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exitus –ūs, m.: departure

quō: that

immortālis –e: immortal

clādēs –is, f.: destruction2

memorābilis –e: memorable

occidō –cidere –cidī –cāsus: to go down; set; fall

multum –ī, n.: much (of something)

perpetuitās –ātis, f.: continuity, perpetuity

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

aeternitās –tātis, f.: eternity, timelessness; eternal life

equidem: indeed3

libenter: willingly

dēposcō –poscere –poposcī —: to demand

iniungō –iungere –iūnxī –iūnctum: to fasten, join

nōnus –a –um: 9th (novem, 9)4

kal.: = Kalendae –ārum (f.), Kalends, first day of the month

September –bris –bre: pertaining to September, the seventh month of the Roman year

septimus –a –um: 7th (septem, 7)

inūsitātus –a –um: unusual

gustō –āre –āvī –ātus: to taste5

solea –ae, f.: sandal

mīrāculum –ī, n.: a marvel

cōnspiciō –spicere –spexī –spectus: to catch sight of, behold

nūbēs –is, f.: cloud

incertus –a –um: uncertain

intueor intuērī intuitus sum: to look at

Vesuvius –ī, m.: Vesuvius (a place)

similitūdō –inis, f.: likeness

pīnus –ūs (–ī), f.: pine tree

exprimō –primere –pressī –pressum: to press, express

truncus –ī, m.: the stem6

efferō efferre extulī ēlātus: to carry out or away

altum altī, n.: deep sea; height

rāmus –ī, m.: branch

diffundō –fundere –fūdī –fūsus: to pour round about

ēvehō –vehere –vexī –vectus: to carry forth; carry up

senescō senescere senuī: to grow old, deteriorate

dēstituō –ere –uī –ūtum: to set down; leave alone

lātitūdō –is, f.: breadth

vānescō –ere — — : to disappear, vanish

interdum: sometimes

sordidus –a –um: dirty, sordid

maculōsus –a –um: spotted, speckled

prout: proportionately as, just as

ērudītus –a –um: clever, skilled7

liburnica –ae, f.: light ship

aptō –āre –āvī –ātus: to adapt to, prepare; fit together, join

ūnā: together

cōdicillus –ī, m.: writing tablet; letter8

Rēctīna –ae, f.: Rectina (name)

Cascus –ī, m.: Cascus (name)

immineō –ēre — —: to threaten; overhang

exterreō –terrēre –terruī –territus: to frighten; alarm

subiaceō –iacēre — —: to lie under or near any thing; to belong to or be connected with

discrīmen –is, n.: division, crisis, difference

studiōsus –a –um: eager9

incohō –āre –āvī –ātus: to lay the foundation; begin

obeō –īre –iī (–īvī) –itum: to go to, visit, survey

quadrirēmis –e: having four banks of oars, quadrireme

multī –ōrum, m.: subst.

amoenitās –ātis, f.: pleasantness, delightfulness

ōra –ae, f.: shore, coast

gubernāculum –ī, n.: helm, tiller10

malum –ī, n.: evil, calamity

mōtus –ūs, m.: motion, movement

figūra –ae, f.: form, shape

dēprehendō –prehendere –prehendī –prehensus: to catch, seize, understand

dictō –āre –āvi –ātus: to say often, declare

ēnotō –āre –āvi –ātus: to note down

quō: expresses degree of difference11

calidus (caldus) –a –um: warm, hot

dēnsus –a –um: thick, dense

pūmex –icis, m.: pumice–stone (feminine in Catullus)

ambūrō –ere –ussī –ūstus: to burn round

vadum –ī, n.: ford; shallow

subitus –a –um: having come up suddenly; unexpected

ruīna –ae, f.: collapse

obstō –stāre –stitī –stātum: to stand before, stand in the way

cūnctor –ārī –ātus sum: to delay

paulum (paululum): a little

retrō: backwards

flectō flectere flēxī flexus: to bend

gubernātor –ōris, m.: helmsman

Stabiae –ārum, f.: Stabiae (place)12

dirimō –ere –ēmī –ēmptus: to take asunder; to separate

sēnsim: little by little, just perceptibly

circumagō –agere –ēgī –actum: to take someone out of his/her way

curvō –āre –āvī –ātus: to bend

īnfundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: to pour into or upon

appropinquō –propinquāre –propinquavī —: to approach, draw near

cōnspicuus –a –um: in view, visible

sarcina –ae, f.: burden, baggage

contrārius –a –um: opposite

resīdō –ere –sīdere –sēdī: to sit down, sink down, shrink

avunculus –ī, m.: maternal uncle

invehō –ere –vexī –vectus: to carry into or forward; (pass.)

