Cicero, Pro Caelio: Vocabulary List

Vocabulary terms and English definitions extracted from the Cicero, Pro Caelio study notes.

accusator, -oris m.

prosecutor

acta, -ae f.

seashore; beach party

adulescens, -entis m.

young man

adulterium, -i n.

adultery

aes alienum, aeris alieni n.

debt

aetas, -atis f.

age, time of life; youth

ambitus, -us m.

electoral bribery

amica, -ae f.

mistress, girlfriend

aquaeductus, -us m.

aqueduct

argumentum, -i n.

proof, argument

aurum, -i n.

gold

Baiae, -arum f. pl.

Baiae (seaside resort)

balneae, -arum f. pl.

public baths

barbatus, -a, -um

bearded

caecus, -a, -um

blind

calumnia, -ae f.

malicious prosecution

clausula, -ae f.

ending, close

comissatio, -onis f.

drunken revel

coniectura, -ae f.

inference, guesswork

coniuratio, -onis f.

conspiracy

conscius, -a, -um

privy to; accomplice

conservo, -are, -avi, -atum

preserve, save

consularis, -e

of consular rank

continentia, -ae f.

self-restraint

convicium, -i n.

loud abuse, reproach

convivium, -i n.

dinner party

crimen, -inis n.

charge, accusation

deduco, -ere, -duxi, -ductum

escort, bring

deliciae, -arum f. pl.

delights, luxuries

deverto, -ere, -verti, -versum

turn aside

devincio, -ire, -vinxi, -vinctum

bind, put under obligation

dies festus, diei festi m.

holiday

dissimulo, -are, -avi, -atum

hide, conceal what one is

durus, -a, -um

harsh, hard

eques, equitis m.

knight (equestrian)

fabula, -ae f.

play, story

facetiae, -arum f. pl.

jokes, wit

fama, -ae f.

reputation, rumour

familiaris, -is m.

close friend

famosus, -a, -um

notorious

forensis, -e

of the forum; legal

frenum, -i n.

bridle, curb

fructus, -us m.

fruit, reward

habito, -are, -avi, -atum

live, dwell

horti, -orum m. pl.

pleasure gardens

illecebra, -ae f.

allurement, enticement

industria, -ae f.

diligence, hard work

inferi, -orum m. pl.

the dead, the underworld

ingenium, -i n.

talent, natural ability

inimicitia, -ae f.

personal enmity

insidiae, -arum f. pl.

ambush, plot

insula, -ae f.

apartment block

integer, -gra, -grum

untouched, upright

iudex, iudicis m.

juror, judge

labor, -oris m.

toil, effort

largitio, -onis f.

lavish giving, bribery

latebra, -ae f.

hiding place

lautus, -a, -um

elegant, refined

legatus, -i m.

envoy

lenis, -e

gentle, mild

libere (adv.)

freely, without restraint

libido, -inis f.

lust, desire

lubricus, -a, -um

slippery, perilous

luctus, -us m.

mourning

ludus, -i m.

play, sport, licence

maeror, -oris m.

grief

maledictum, -i n.

insult, abuse

manumitto, -ere, -misi, -missum

free (a slave)

meretrix, -icis f.

courtesan, prostitute

mimus, -i m.

mime, farce

misericordia, -ae f.

pity, mercy

mulier, -eris f.

woman

mutuor, -ari, mutuatus sum

borrow

narratio, -onis f.

statement of facts

navigium, -i n.

boat

oppugno, -are, -avi, -atum

attack, assail

parsimonia, -ae f.

thrift, frugality

patronus, -i m.

advocate for the defence

peroratio, -onis f.

closing appeal

petulantia, -ae f.

insolence, wantonness

poetria, -ae f.

poetess

postulo, -are, -avi, -atum

indict; demand

praeteritio, -onis f.

mentioning something by saying one will not

priscus, -a, -um

old-fashioned, ancient

probo, -are, -avi, -atum

prove; approve

prosopopoeia, -ae f.

speech in another's person

proterve (adv.)

brazenly, wantonly

pudicitia, -ae f.

sexual purity, chastity

pusio, -onis m.

little boy

pyxis, -idis f.

small box

quadrantarius, -a, -um

costing a quarter-as

quaestio, -onis f.

standing court; inquiry

remisse (adv.)

mildly, gently

res publica, rei publicae f.

the state

reus, -i m.

defendant

seditio, -onis f.

civil unrest, sedition

senex, senis m.

old man

sententia, -ae f.

verdict, opinion

servus, -i m.

slave

signum, -i n.

sign, outward mark