Latin Stage 13

iam

now

agrōs: ager

field

segetem: seges

crop, harvest

frūmentum

grain

horreum

barn, granary

intulērunt: inferre

bring in

arātōrēs: arātor

ploughman

magister

foreman

nōnne?

surely?

praeest: praeesse

be in charge of

eī

to him

perītissimus: perītus

skilful

sōlus

alone, only

rem rūsticam

the farming

cūrāre

look after, supervise

simulatque

as soon as

hī

these

ferunt: ferre

bring

ignāvīs: ignāvus

lazy

aedificium

building

dīra

dreadful

taurus

bull

animal

animal

impetum: impetus

attack

neglēgēns

careless

Britannīs: Britannī

Britons

in āream

into the courtyard

in ōrdinēs

in rows

sē instrūxērunt: sē instruere

draw oneself up

per ōrdinēs

along the rows

sēcum

with him

rēx

king

equitēs: eques

horseman

equō: equus

horse

puerī puellaeque

the boys and girls

geminī

twins

simulac

as soon as

insolēns

rude, insolent

ērūpit: ērumpere

break away

nōnnūllī

some, several

retrāxērunt: retrāhere

drag back

sē recēpit: sē recipere

recover

illud

that

pūnīre

punish

facile

easy

metallum

a mine

hospes

host

quamquam

although

ferrum

iron

effodiēbant: effodere

dig

ad sē

to him

īnūtilis

useless

carnificibus: carnifex

executioner

nōmen

name

vindicāre voluit

wanted to avenge

itaque

and so

ubi

when

cēterī

the others

pugiōnem: pugiō

dagger

custōdēs: custōs

guard

ēlūsit: ēlūdere

slip past

manūs … extendit

stretched out his hands

veniam petīvit

begged for mercy

saeviēbat: saevīre

be in a rage

cōnsciī: cōnscius

accomplice

supplicium

death penalty

poscō: poscere

demand

nocēns

guilty

innocentēs: innocēns

innocent

coniūrābant: coniūrāre

plot

invītus

unwilling, reluctant

Britanniā: Britannia

Britain

dēplōrānt: dēplōrāre

complain about

pluit

it is raining

sōlem: sōl

sun

Ītaliam: Ītalia

Italy

redīre volō

I want to return

aquam: aqua

water

bibere nōn possum

I cannot drink

foeda

foul, filthy

pavimentum

floor

lavat: lavāre

wash

labōrāre nōlō

I do not want to work

fessus

tired

advenit: advenīre

arrive

apud Cantīcōs

among the Cantici

coniūrātiōnem: coniūrātiō

plot

vulnerātus

wounded