Ch. 53-54

vitta, vittae, f

ribbon

myrtus, myrti, f

myrtle

laurus, lauri, f

bay (tree) laurel

orno, are, avi, atus

to decorate

ara, -ae, f

altar

ritē (adv)

properly

auspex, auspicis, m

augur/officiating priest

iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus

to join

ardeo, ardere, arsi, arsurus

to burn/blaze

exta, -orum n pl

the inner organs of sacrificial animals

dextra, dextae, f

right hand

hilaritas, hilaritatis, f

good humor, merriment, fun

nova nupta, -ae, f

bride

ne laberetur

so that she wouldn't stumble

hortor, hortari, horatus, horatus sum

to encourage

levis, -is, -e

smooth

coxa, coxae, f

hipbone

est arcessendus

must be sent for

febris, febris, gen. pl febrium

fever

morbus, morbi, m

illness

funebris, -is, -e

funeral

frango, frangere, fregi, fractus

to break

ingravesco, ingravescere

to grow worse

scindo, scindere, scidi, scissus

to cut, split, carve

solvo, solvere, solvi, solutus

to loosen/untie

tibicen, tibicinis, m

piper

imago, imaginis, f

likeness/mask

maiores, maiorum,

ancestors

mimus, mimī

buffoon/actor of mim

familiares, familiarum

members of the household

ploro, are, avi, atus

to lament/mourn

commemoro, are, avi, atus

to mention, comment on, recount

merita conferre

to render services (to)

Via Flaminia, ae, f

Via Flaminia (a road from Rome leading through the Campus Martius and north to Ariminum on the Adriatic Sea)

hilaris, -is, -e

cheerful

exstruo, exstruere, exstruxi, exstructus

to build