Vocabulary One
ferox
fierce
pugnat
fight
What is the accusative plural of: ancillam
ancillas
Regulus erat senator Romanus.
Regulus was a Roman Senator
Pastor leonem conspexit
The shepherd caught sight of a lion.
nuntius
messanger
gladius
sword
What is the accusative plural of gladium?
Gladios
two retiarii and two murmillones entered the arena.
leo tristis pedem ostendit.
The side lion showed it's foot.
spectaculum
show/spectacle
puer
boy
What is the accusative plural of senem?
Senes
Nucerini quoque ad amphitheatrum festinaverunt.
The Nucerini also hurried to the amphitheater
Lucia, postquam hoc vidit, statim ad libertum cucurrit.
Lucia, after she had seen this, ran at the freedman
ducit/duxit
lead
saepe
often
What is the superlative of iratus?
iratissimi
murmillones Pompeianos valde delectabant(pleased), quod saepe victores erant.
The murmillones greatly pleased the Pompeians because they were often the victors.
Tum libertus felem ad terram coniecit et Luciam ferociter petivit.
Then the freedman threw the cat to the ground and fiercely attacked Lucia.
ignavus
hic
this
What is the superlative of fortis?
Fortissimi
Pompeiani, postquam nuntios audiverunt, ad amphitheatrum quam celerrime contenderunt.
The Pompeians, after they heard the messangers, hurried to the amphitheater as quickly as possible
Pastor, quod benignus et fortis erat, ad leonem caute venit et spinam inspexit.
The shepherd, because he was kind and brave, cautiously came to the lion and inspected the thorn.