Chapter VII. 21
- minuo, -ere, minui, minutum to diminish,
lessen, impair
- credo "no doubt"
- aut etiam "or again"
- exerceo,
-ere, exercui, exercitum keep at work, exercise
- tardus, -a, -um slow
- percipio (compound of capio) feel,
perceive by the senses, learn, get, harvest, obtain
- procedo, -ere, processi, processum to proceed, to
advance
- saluto (I) to salute, greet
- equidem (adverb) certainly
- avus, -i, m. grandfather
- perdo, -ere, perdidi, perditum to lose, destroy
- obliviscor, oblivisci, oblitus sum (deponent) forget
- constituo, -ere, constitui, constitutum to
set up, settle, institute
- constituta business appointments, engagements
Chapter VII. 22
- ingenium, -i, n. genius, intellect, innate mental
faculties, talent, character
- iudicium, -i, n. legal decision, court
- iudex, iudicis, m. a judge
- quemadmodum (adverb) as, in the manner which
Chapter VII. 23
- agitatio, agitationis, f. spending of time, active
prosecution
- princeps, principis, m. chief, prince (as adjective,
first)
Chapter VII. 24
- nomino (I, < nomen, nominis, n.) to name
rusticus, -a, -um rustic, rural, of the country
vicinus, -i, m. a neighbor
sero, -ere, sevi, satum to sow, to plant
condo, -ere, condidi, conditum to store up
omnino (adverb) altogether, at all, certainly
pertineo (compound of teneo) to reach, extend,
pertain to
prosum, prodesse, profui (compound of sum) to be of
advantage
Chapter VII. 25
- posterus, -a, -um coming after
posteri those who come after, posterity
prodo, -ere, prodidi, proditum to hand down
Chapter VIII. 25
- sat = satis
- vitiosus, -a, -um (from vitium) faulty, vicious
- senecta = senectus (an archaic form)
- deputo consider
Chapter VIII. 26
- indoles, -is, f. character, natural ability
- praeditus, -a, -um endowed with, possessed of
- operosus, -a, -um active, busy
- molior, -iri, molitus sum (deponent) to attempt
- scilicet that is to say, of course
- addisco, -ere, addidisci learn in addition, increase one's knowledge
- cotidie (adverb) every day, daily
- arripio, -ere, arripui, arreptum (compound of rapio) snatch, grasp at
- diuturnus, -a, -um lasting a long time (from diu)
- sitis, -is, f. thirst
- expleo, -Ere, explevi, expletum fill up, satisfy
- exemplum, -i, n. example, precedent
- fides, fidium, f. pl. strings, lyre
Chapter IX. 2
pro in proportion to
vox utterance
lacertus arm
Chapter IX. 28-30
- adhuc thus far, up until now, as yet
- quietus et remissus quiet and reserved
- compta et mitis smooth and easy
- senectute stipata studiis iuventutis old
age throged with the eagerness of youth (i.e. with eager youths)
- ne...quidem not even
- apud "in [the works of]" used with an
author's name
Chapter X. 31-34
- praedico speak out, speak openly
- insolens importunate, doing things out of place
- egeo need
- quin but that
- glorior, -ari boast
- queo be able
- ne (33) = nae truly
- utrum...an double question [whether]...or
(translate "whether" only if it is a double indirect question.
- percipio reap
- officia et munera functions and duties (nearly
synonymous)
Chapter XI. 34-38
resisto stand up to
petulantia insolence < petere
emancipata "surrendered to another's power"
(Powell)
nunc cum maxime now more than ever
conficio put the finishing touches on
Chapter XII. 39-42
- quod the fact that (in 39, line 1)
{Things we doubt anyone ever used
to say!}
- temere blindly, in the dark
potior possess
hinc from this, hence
cumque and while
consistere co-exist
gratiam hab re to be grateful gratias agere
to thank
noto (I) a technical word in censorial degradation
Chapter XIII. 43-45
- norat = noverat
- optimus quisque see A&G 313
- licentia in Cicero "liberty",
"privilege"
- sodalitates associations or clubs, especially religious
brotherhoods. The members (sodales) attended to the cult of some god,
celebrating the sacrifices and feasts of the cult. The sodales had a legally recognized position of mutual obligation.
Chapter XIV. 46-50
- tempestivus "early" (beginning earlier than
usual > "long", "protracted"
- magisteria "presidencies" (refers to the
custom of having a presiding officer magister bibendi at a banquet to direct the
drinking and the topic of conversation.
- a summo "from the top" (beginning at the
head of the table)
- ne...quidem after a negative frequently merely
repeats the negative idea (A&G 209a1)
- di meliora [dent < duint] heaven forfend
[lit. "may the gods (give) better (things)"]
- illa (49, line 1) neuter plural
- quanti gen. of value "how much they are
worth!" < "of how much value they are!"
- tamquam "as it were", "so to
speak" [the apologetic tamquam] emeritis stipendiis "released from
the service of" -- a military figure: stpendiis emereri "to spend the
required number of years", "to serve out one's campaigns"
- ut dicitur "as it is said" [i.e. the
expression is in current or proverbial use] > "as the saying goes"
- suadae medullam see Ennius 304 the marrow of
persuasion