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Juvenal Vocabulary-Satire 1 Neuter Nouns
Neuter Nouns for Satire 1
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Undergraduate 3
03/23/2011

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aconītum, -ī
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n. (bot) wolfsbane; strone poison
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elegeum, -i
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n. (gium) elegaic poem
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guttur, -uris
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n. (m.) gullet, throat, neck || npl. throat, neck
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munus, -eris
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n. (moen-) service, function, duty; gift; favor, kindness; tax, duty; public entertainment, gladiatorial show; tribute (to the dead), rite, sacrifice; public office; in munere (or munere or pro munere) as a gift
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balneum, -ī
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n. (pl. also: balneae, ārum) bathroom; public baths; bathing, taking a bath
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tergum, -i/tergus, -oris
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n. back; back part, rear; ridge; hide; leather; leather objects: bag, shield, drum; (mil) rear; a tergo in the rear, from behind; in tergum backward; tergum dare/vertere to turn tail, run away, flee
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convīvium, -(i)ī
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n. banquet, dinner party; party; ~ agitāre (coll) to throw a party; ~ dare to give a party || npl. dinner guests
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proelium, -(i)ī
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n. battle, combat, fight; proelium committere or facere or inīre or sūmere to go into action, begin to battle || npl. fighting men, warriors
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quadrivium, -(i)i
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n. crossroads
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labellum, -ī
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n. cute lip
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pōc(u)lum, -i
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n. drinking cup; drink, draft; pōculum (dūcere or exhaurīre) to drain a cup
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ōvum, -ī
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n. egg || npl. wooden balls used to mark the laps at the racetrack
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vēstibulum, -ī
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n. entrance, forecourt; beginning
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ferculum, ī
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n. food tray; dish; course; float (for carrying spoils in a victory parade or cult images in a religious procession)
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fūnus, -eris
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n. funeral, funeral rites, burial; corpse; death; murder; havoc, ruin, dstruction; sub ~ on the brink of the grave || npl. shades of the dead
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inguen, -inis
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n. groin; swelling, tumor || npl. private parts
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sacrum, -ī
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n. holy object, sacred vessel; holy place, temple, sanctuary; religious rite, act of worship, religious service; festival; sacrifice; victim || npl. worship, religion; secret, mystery, inviolability; ~a facere to sacrifice; sine ~īs hērēditātis (fig) godsend, windfall
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venabulum, -i
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n. hunting spear
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crīmen, -inis
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n. indictment; reproach; guilt; crime; esse in crīmine to be arraigned; in crīmen addūcī (or pōnī or venīre or vocārī) to be indicted; (of actions) to be called into question
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aequor, -oris
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n. level surface; plain; sea
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iecur, -oris or -ineris or -inoris
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n. liver; (as the seat of emotions) anger, lust
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marmor, -oris
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n. marble; marble statue, marble monument; marble vessel; mile-stone; smooth surface of the sea || npl. marble pavement
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lacunar, -aris
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n. paneled ceiling
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pelagus, -ī
Definition
n. sea, open sea
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nāvigium, -(i)ī
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n. ship; boat
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lābellum, -ī
Definition
n. small basin
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vōtum, -i
Definition
n. solemn vow (made to a deity); votive offering (made for a prayer answered); prayer, wish; thing wished for; compos ~ī/ō esse to have had one's prayer answered; in ~ō est (w. inf) it is (my) wish to; (w. ut + subj or w. acc & inf) it is (my) wish that;~ī reus obligated to fulfill a vow
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lorum, -i
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n. strip of leather, thong, strap; dog's leash; whip, scourge; leather badge || npl. reins
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templum, -ī
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n. temple, shrine, sanctuary; space marked off in the sky or on the earth for the observation of omens; open space, quarter; site for a temple
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testamentum, -i
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n. testament, will
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medium, -ī
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n. the middle part, center; general public; intervening space; intermediate stage
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vīrus, -ī
Definition
n. venom; slime; stench, pungency; saltiness
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duellum, ī
Definition
n. war, warfare; battle, combat, fight; duel; military force, arms
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pondus, -eris
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n. weight; mass; burden; importance; stability of character || npl. balance, equilibrium
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serum, -ī
Definition
n. whey (milk serum, the watery liquid separating from curds)
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praecordia, -ōrum
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npl. midriff; lower chest; chest; diaphragm; insides; stomach; breast, heart (as seat of emotions); (poet) body
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praesēpe, -is n, or praesēpēs, -is f.
Definition
(-saep-) stall, stable; crib, manger; (coll.) brother; (coll.) lodgings, room
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