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Fūrius –iī m.: Roman nomen gentile

arca arcae f.: chest, coffer; money

cīmex cīmicis m.: bedbug

arāneus –ī m.: spider

vērum: adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually

noverca novercae f.: stepmother

dēns dentis m.: tooth

silex silicis n.: any hard rock; flint

comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum: eat up; squander

pulchrē pulchrius pulcherrimē: beautifully, handsomely 5

ligneus –a –um: wooden; tough, stringy

mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable

concoquō concoquere concōxī concoctus: cook down; digest; tolerate, stomach

incendium incendi(ī) n.: conflagration; inflammation, agony

ruīna ruīnae f.: uncontrollable forward movement; collapse, ruin

impius –a –um: wicked, irreligious, without pietas 10

venēnum venēnī n.: poison

atquī or atquīn: conj., but; moreover

siccus –a –um: dry

āridus –a –um: dry

frīgus frīgoris n.: cold

ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.: hunger, appetite

sūdor sūdōris m.: sweat, perspiration 16

salīva salīvae f.: saliva, spit

mūcus mūcī m.: mucus, snot

pītuīta pītuītae f.: mucus, phlegm

nāsus nāsī m. or nāsum nāsī n.: nose

mundities –eī f.: cleanliness

quod: because, the fact that

cūlus cūlī m.: anus

pūrus –a –um: clean, pure; plain, unembellished

salīllum salīllī n.: a little saltcellar

deciēs or deciēns: 10 times 20

cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus: defecate

faba fabae f.: bean

lapillus –ī m.: pebble (dim. of lapis)

terō terere trīvī trītum: rub; tread, traverse repeatedly

fricō fricāre ––– frictus: rub, chafe

digitus digitī m.: finger

inquinō inquināre inquināvī inquinātus: make dirty, soil, stain

commodum commodī n.: advantage, benefit

spernō spernere sprēvī sprētum: scorn, spurn, reject 25

sestertius –a –um: a sesterce, a small silver coin, originally equal to two and a half asses