter, translator

quamquam: though, although

dirus, -a, -um: awful, dread, dire

tracto (1): manage, deal with, handle

inermis, inermis, inerme: unarmed, without weapons; defenseless; toothless, without a sting

facundia, facundiae f.: eloquence

mitis, mite: mild, meek, gentle

clades, cladis f.: defeat, disaster

pestis, pestis f.: plague, pestilence, curse, destruction

auris, auris f.: ear

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