Cicero De Finibus

deorsus

down, downwards, beneath, below

suppetō, suppetere, suppetīvī, suppetītum (3.)

to be at hand, be sufficient

assuēscō, assuēscere, assuēvī, assuētum (3.)

to become accustomed to

potior -iora

more powerful (from potis)

disserō, disserere, disseruī, dissertum (3.)

to set out in words

dissentio (4)

to disagree

tandem

at last, finally

sēdulitās, sēdulitātis, f

diligence, perseverance

tractō, tractāre, tractāvī, tractātum (1.)

to manage, treat, discuss (often found when discussing literature)

mandō, mandāre, mandāvī, mandātum (1.)

to entrust, commit (like ‘commit to the page’ - literature sense)

non admodum indoctis

not altogether uneducated

non tam id reprehendunt

do not so much object to the subject itself

remissius

in a more relaxed manner, more moderately

operam consumere

to spend one’s time

persona, ae

role, status (obviously part but less so)

vituperātor, vituperātōris, m

censurer

collaudō, collaudāre, collaudāvī, collaudātum (1.)

to praise highly, eulogize

vituperō, vituperāre, vituperāvī, vituperātum (1.)

to reproach

dicendum breviter existimo

I think that I should reply briefly

modus, modi

(here) limit, end (usually: way)

suscipiō, suscipere, suscēpī, susceptum (3.)

to take up, undertake

propemodum

almost, nearly

cōnstituō, cōnstituere, cōnstituī, cōnstitūtum (3.)

to impose, arrange, place, decree

sin

however, if on the contrary

alianae industrae

another person’s efforts

industria, ae

effort, diligence

isti curiosi

those meddlesome men

minime

by no means, not at all

minime nobis iniucundus

by no means unpleasant for us

offendo

to trouble, vex, annoy, displease