Nouns/Adj
acc s m, "army"
exercitum
Let us love
amemus
emperors who came from the military and weren't native Italians
barracks emperors
ae-->e (e.g. que instead of quae)
Monophthongization
Gregorium amamus.
We love Greg.
nom s m, "worm/dragon"
vermis
Let us be loved
amemur
century of the crisis
3rd CE
ti-->ci (e.g. gratias and gracias)
palatalization
milites a duce recti erant.
The soldier had been ruled by the leader.
gen pl f, "these"
harum
I might see
videam
guy who ended the century of crisis
Diocletian
A Roman senator born a few years after the last emperor was toppled; he wrote the De Consolatio Philosophiae.
Boethius
luce clara visa, vermem necabo.
With the bright light having been seen, I will kill the dragon.
abl pl m, "day"
I might have held
habuissem
Eutropius' official title
magister memoriae
Widely regarded as "the last scholar of the ancient world," he wrote the Etymologiae
Isidore of Seville
femina divina venit ut vermem necet.
The divine woman comes to kill the dragon.
abl s n, "sea"
mari
They (m) had been led
ducti erant
Persian empire causing the Romans trouble during this time
Sasanian
Guy who added the Round Table to the legend of Arthur in his version of the story
Wace
vermi necato, sacerdos tam laetus erat ut multos libros sapientissimos scriberet.
With the dragon having been killed, the priest was so happy that he wrote many very wise books.