# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, Stage 16 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 052134381X # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) ultor : avenger graviter ferēbat : took badly dē naufragiō : about the shipwreck cognōscere : find out, get to know clam : secretly, in private impellere : push, force praemium : prize iniūstē : unfairly sēcum : to himself ursa : bear adīre : approach, go up to tractāre : handle paulātim : gradually mānsuētam : tame Germānicus : German tardus : late naufragus : shipwrecked sailor tacitus : silent, in silence cōnsīdere : sit down pūmiliō : dwarf cum saltātrīcibus : with dancing girls saltāre : dance magis : much more iocus : joke audēre : dare homunculus : little man cachinnāre : roar with laughter cachinnus : laughter furēns : furious, in a rage saeva : savage sē vertere : turn around conicere : hurl, throw immōtus : still, motionless hasta : spear varius : different quō modō : how superesse : survive vix : with difficulty fuerat : had been possidēre : possess comparāre : obtain cōnscendere : embark on, go on board prīmō : first frequentāre : crowd, fill mēnsis : month Neāpolis : Naples Campānia : district on the west coast of central Italy, surrounding Pompeii Athēnae : Athens Aegyptus : Egypt Alexandrīa : Alexandria invādere : invade legiō : legion contrā : against explōrātor : scout, spy regiō : region capere : take, capture vīcus : village incendere : burn, set fire to annus : year benignitās : kindness Vespasiānus : Roman general in British campaign, later Emporer Durotrigēs : name of a tribe in southwestern Britain Ītalicus : Italian aedificō, aedificāre, aedificāvī : build auxilium : help bonus : good cōnsentiō, cōnsentīre, cōnsēnsī : agree cōnsilium : plan, idea deinde : then dēlectō, dēlectāre, dēlectāvī : delight dērīdeō, dērīdēre, dērīsī : mock, make fun of dīmittō, dīmittere, dīmissī : send away, dismiss effugiō, effugere, effūgī : escape faber : craftsman flōs : flower frūmentum : grain imperātor : emporer inter : among ita : in this way melior : better nāvigō, nāvigāre, nāvigāvī : sail nōnne? : surely parātus : ready, prepared pereō, perīre, periī : die, perish pōnō, pōnere, posuī : place, put postrīdiē : (on) the next day pūniō, pūnīre, pūnīvī : punish saltō, saltāre, saltāvī : dance simulac : as soon as simulatque : as soon as summus : highest, greatest, top supersum, superesse, superfuī : survive tollō, tollere, sustulī : raise, lift up vertō, vertere, vertī : turn # end