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

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ornus, -i
Definition
f. (bot) mountain ash
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cervīx, -īcis
Definition
f. (often in pl. w. same meaning as sg.) neck, nape; in cervīcibus nostrīs esse (fig.) to be on our necks; ā cervīcibus nostrīs āvertere (fig.) to get (s.o.) off our necks; cervīcibus sustinēre to shoulder (responsibility)
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satura, -ae
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f. (satir-) dish of mixed ingredients; mixture, hodgepodge; medley, variety show; literary medley of prose and poetry; satire, satirical poem; in (or per) saturam at random; collectively, en block; per saturam ferre to propose as a rider to a bill
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ūnciola, -ae
Definition
f. a mere twelfth
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cathedra, -ae
Definition
f. armchair, cushioned seat; sedan chair; teacher's chair
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infamia, -ae
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f. bad reputation; disrepute, disgrace; scandal; (w. gen) stigma of; (pol.) public disgrace (involving loss of some civil rights)
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vesica, -ae
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f. bladder; bombast; objects made of bladder: purse, cap, football, lantern
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mamma, -ae
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f. breast (of a woman); dug (of an animal); (baby talk) mummy, mamma
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gemma, -ae
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f. bud; gem, jewel; jeweled goblet; signet ring, signet; eye (of a peacock's tail); literary gem; pebble (for marking days); a piece in a game-board
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sella, -ae
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f. chair, stool (normally w/out back or armrests); portable chair, sedan chair; ~ curūlis magistrate's chair
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arca, -ae
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f. chest, cupboard; money box (also the money itself), safe, coffer; coffin; prison cell
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rupes, -is
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f. cliff
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columna, -ae
Definition
f. column, pillar; support; waterspout; (vulg) (big) penis; columnae Herculis/Hesperiae the Pillars of Hercules; columna Maenia whipping post (in the Forum for thieves and slaves and to which debtors were summoned for trial); Protei columnae the Pillars of Proteus, the 'borders of Egypt' || fpl. portico; bookshop
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vīlla, -ae
Definition
f. country home; farmhouse; ~ rustica farmhouse, homestead; ~ urbāna (also in the country, with no farm attached) country villa
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nurus, -ūs
Definition
f. daughter-in-law; young lady, young married woman
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mors, mortis
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f. death; destruction; corpse; bloodshed
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ālea, -ae
Definition
f. dice game; gambling; die; risk, gamble; ~¯ lūdere to gamble; iacta ~ est the die is cast
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cēna, -ae
Definition
f. dinner; dish, course; ad ~m invītāre/vocāre to invite to dinner; caput ~e main dish; ~m appōnere to serve dinner; in ~¯ for dinner; inter ~m at table, during dinner
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sordēs, -is
Definition
f. dirt, filth; shabbiness, squalor; greed, stinginess; moral turpitude; meanness (of behavior); low rank, low condition; rabble, scum; ~ verbōrum vulgarity || fpl. rags, dark clothes (often worn as a sign of mourning)
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plūma, -ae
Definition
f. down, soft feather; (collectively) down, feathers
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auris, -is
Definition
f. ear
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effigiēs, -ēī or effigia, -ae
Definition
f. effigy, likeness, semblance; opposite number; copy, imitation; image; statue, figure, portrait; ghost, phantom
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nobilitas, -atis
Definition
f. fame, renown; noble birth; nobility; the nobility, the nobles; excellence
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sponsa, -ae
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f. fiancee
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gula, -ae
Definition
f. gullet, throat; palate, appetite; gluttony
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calx, -cis
Definition
f. heel; (back of the) hoof; (fig.) foot, kick; calcibus caedere to kick
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indignātiō, -ōnis
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f. indignation, displeasure; provocation, occasion for indignation || fpl. expressions of indignation
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venia, -ae
Definition
f. kindness, favor, goodwill; permission; pardon, forgiveness; ~am dare (w. dat) 1 to grant forgiveness to; 2 do a favor to; 3 grant permission to; ~am petere to ask permission; ~¯ vestrā with your leave
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togata, -ae
Definition
f. Latin comedy (on Roman themes and in Roman dress)
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calx, -cis
Definition
f. lime, limestone; pebble (used in games); finish line, goal; ad calcem pervenīre to reach the goal; (prov.) ad carcerēs ā calce revocārī to have to do a thing all over again (lit. to be called back to the starting gate from the finish line)
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lectica, -ae
Definition
f. litter
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sportula, -ae
Definition
f. little basket (in which gifts of food were given by the patron to his clients); dole, present (of food or money); gift
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sors, sortis
Definition
f. lot; casting of lots, decision by lot; prophecy; fate, destiny, lot in life; portion, share; sort, kind
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luxuria, -ae or luxuriēs, -ēī
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f. luxuriance; luxury, extravagance, excess, sumptuousness
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māiestās, -ātis
Definition
