chapter 16

1 nönus, ninth

2 Sextum taedebat, it bored Sextus

3 aperio, aperire, to open pila, -ae, f., ball

4 Visne...? Do you want...?

ludo, lüdere, to play pila lüdere, to play ball

eam, her, it

5 excipio, excipere, to welcome, receive,

catch

alter...alterum, the one... the other

6 iocus, -i, m., joke, prank per iocum, as a prank ferio, ferire, to hit, strike 7 verto, vertere, to turn

9 carissima, dearest

10 animus, -1, m., mind

in animo habēre, to intend

12 apud, prep. + acc., at the house of, with

relinquõ, relinquere, to leave behind

illa, she

itaque, adv., and so, therefore

17 ut, conj., as

hospes, hospitis, m./f., bost, guest, friend

scio, scire, to know

mortuus, -a, -um, dead

16 dē, prep. + abl., down from, concerning, about

19 nöbiscum = cum nöbis, with us