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What is the Latin word for a curse tablet?
defixio (defixiones)
eligit:elegit
choose
parce mihi!
spare me!
monet:monuit
warn
haec verba locuta
having said these words
Name FOUR things that were typically on a curse tablet
name of the offender (or potentials), invocation of a god, crime, wanted punishment, magic words, images
simulac Modestus tabernam nostram intravit, ego eum statim amavi. Quanti erant umeri eius! (umerus = where Barbillus got wounded)
As soon as M entered our tavern, I loved him at once. How big his shoulders are!
Vilbia et Rubria, tamen, patri non parent.
Vilbia and Rubria, however, do not obey their father.
deam precatus, tabulam in fontem sacrum inieci. dira imprecatio, in tabula scripta, iam in fonte deae iacet. (imprecatio - curse; iacet - lies)
having prayed to the goddess, I threw a tablet into the sacred fountain. a dire curse, written on the tablet, now lies in the fountain of the goddess
O Modeste, cur me ex omnibus puellis elegisti? quam laeta sum!
O Modestus, why did you choose me out of all the girls? How happy I am!
tutus
safe
non decorum est viro stolam gerere. praeterea barbam habeo! (praeterea - furthermore)
it's not proper for a man to wear a dress. furthermore, I have a beard!
Strythio Bulbum verberare incepit. Bulbus, fortiter se defendens, vinum in caput Strythionis fundit. (se - himself)
Strythio began to hit Bulbus. Bulbus, bravely defending himself, pours wine onto S's head.
incipit: incepit
begin
minimus
very little; least
"tu enim fortior es quam Mars ipse!" "verum dicis. olim tria milia hostium interfeci"
"for you are braver than Mars himself!" "you speak the truth. once, I killed three thousand enemies!
