Livy Vocab and Notes

Proca

the Alban king who fathered Numitor and Amulius

stirpis

gen sg; trunk, stock, family, lineage

maximus

oldest

Silviae gentis

people of Silvia

legat

3rd, pres, sig, indic; to appoint, bequeath

plus . . . potuit

had greater power

vercundia

respect, reverencei

interemit

act, indic, perf, 3rd, sg; to take away, destroy, kill

speciem

acc, sg; view, appearance, semblance

partus

gen, sg; offspring, giving birth to

adimit

act, ind, 3rd, sg, pres; to take away

debebatur . . . fatis

“it was due to fate”

secundum + acc

following, after

edidisset

pluperf subj; to give forth, give birth to

seu . . . seu

whether . . . or

rata (reri)

perf part, f, sg, nom/abl

deus auctor

(having) a god as.

honestior

more honorable, pred. adj.

Martem

Mars.

nuncupat (nuncupare)

to name.

vincta (vincere)

to bind.

divinitus

adv., divinely, providentially.

ripas

bank (of a river).

Tiberis

Tiber River.

effusus

to pour out.

stagnis

standing water, pool.

iusti... amnis

ie., of its regular stream.

posse ... infantes

IND. STATE., depending on spem ... dabat.

quamvis languida... aqua

by the water however sluggish.

velut

adv., as, just as, as if.

defuncti (defungi)

to perform, discharge, complete + abl.

adluvie (adluvies)

overflow, pool, floodwater.

ficus Ruminalis

the fig tree Ruminalis

Romularem

of Romulus

vocatam

sc. esse; called

tenet fama

rumor holds true

fluitantem (fluitare)

to flow, float

alveum (alveus)

trough, tub, basket

tenuis

shallow, receding

in sicco (siccus)

dry; sc. loco

vagitum (vagitus)

crying

adeo

to such a degree, so

mitem

gently

lambentem (lambere)

to lick

pecoris (pecus)

flock

Faustulo . . . nomen

he had the name Faustulus

ferunt

they say

ad stabula

at his hut

datos

given (esse and pueros as subj)

Albana re

the Alban state

urbis condendae

to found a city

supererat (superesse)

to be excessive

ad id

to this (number)

accesserant (adcedere)

to go to, approach, be added

qui . . . facerent

who altogether could easily hope

prae + abl

in comparison with

conderetur

to be founded

avitum

ancestral

foedum

foul, base, shameful

certamen

contest, struggle, fight

coortum (cooriri)

sc. est; to arise, break out

miti

innocent, uncontroversial

quorum . . . essent

of whose protection these places werea

auguriis (augurium)

augury, omen

inaugurandum (inaugurare)

to take the auguries

templa

as sacred precincts

priori Remo

for Remus first (sooner); dat of ref

tempore . . . praecepto

the time (of the omen) having been taken as foremost

trahebant

kept claiming

cum altercatione

in a dispute, in conflict of words

certamine

competition; abl of cause

caedem (caedes)

cutting, slaughter, murder

ictus (icere)

to strike, hit

vulgatior

more commonly known

ludibrio (ludibrium)

mockery, derision; dat of purpose

transiluisse (transilire)

to leap over

muros (murus)

wall

inde

thence, after that, thereupon

increpitans (increpitare)

to call out, reproach, rebuke

quicumque

whoever

trigemini

triplet

constat

it is agreed

nec ferme

and scarcely; and hardly

res

story, tradition

nobilior

more renowned, well known

error

confusion, uncertainty

utrius populi

which people (Roman or Alban)

utroque

in both directions

agunt

negotiate, arrange

dimicent (dimicare)

to fight, struggle

convenit (convenire)

to come together, meet, be agreed upon

dimicarent (with priusquam)

before they should fight

foedus

treaty, pact

his legibus

on these conditions

cuius populi

whichever nation’s

cum bona pace

in peace and harmony

deos . . . intueri

urged them on (saying that. . .)

suopte

very own

expertes (expers)

having no part in, free from

quippe

for, indeed