f. majesty, dignity, grandeur; sovereign power, sovereignty; authority; as a crime of diminishing the majesty of the Roman people) high treason; ~ laesa/imminūta high treason
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lacerna, -ae
Definition
f. mantle, cloak
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margo, -inis
Definition
f. margin, edge, border; frontier; bank (of a stream); margo cenae side-dishes
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mātrōna, -ae
Definition
f. married woman, matron, wife; lady
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farrāgō, -inis
Definition
f. mash (for cattle); (fig) medley, hodgepodge
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māteria, -ae or māteriēs, -ēī
Definition
f. matter, stuff, material; lumber (for building); fuel; subject, subject matter, theme, topic; cause, source; occasion, opportunity; capacity, natural ability; disposition
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mensura, -ae
Definition
f. measuring, measurement; standard of measure; amount, size, proportion, capacity, extent, limit, degree; mensura duorum digitorum a pinch (e.g., of salt)
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lucerna, -ae
Definition
f. oil lamp; (fig.) midnight oil; ad lucernam after dark; ante lucernas before nightfall; vinum et lucernae wine and lamps (i.e., evening festivities)
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merces, -edis
Definition
f. pay, wages; bribe; reward, recompense; cost; price; payment (esp. for effort, pain, misfortune); injury, detriment; stipulation, condition; retribution, punishment; rent, income, interest; una mercede duas res assequi (prov.) to kill two birds with one stone (literally, to buy two things for the price of one)
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taeda, -ae
Definition
f. pine wood; pitch; pine board; pine tree; torch; wedding torch; (fig.) wedding
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platanus, -i/-us
Definition
f. plane-tree
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tabula, -ae
Definition
f. plank, board; writing tablet; painting (on a panel of wood); game, board; votive tablet; door panel; placard, advertisement; auction notice; will; record; counting board || fpl. account books, records, register, lists; tabulae novae clean slate (i.e. cancellation of debts)
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urna, -ae
Definition
f. pot, jar; water pot; voting urn; urn of fate; cinerary urn; money jar; liquid measure (= one half of an amphora)
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ops, opis
Definition
f. power, might; help, aid; influence, weight; non opis est nostrae it is not in our power; ope mea with my help; opem ferre (w. dat.) to bring help to, help || fpl. wealth, resources, means; military or political resources; (ex) summis opibus with all one's might || Ops (goddess of abundance, sister and wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter)
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probitās, -ātis
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f. probity, uprightness, honesty, goodness; sexual purity; good behavior
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prōvincia, -ae
Definition
f. province; sphere of administration or jurisdiction; office, duty, charge; public office, commission, command, administration; sphere of action
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purpura, -ae
Definition
f. purple dye (ranging in shade from blood-red to deep violet); purple, deep-red, royal purple, crimson; royal-purple cloth; royal-purple robe; royalty; consular dignity; imperial dignity
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ferula, -ae
Definition
f. reed, stalk; rod, whip
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ovis, -is
Definition
f. sheep; wool; simpleton; ninny
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charta, -ae
Definition
f. sheet of papyrus, paper; thin sheet of metal || fpl (fig) writings
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simplicitās, -ātis
Definition
f. simplicity; candor, frankness
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pellicula, -ae
Definition
f. small or thin hide, skin
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pōsca, -ae
Definition
f. sour drink
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caulis, -is
Definition
f. stalk, stem; cabbage
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rudis, -is
Definition
f. stick; rod; practice sword; wooden sword (presented to a retiring gladiator)
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fābula, -ae
Definition
f. story, tale; talk, conversation; conversation piece; small talk; gossip; affair, matter; myth, legend; drama, play; dramatic poem; ~ est (w. acc & inf) legend has it that; ~e! (coll) baloney!
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mēnsa, -ae
Definition
f. table; meal, course, dinner; guests at table; counter; bank; sacrificial table, altar; mēnsa secunda dessert
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posteritās, -ātis
Definition
f. the future, afterages, posterity, later generations; offspring (of animals); in ~em in the future
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rubeta, -ae
Definition
f. toad
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toga, -ae
Definition
f. toga (outer garment of a Roman citizen); ~ ātra dark toga (unwhitened toga worn as sign of mourning); ~ candida white toga (treated with chalk and worn by candidates for office); ~ picta brocaded toga (worn by triumphant generals); ~ praetexta crimson-bordered toga (worn by magistrates and free-born children); ~ pulla dark-gray toga (worn by mourners); ~ pūra (or virīlis or lībera) toga of manhood (worn by young men from about the age of sixteen); ā togā pūrā from boyhood
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Aurunca, -ae
Definition
f. town in Campania, birthplace of the poet Lucilius || Auruncus, -a, -um adj. of Arunca || mpl. people of Arunca
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tuba, -ae
Definition
f. trumpet (w. a straight tube, as opposed to the cornū, and used in war, at religious ceremonies, at the start of publis shows, at weddings, funerals, etc.)
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cēra, -ae
Definition
f. wax; writing tablet (covered with wax); wax seal; wax bust of an ancestor; cell (of a beehive); prīma cēra first page
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quadrigentī, -ae, -a
Definition
four hundred
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caulae, -ārum
Definition
fpl. fence; sheepfold; opening, hole; ~ corporis (anat) pores
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