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Annālis –is m.: a book of annals or chronicles; (pl.) a chronicle in several books

Volusius –ia –ium: Romen nomen gentile

cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus: defecate

charta chartae f.: a sheet or roll of papyrus

Venus –eris f.: Venus or Aphrodite, goddess of love and charm

Cupīdō –inis m.: desire; object of desire (as term of affection); Cupid or Eros, companion of Venus/Aphrodite, personification of sexual desire

voveō vovēre vōvī vōtus: promise, vow

restituō restituere restituī restitūtus: rebuild; restore, cure; give back unharmed or in its original state

trux trucis: harsh, fierce, cruel, savage 5

vibrō vibrāre vibrāvī vibrātus: shake, brandish

iambus iambī m.: an iamb or iambic verse; (pl.) invective verse, esp. that written in iambic meter

ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus: select, choice

scripta –ōrum n. pl.: writings, works (in poetry or prose)

tardipēs: slow-footed, lame

īnfēlīx īnfēlīcis: infertile; disastrous, unlucky

ustulō –āre –āvī –ātum: char, burn

līgnum lignī n.: wood, firewood

iocōsus –a –um: full of laughs, jolly, happy 10

lepidus –a –um: charming, witty

ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration

caerulus (caeruleus) –a –um: sea-blue

Īdalium –iī n.: town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite/Venus

Ūriī –ōrum m. pl.: Uria, an Italian town associated with the cult of Venus

Ancōn –ōnis f.: Ancona, a town on the Adriatic coast

Cnidus –ī f.: Cnidus, town on the coast of Caria, in SW Asia Minor, where Venus/Aphrodite was worshipped

harūndinōsus –a –um: reedy

Amathūs –ūntis f.: acc. Amathunta, a town in Cyprus

Golgī –ōrum m. pl.: a town in Cyprus noted for the worship of Aphrodite / Venus

Durrachium –ī n.: a town on the coast of Illyria, mod. Durazzo 15

Hadria –ae f.: the Adriatic Sea

taberna tabernae f.: hut; inn, hostel

illepidus –a –um: unbecoming, ungraceful, awkward

invenustus –a –um: not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

intereā: in the meantime; with adversative force, in these circumstances

infacētiae –ārum f.: clumsiness, gaucheries, blunders