# Oxford Latin Course, Part 1 - Appendix # by Maurice Balme and James Morwood, ISBN 978-0-19-521550-2 # Version 1.0 # by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) epistolās : letters scribae : to his secretary aliquis : someone servus : a slave domine : master! fīliolum peperit : has given birth to a little son valent : are well rē vērā : in truth Arpīnum : to Arpinum vīllam : (country) house decem annōs nāta est : is ten years old adventum : arrival tablīnum : reception room lectō : a bed pallida : pale sunt cūnae : there is a cradle in quībus : in which ōsculum : kiss quid agis? : how are you? arrīdet : he smiles at salvē! : greetings! nōminō : I name ancillae : to a servant girl aliquamdiū : for some time cubiculum : bedroom cōnsulātum : the consulship negōtiīs : business(es) valēre iubet : says goodbye to aulā : the courtyard equitat : rides plērumque : usually absunt : are absent, away īnsignis : important cōnsul fit : becomes, is made consul nūtrix : nurse satis ampla : large enough sita : sited, positioned rēbus pūblicīs : with public affairs cum : when aedibus : house plēnae : full of discurrunt : are running about officiīs fungentēs : performing their duties māne : in the morning cōnsilium : advice disserunt : discuss domina familiae : mistress of the household mātrōnās : ladies paedagōgus : tutor Graecē : in Greek studia : his studies gradātim : little by little discit : learns aestās : summer calōrēs : the heat(s) fēriās agit : is on holiday cōnsōbrinus eius : his cousin fundum : the farm vīsunt : visit piscēs : fish inimīcī : enemies lēgem ferunt : pass (bring) a law in : against discēdit : goes away from, leaves dēsīderat : misses proximō annō : the next year ab inimīcīs : by his enemies dēlētae sunt : has been destroyed rūre : from the country multō dīligentius : much harder paucīs post annīs : a few years later quattuordecim annōs nātus : fourteen years old ut prōvinciam administret : to govern the province invītus : reluctant(ly) iter : journey Athēnis : at Athens terrā : by land clārās : famous finēs : the boundaries īnferre : to wage bellum cīvīle : civil war reīpūblicae : the republic imminet : threatens cuidam : a certain nūper advēnit : who arrived recently facētus : witty dīligit : likes commendat : introduces tam modestum : so modest lautīs : smart nimium vīnī : too much wine # end