EcceRomani III 75: Trimalchio's tomb

aeque

equally

lac, lactis, n

milk

me salvo

as long as I'm alive

cito

quickly, soon

gusto, -are, -avi, -atus

taste

manu mittere

"free from slavery"

ideo

for this reason

publico, -are, -avi, -atus

make public

tamquam

just as if

nugae, nugarum, f

jokes, trifles

oblitus nugarum

getting down to business

exemplar, exemplaris, n

copy

ingemesco, ingemescere, ingemui

groan

quemadmodum

in what way, as

secundum

by, beside

catella, -ae, f

puppy

pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictus

paint, portray

beneficium, -i, n

kindness

in fronte

wide

in agrum

deep

ducenti, -ae, -a

two hundred

Omne genus...poma

every kind of fruit tree

circa

around

cinis, cineris

ash

vinearum largiter

plenty of grapevines

vivo...esse

for a living man to have

cultus, -a, -um

cultivated, elegant

naves

ships

velum, -i, n

sail

tribunal, tribunalis, n

magistrates' raised platform

nummus, -i, m

coin

sacculus, -i, m

little sack

effundo, effundere, effudi, effusus

to pour out

epulum, -i, n

feast, dinner

bini, -ae, -a

two at a time, two each, two per person

columba, -ae, f

dove

cingulum, -i, n

belt, leash

alligo, -are, -avi, -atus

to tie

cicaronem meum

my little pet

effluo, effluere, effluxi

flow out, to spill

sculpo, sculpere, sculpsi, sculptus

carve

ploro, -are, -avi, -atus

weep

horologium, -i, n

clock, sundial

velit nolit

(whether) he wishes to (or) not

requiesco, requiescere, requievi, requieturus

to rest

seviratus

office of sevir

absenti

in his absence

decerno, decernere, decrevi, decretus

decide, decree, assign

decuriis

boards

sestertium...trecenties

30,000,000 sesterces (money)

coepi

I began

frugalitas

frugality

naufragunt

shipwreck

deficio

fail

peculii mei fermentum

my leavening nest egg

fundos

farms

crescebat

was growing

tamquam favus

like a honey comb

manum de tabula

hands off the tablet

sane

obviously

oblitus eram

I had forgotten

assem habeas assem valeas

if you have a penny, a penny is what you're worth

rana

frog

consiliator deorum

counsellor of the gods