# Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 2, Stage 18 # by Ed Phinney et al, ISBN 052134381X # Version 1.0 by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) vitrum : glass situs : position, site lucrum : profit dubitāre : be doubtful operae : hired thugs extorquēre : extort vim īnferre : use force, violence dīripere : ransack īnfirmus : weak centum aureōs : a hundred gold pieces sufficere : be enough Alexandrīnus : Alexandrian officīna : workshop adeō : so much, so greatly in viā vitreāriōrum : in the street of the glassmakers valvae : doors ēvulsus : wrenched off vīcīnus : neighboring, nearby quattuor : four interrogāre : question praeterīre : go past sūdāre : sweat manūs ... tergēbat : was wiping his hands capillī : hair admittere : let in amīcē : in a friendly way ōlla : vase ōrnātus : decorated praesidium : protection paulum : little floccī nōn facō : I don’t give a hoot about sēcūrus : without a care renovāre : restore condūcere : hire reficere : repair ōrnāmentum : ornament vitreus : glass, made of glass invicem : in turn aequus : fair ut : as pius : respectful to the gods adōrāre : worship cōnsecrāre : dedicate sē coniungere : join sacer : sacred mystēria : mysteries, secret worship mulcēre : strike cōnfīdere : trust putāre : think vindex : champion, defender occāsiō : opportunity poenās dare : pay the penalty, be punished Īsiacī : followers of Isis domus : house accurrēns : running up ēvellēns : wrenching off frangēns : breaking incendēns : burning, setting on fire monēre : warn sapiēns : wise tranquilitās : calmness scelestus : wicked dēserere : desert īnsilīre : jump onto, jump into abicere : throw away laedere : harm sīcut : like rādere : scratch neque ... neque : neither ... nor temptāre : try ducentī : two hundred quot? : how many? sōlum : only stultē : foolishly omittere : drop frangere : break aliquid : something audeō, audēre : dare caput, capitis : head coepī : I began cognōscō, cognōscere, cognōvī : find out, get to know cōnsistō, cōnsistere, cōnstitī : stand one’s ground, stand firm dea, deae : goddess dēmōnstrō, dēmōnstrāre, dēmōnstrāvī : point out, show discēdō, discēdere, discessī : depart, leave fortasse : perhaps fortūna, fortūnae : fortune, luck frangō, frangere, frēgī : break ibi : there invītus, invīta, invītum : unwilling libenter : gladly longus, longa, longum : long manus, manūs : hand mīles, mīlitis : soldier nam : for nēmō : no one nox, noctis : night obstō, obstāre, obstitī : obstruct, block the way pars, partis : part perīculōsus, perīculōsa, perīculōsum : dangerous petō, petere, petīvī : beg for, ask for posteā : afterwards postrēmō : finally, lastly praesidium, praesidiī : protection prō : in front of prōcumbō, prōcumbere, prōcubuī : fall down quō? : where, where to? recūsō, recūsāre, recūsāvī : refuse resistō, resistere, restitī : resist sacer, sacra, sacrum : sacred saeviō, saevīre, saeviī : be in a rage # end