# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1, Stage 12 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 0521343798 # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) tremōrēs : tremors tremuit : shook sēnsī : felt agēbās : were doing epistulās : letters dictābam : was dictating nūbem : cloud familiam : household larārium : domestic shrine laribus : household gods sacrificium : sacrifice iamprīdem : a long time ago fundum : farm cum Iūliō : with Julius vīlicō : overseer, manager sonōs : noises filiae : daughters parentēs : parents pervēnī : reached, arrived at iste mons : that mountain scio : know nihil cūrō : I don’t care pavor : panic cinis : ash iam : now dēnsior : thicker incidēbat : was falling flammae : flames iter : journey, progress difficile : difficult valeō : I feel well exanimātus : unconscious templum : temple proximum : nearest lībertātem : freedom respīravit : recovered consciousness, revived tūtī : safe dea : goddess sine dubiō : without a doubt Īsis : Isis (Great Mother of Egypt) finis : end ātra : black dēscendēbat : was coming down plūrimī : most perībant : were dying, were perishing obstinātē : stubbornly ruīnās : ruins, wreckage fūmum : smoke moribundus : almost dead sēmirutus : half-collapsed sēnsim : slowly, gradually accidit : happened pariēs : wall iubeō : order moritūrus : going to die rescūsāvit : refused superfuit : has survived exspīrāvit : died trīste : sadly valedīxit : said good-bye # end