Vocabulary

Stage I Vocabulary

Vocabularium I: Familia et Cerberus

1. est -  is
2. pater – father
3. māter – mother
4. fīlius – son
5. servus – slave
6. coquus – cook
7. canis – dog
8. in tablīnō – in the study
9. in ātriō – in the atrium (reception hall)
10. in triclīniō – in the dining room
11. in hortō – in the garden
12. in culīnā – in the kitchen
13. in viā – in the street
14. scrībit – is writing
15. sedet – is sitting
16. bibit – is drinking
17. labōrat – is working
18. dormit – is sleeping
19. intrat – (he/she/it) enters
20. circumspectat – (he/she/it) looks around
21. cibus – food
22. in mēnsā – on the table
23. salit – (he/she/it) jumps
24. stat – (he/she/it) stands
25. stertit – (he/she/it) snores
26. lātrat – (he/she/it) barks
27. surgit – (he/she/it) gets up
28. īrātus – angry
29. pestis! – pest!
30. furcifer! – scoundrel!
31. clāmat! – (he/she/it) shouts
32. exit – (he/she/it) goes out
33. Grātiās (tibī agō) – Thank you! (to one person)
34. Grātiās (vōbīs agō) – Thank you! (to two or more people)

Stage II Vocabulary

mercātor	merchant
amīcus	friend
vīsitat	visits, is visiting
vīlla(m)	house
salūtat	greets
pecūnia(m)	money
numerat	counts, is counting
argentārius	banker
salvē!	Hello!
respondet	replies
quoque	also
in lectō	on the couch
recumbit	reclines
cantat	sings
pāvōnem	peacock
coquit	cooks, is cooking
laetus	happy
audit	hears
nōn est	is not
cēna(m)	dinner
exspectat	is waiting for
vituperat	curses, tells off
portat	carries
vīnum	wine
gustat	tastes
optimus	very good, excellent
laudat	praises
dominus	master
ancilla	slave girl
suāviter	sweetly
dēlectat	pleases
mox	soon
et	and
videt	sees
cōnsūmit	eats
magnificē	magnificently, in style
cēnat	eats dinner, dines
spectat	looks at, watches
laetissimus	very happy

Stage III Vocabulary

Stage III Vocabulary

in forō	in the forum
negōtium agit	does business, is doing business
ecce!	see! look!
pictor	painter, artist
ambulat	walks, is walking
tōnsor	barber
vēnālīcius	slave dealer
nōn venit	does not come
ad vīllam	to the house
iānua(m)	door
pulsat	knocks on/at
aperit	opens
vocat	calls
dūcit	leads
pictūra(m)	picture
pingit	paints
magnus	big, large
leō	lion
ferōciter	fiercely
petit	heads for, attacks
fūstem	club
tenet	is holding, holds
verberat	is striking, is beating
fortis	brave, strong
revenit	returns
intentē	intently
in tabernā	in the shop
inquit	says
occupatus	busy
senex	old man
in sellā	in the chair
novācula(m)	razor
barba(m)	beard
tondet	is trimming
poēta	poet
versum	line, verse
recitat	recites
rīdet	laughs, smiles
sed	but
scurrīlis	dirty, obscene
perterritus	terrified
secat	cuts
multus	much
sanguis	blood
fluit	flows
ē tabernā	ou

Stage IV Vocabulary

* argentāria(m) – banker’s stall

* Graecus -  Greek

* probus – honest

* cūr? -  why?

* nōn adest – is not here

* in Graeciā – in Greece

* tamen – however

* semper – always

* ego – I

* reddit – gives back

* cēra(m)  - wax tablet

* ānulus -  ring

* signum – seal, sign

* imprimit – press

* trādit – hands over

* capit – takes

* currit – runs

* ad -  to

* basilica – the law court

• iūdex – judge
• quis? – who?
• Pompēiānus – a citizen of Pompeii, Pompeian
• quid? – what?
• tū agis – you do
• quid tū agis? – what do you do?
• in urbe – in the city
• cotīdiē – every day
• hodiē – today
• dēbet – owes
• mendāx – liar
• meus – my, mine
• testis – witness
• tuus – your
• tū accūsās – you accuse
• tū rem nōn probās – you do not prove the case
• cēlat – hides, is hiding
• ubi? – where?
• convincō – I convict, I find guilty
• tū – you
• rem probat