Latin Vocabulary

Via Sacra: Sacred Way, road running through the Roman Forum (Viā 

Sacra = ablative of the way by which) 

occurrō, -ere, -currī, -cursus: to run to meet, run up 

nōtus, -a, -um: known, familiar 

tantum (adverb): only 

miserē (adverb): miserably, terribly much 

modo ... modo: now ... now; at one time ... at another time 

consistō, -ere, -stitī, -stitus: to stop, halt 

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Tiberis, -is (accusative Tiberim), m.: Tiber River 

aedēs, -ium, f. pl.: house 

nihil ... quod agam: nothing to do (relative clause of characteristic) piger, pigra, pigrum: lazy, slow templum, -ī, n.: temple 

Vesta, -ae, f.: Vesta, goddess of the hearth 

praetereō, -īre, -i, -itus: to go by, pass 

līs, lītis, f.: lawsuit 

sī mē amās: please (idiomatic expression) 

respondendum erat: impersonal use of passive periphrastic (literally, 

"it had to be responded by him") 

perdō, -ere, -didī, -ditus: to ruin, lose 

cīvīlis, -e: civil 

quid faciam? what am I to do? (deliberative subjunctive) 

tē... relinquam? am I to abandon you? (deliberative subjunctive) -ne: introduces a double question 

an: or (introduces second part of a double question) Aristius Fuscus, -ī, m.: Horace's friend 

nuto (1): to nod, gesture 

distorqueō, -ēre, -torsi, -tortus: to twist apart, distort 

memini, -isse: to remember (perfect tense used for present) necesse (indeclinable adjective): necessary 

culter, -tri, m.: knife 

adversarius, -ii, m.: opponent in a lawsuit 

quō (interrogative adverb): to what place, whither? 

clāmō (1): to call, cry out 

antestor (1): to call as a witness; understand tē (= Horace) as object 

of the infinitive 

oppōnō auriculam: "1 offer my earlobe for him to touch" to 

show that Horace agrees to be a witness against the man Apollō, -linis, m.: Apollo, god of poetry and poets