Pliny De Vesuvio
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JRowan1729 on February 20, 2011
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Some vocabulary from Pliny the Younger's letter to Tacitus about the eruption of Vesuvius and the death of his uncle. Also includes key rhetorical devices
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| Misenum |  The town where Pliny the Elder was serving as a naval commander. Also where Pliny the younger stayed during the eruption. |
| Stabiae | The town where Pomponianus lived and where Pliny the elder went to try to rescue him. |
| avunculus | uncle |
| addere | ad+dare, to add |
| munus, -eris, n. | gift, duty |
| nubes, -is, f. | cloud |
| aptare | to fit, to fit out |
| forte (adv) | by chance |
| imminere | to threaten |
| dictaret | frequntative of dico, dicere; kept saying |
| cinis, cineris, m. | ash |
| pumex, pumicis, m. | pumice |
| calidus,-a,-um | hot |
| cunctari | (deponent verb) to hesitate |
| gubernator, -oris, m | pilot (of a ship) |
| sinus, sinus, m | bay, gulf |
| trepidare | to panic, to tremble (with fear) |
| lenire | to soothe, to relieve |
| hilaris,-e | cheerful |
| ventus, -i, m | wind |
| interim | meanwhile |
| quies, quietis, f | sleep (cp quiesco, -ere, quievi, quietum, to sleep) |
| tenebrae, -arum, f. | shadows, gloom |
| ardere | to burn |
| oppleta (from opplere) | covered, filled up |
| reddere | re+dare, to give back |
| collatio, -onis, f. | comparison |
| munimentum, -i, n. | protection |
| placuit | was pleasing (impersonal verb, takes a dative e.g. mihi placuit=it was pleasing to me) |
| adversus (+acc) | contrary, against |
| frigidus,-a,-um | cold |
| haurire | to drink |
| inniti | (deponent verb) to lean on |
| integer, integra, integrum | whole |
| interesse | inter+esse, to be involved in |
| anaphora | the rhetorical device of repeating a word or phrase. e.g. the repetition of aliud in the following: aliud est enim epistulam aliud historiam, aliud amico aliud omnibus scribere. |
| chiasmus | the rhetorical device of following an A B B A pattern with words or forms, e.g. aut facere scribenda aut scribere legenda; candida interdum, interdum sordida; Fair is foul, and foul is fair (from Macbeth) |
| polyptoton | the rhetorical device of using multiple forms of the same word. e.g. et apud illum quidem ratio rationem, apud alios timorem timor vicit. (that example also has a chiasmus) |
| asyndeton | the rhetorical device of leaving out conjunctions, usually to create a sense of speed, urgency, or excitement. e.g. Deducit quadriremes, ascendit ipse non Rectinae modo sed multis — erat enim frequens amoenitas orae — laturus auxilium. |
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