# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, Stage 17 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 052134381X # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) tumultus : riot quondam : one day, once ille : he tenēre : own tabernārius : storekeeper plūrimī : very many sentīre : notice melius est : it would be better pars : part in triviīs : at the crossroads nōbīs obstābat : blocked our way, obstructed us sollicitūdō : anxiety casa : small house nōvit : knows perīculum : danger fenestra : window forte : by chance accipere : take in, receive extrā iānuam : outside the door īnfestus : hostile oppugnāre : attack effringere : break down irrumpere : burst in septem : seven circumvenīre : surround animum recipere : recover consciousness dīrepta : torn apart, ransacked dēfendere : defend vir quīdam : one man, a certain man gemitus : groan doctus : educated, learned monumentum : monument mī dulcissime! : my good man! quid ... agis? : how are you? garriēns : chattering coepit : began auris : ear loquāx : talkative psittacus : parrot obstinātus : obstinate dēnique : at last, finally cella : sanctuary in capite : on the head canistrum : basket enim : for hōra : hour quārta : fourth facere solent : are accustomed to make ehem! : well, well! silentium : silence mīrāculum : miracle Iūdaeī : Jews Syrī : Syrians Serapis : the god Serapis gemma : jewel, gem merx : goods, merchandise trānsīre : cross sēricae : silk dentēs ... eburneī : ivory tusks latrō : robber īnsidiae : trap, ambush ācriter : keenly, fiercely relinquere : leave in dēsertīs : in the desert mōnstrum : monster āla : wing unguis : claw rēctā : directly, straight dēscendēns : coming down nīdus : nest praeruptus : steep cumulus : pile lapis : stone fulgēns : shining, glittering Arabs : Arabian Arabia : Arabia sīcut pīca : like a magpie colligere : gather, collect zōna : belt fulgēre : shine fortūna : fortune, luck saccus : bag, purse audāx : bold dormiēns : sleeping in tergō : on its back cadere : fall ā, ab : from, by animus, animī : spirit, soul approprinquō, appropinquāre, appropinquāvī : approach, come near to āra, ārae : altar bene : well benignus : kind dēsliliō, dēsilīre, dēsiluī : jump down dēspērō, dēspērāre, dēspērāvī : despair diū : for a long time exanimātus : unconscious facilis : easy fulgeō, fulgēre, fulsī : shine gemma, gemmae : jewel, gem graviter : seriously haereō, haerēre, haesī : stick, cling hasta, hastae : spear hūc : here, to this place impetus, impetūs : attack īnsula, īnsulae : island itaque : and so latrō, latrōnis : robber mare, maris : sea maximus : very big, very large, very great multitūdō, multitūdinis : crowd negōtium, negōtiī : business numquam : never paucī : few, a few perveniō, pervenīre, pervēnī : reach, arrive at quodam : one day, once recipiō, recipere, recēpī : to recover, take back sine : without soleō, solēre : be accustomed sordidus : dirty tergum, tergī : back vīta, vītae : life # end