complector –plectī –plexus sum: to embrace

trepidō –āre –āvī –ātus: to be agitated

cōnsōlor –ārī –ātus sum (cōnsōlō –āre): to comfort, console

sēcūritās –ātis, f.: freedom from anxiety or danger

lēniō –īre –īvī –ītus: to alleviate

balneum (balineum) –ī, n. (balneus –ī, m.; balnae –ārum, f.): a bath

lavō –āre (–ere) –āvī lōtus (lautus): to wash

accubō –cubāre –cubuī –cubitus: to lie near or by

cēnō –āre –āvī –ātus: to dine

hilaris –e: cheerful

incendium –i(ī), n.: fire13

relūceō –lūcēre –lūxī — : to shine back or again

fulgor –ōris, m. (fulgur –ūris, n.): lightning, flash, brightness

clāritās –tātis, f.: brightness, brilliance, splendor

excitō –citāre –citāvī –citātus: to stir up, arouse, put into motion

agrestis –e: rural, rustic

trepidātiō –ōnis, f.: agitation, confusion

vīlla –ae, f.: estate

sōlitūdō –inis, f.: solitude, waste land

remedium –ī, n.: cure

formīdō –inis, f.: fear

dictitō –āre –āvī –ātus: to say often, reiterate, name repeatedly

quiēs –ētis, f.: sleep, rest

meātus –ūs, m.: going; passage

amplitūdō –inis, f.: width

sonāns –antis: sounding

obversor –versārī: to make an appearance

area arae, f.: open space, threshing floor, forecourt13

diaeta –ae, f.: cabin

oppleō –plēre –plēvī –plētum: to fill up

cubiculum –ī, n.: bedroom

Pompōniānus –a –um: of Pomponius

pervigilō –vigilāre –vigilāvī –vigilātus: to keep vigil

cōnsultō –āre –āvi –ātus: to reflect, deliberate15

subsistō –sistere –stitī — : to stand after; halt

apertum –ī, n.: open space

vagor –ārī –ātus sum: to wander about

crebēr crēbra crēbrum: thick, crowded, close

tremor –ōris, m.: trembling; quaking; tremor

nūtō –āre –āvī –ātus: to nod; sway to and fro

ēmoveō –movēre –mōvī –mōtus: to move off or away; throw off

dīvus (dīus) –a –um: divine16

exedō –edere –ēdī –ēsus: to eat out

collātiō (conlātiō) –ōnis, f.: a bringing together

cervīcal (cervīcāle) –ālis, n.: pillow

cōnstringō –stringere –strinxī –strictus: to confine, hinder, make smaller

mūnīmentum –ī (mūnīmen –inis, n.): a fortification

incidentia –ium, n.pl.: occurrences, events

alibī (abiubī)+: elsewhere17

sōlor –āri –ātus sum: to console

proximus –a –um: nearest

ecquid: anyone? anything?

admittō –mittere –mīsī –mīssus: to send to, admit

vāstus –a –um: empty; vast

permaneō –manēre –mānsī –mānsum: to remain

abiciō –icere –iēcī –iectum: to throw down/away18

linteum –ī, n.: linen cloth, napkin; sailcloth; a sail

recubō –cubāre –cubāvī –cubātus: to be lying back or down; recline; be extended; lie

frīgida –ae, f.: cold water

hauriō haurīre hausī hastus: to drain, drink, swallow

praenūntius –a –um: foreboding, of omen

odor –ōris, m.: scent

sulphur (sulphur) –uris, n.: sulphur

innītor –nītī –nixus sum: to lean on, put one's weight on, press19

servulus –ī, m.: young slave

adsurgō –surgere –surrēxī –surrēctus: to rise up; rise

concidō –cidere –cidī: to fall down

crassus –a –um: thick, fat; crass, coarse

cālīgō –inis, f.: mist

obstruō –struere –strūxī –strūctus: to build before or against; to stop

stomachus –ī, m.: the gullet; chest

invalidus –a –um: not strong

angustus –a –um: narrow

frequenter: in large numbers, in crowds; often, frequently; generally, widely

interaestuō –āre –āvī –ātus: to be restless

illaesus –a –um: unhurt, unharmed, uninjured, unimpaired20

operiō –perīre –peruī –pertum: to cover, hide

induō –duere –duī –dūtus: to put on, clothe

habitus –ūs, m.: condition, appearance, style of dress

dēfungor –fungī –fūnctus sum: to finish, complete

Mīsēnum –ī, n.: Misenum, a town in Campania21

historia –ae, f.: a narrative of past events, history

adiciō –icere –iēcī –iectus: to throw to22

memorō –āre –āvī –ātus: to remember

persequor –sequī –secūtus sum: to pursue

excerpō –cerpere –cerpsī –cerptum: to select for removal, take away