# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, Stage 13 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 052134381X # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) dēplōrāre : complain about pluit : it is raining sōl : sun redīre volō : I want to return aqua : water bibere nōn possum : I cannot drink foeda : foul, horrible pavīmentum : floor lavāre : wash labōrāre nōlō : I do not want to work fessus : tired adveniō, advenīre, advēnī : arrive apud Cantiacōs : among the Cantiaci coniūrātiō : plot vulnerātus : wounded Britannia : Britain Ītalia : Italy Cantiacī : the name of a tribe in southern Britain metallum : a mine hospes : host quamquam : although ferrum : iron effodere : dig inūtilis : useless carnifex : executioner nōmen : name vindicare voluit : wanted to avenge itaque : and so ubi : when cēterī : the other pugiō : dagger custōs : guard ēlūdere : slip past manūs ... extendit : stretched out his hands veniam petīvit : begged for mercy saevīre : be in a rage cōnscius : accomplice supplicium : death penalty poscere : demand nocēns : guilty innocēns : innocent coniūrāre : plot invītus : unwilling, reluctant in āream : into the courtyard in ōrdinēs : in rows sē īnstruere : draw oneself up sēcum : with him rēx : king eques : horseman equus : horse puerī puellaeque : the boys and girls geminī : twins simulac : as soon as īnsolēns : rude, insolent ērumpere : break away nōnnūllī : some, several retrahere : draw back sē recipere : recover pūnīre : punish facile : easy Cogidubnus : British ally of the Romans, appointed king under Emporer Claudius ager : field seges : crop, harvest frūmentum : grain horreum : barn, granary īnferre : bring in arātor : plowman magister : foreman nōnne : surely praesse : be in charge of eī : to him perītus : skillful sōlus : alone, only rem rūsticam : the farming cūrāre : look after, supervise simulatque : as soon as ferre : bring ignāvus : lazy aedificium : building dīra : dreadul, awful taurus : bull neglegēns : careless Britannīs, Britannī : Britons aeger : sick, ill alter : the other, the second cantō, cantāre, cantāvī : sing cēterī : the others, the rest dēcidō, dēcidere, cēcidī : fall down dīcō, dīcere, dīxī : say excitō, excitāre, excitāvī : arouse, wake up hauriō, haurīre, hausī : drain, drink up interficiō, interficere, interfēcī : kill ita vērō : yes nōlō : I do not want novus : new nūllus : not any, no numerō, numerāre, numerāvī : count ōrdō : row possum : I can, I am able retineō, retinēre, retinuī : keep ruō, ruere, ruī : rush sē : himself, herself, themselves suāviter : sweetly trahō, trahere, trāxī : drag volō : I want vulnerō, vulnerāre, vulnerāvī : wound # end