# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, Stage 15 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 052134381X # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) agmen : procession in primā parte : in the forefront praecursor : forerunner virga : rod, stick equitāre : ride flōs : flower unguentum : perfume sēcum : with them facere dēbeō : ought to do ēmovēre : move, clear away impedīre : delay, hinder fossa : ditch dēsilīre : jump down impavidus : fearless cōnsistere : stand one’s ground, stand firm plaustrum : wagon, cart claudere : block movēre : move rota : wheel anteā : before surdus : deaf dēicite! : throw! resistere : resist cachinnāns : laughing, cackling molestus : troublesome caerimōnia : ceremony illī : they prīncipēs : chief, chieftain sermō : conversation inter sē : among themselves, with each other multitūdō : crowd illūc : there effigiēs cērāta : wax image bona : good imperātor : emporer quotannīs : every year honōrāre : honor faber : craftsman prōcumbere : fall claudicāre : be lame, limp lībāvit : poured wine as an offering sacerdōs : priest victima : victim agnus : lamb niveus : snow-white sacrificāre : sacrifice Britannicus : British Claudius : Roman emporer, A.D. 41-54 umerus : shoulder tollere : raise, lift up sollemniter cantābant : were chanting solemnly rogus : pyre cum magnā dignitāte : with great dignity fax : torch tangere : touch liquāre : melt aquila : eagle ēvolāre : fly out arcessere : summon, send for animus : soul, spirit ascendere : climb, rise lūdī fūnebrēs : funeral games pompa : procession ad lītus : to the seashore gēns : tribe amīcitia : friendship competītor : competitor certāre : complete vincere : be victorious, win celerius : faster certāmen nāvāle : boat-race caeruleam : blue croceam : yellow gubernātor : helmsman Rēgnēnsēs : name of a tribe in southern Britain superbus : arrogant, proud prōsilīre : leap forward unda : wave rēmus : oar in lītore : on the shore procul : far off in marī : in the sea saxum : rock mēta : turning point dīrigere : steer prior : in front, first ā tergō : behind, in the rear ad dextram : to the right nāvigāre : sail scopulus : reef sub : under vītāre : avoid ignōrābat : did not know of cursum rēctum : a straight course comes : comrad, companion timidus : fearful, frightened dērīdēre : mock, make fun of incurrere : run onto, collide summersa : sunk intereā : meanwhile cum summā cūrā : with the greatest care circum : around incolumis : safe oculus : eye eīs : for them natāre : swim in summō saxō : on top of the rock madidus : soaked through haerēre : cling agmen : column (of people), procession alius : other, another aqua : water claudō, claudere, clausī : shut, block commodus : convenient dēbeō, dēbēre, dēbuī : owe, ought effigiēs : image, statue equus : horse etiam : even fossa : ditch frāctus : broken honōrō, honōrāre, honōrāvī : honor impediō, impedīre, impedīvī : delay, hinder lectus : couch lentē : slowly lītus : seashore miser : miserable, wretched nauta : sailor plaustrum : wagon, cart praesum, praeesse, praefuī : be in charge of prīnceps : chief, chieftain prior : first, in front quī : who redeō, redīre, rediī : return, go back sacerdōs : priest saxum : rock teneō, tenēre, tenuī : hold unda : wave victor : winner vincō : win # end