core vocabulary
Beroea -ae f.: Beroea (modern Aleppo)
Edessa -ae f.: Edessa, a city in Macedonia; a city of Mesopotamia (modern Şaniurfa, Turkey)
sōlitūdō -inis f.: solitude, loneliness; desert, waste land
Saracēnī -ōrum m.: Saracens; a people of Arabia; a generic word for Arab nomads
incertus -a -um: unsure, uncertain, unreliable
vagor -ārī or vagō vagāre vagāvī: to wander
suspīciō suspiciōnis f.: suspicion; mistrust
frequentia frequentiae f.: crowd, throng
viātor -ōris m.: traveler, wayfarer
congregō congregāre congregāvī congregātus: to assemble, collect
immineō imminēre: to threaten, be a threat (to); overhang, be imminent (+ dat.)
mūtuus -a -um: interchangeable, reciprocal; on both sides; per mutua, mutually, to each other (> muto)
dēclīnō dēclīnāre dēclīnāvī dēclīnātus: to turn down or away; of the eyes, to close in sleep; (intrans.) turn aside (to), be inclined (towards)
comitātus -ūs m.: an accompanying or following; a suite, train, retinue (> comitor)
iuvenis iuvenis m.: youth; young man
parvulus -a -um: very little; small, little (> parvus)
circiter: nearly, not far from, almost, approximately, around, about
septuāgintā; septuāgēsimus -a -um: 70; 70th
camēlus -ī m./f.: a camel
sessor -ōris m.: one who sits, rider
Ismāēlītēs -ae m. : descendent of Ishmael; an Arab; a Bedouin
inruō -ere -ruī: to rush in, break in; rush on; rush
crīnītus -a -um: long-haired (> crinis)
vittātus -a -um: bound up by a fillet
sēminūdus -a -um: half-naked; nearly defenseless, without arms
pallium palli(ī) n.: cover, coverlet; Greek cloak
"gallicula -ae f. : Gallic shoe, boot"
pendeō pendēre pependī: to hang, hang down
umerus umerī m.: shoulder
pharetra -ae f.: quiver
laxus -a -um: wide, loose, spacious
arcus arcūs m.: bow, arch
vibrō vibrāre vibrāvī vibrātus: to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, brandish, shake, agitate
hastīle -is n.: the shaft of a spear; a spear, lance, javelin; a spear-like sapling or branch; a shoot (> hasta)
praedor -ārī praedātus sum: to plunder; to go hunting for food
dissipō -āre: to spread abroad, scatter, disperse
distrahō -ere -trahere -traxī -tractum: to pull apart, tear to pieces
postlīminium -ī n.: resumption of civil rights on return from exile; leading back again; reprisal
hērēditārius -a -um : of an inheritance, inherited, hereditary
possessor -ōris m.: a possessor, owner
sērō: late, at a late hour, tardily; of a late period
paenitet paenitēre paenituit: to make sorry, cause to repent
muliercula -ae f.: a (small or weak) woman
erus -ī m.: an owner, householder, master, lord
servitūs servitūtis f.: slavery
sortior -ītus sum: to cast lots; obtain, get, take by lot; share; distribute; assign, allot, appoint; select, choose (> sors)
immō: no indeed (contradiction); on the contrary, more correctly; indeed, nay more
sublīmis sublīme: elevated, lofty, heroic, noble; (of breathing) shallow, panting; with head held high
camēlus -ī m./f.: a camel
vāstus -a -um: empty, devastated
erēmus -ī m. or f.: desert, waste land (late Latin)
ruīna ruīnae f.: fall; catastrophe; collapse (of a building), destruction
haereō haerēre haesī haesus: to stick to, hang on to
potius: rather, more
sēmicrūdus -a -um: half raw, partially cooked
carō carnis f.: meat, flesh
lac lactis n.: milk; juice
pōtus pōtūs m.: a drinking, a drink