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Pliny 7.27 - Domus Pestilens

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  • sonus
    sound
  • legit titulum
    he reads the inscription/label
  • emere seu conducere
    to buy or to rent
  • reliquerat - relicta
    left behind
  • idem quod prius
    the same as before
  • conditis manibus
    from hidden/secret spirits of the dead
  • fragor crebuit
    the noise began to increase/grow widespread
  • nec moratus
    and not having delayed
  • strepitus/fragor
    noise, racket
  • vincula/catenae
    chains, fetters
  • idolon (similar to imago)
    image, specter, apparition
  • timor/metus
    fear
  • effodere et sepelire
    dig and bury
  • vigila (noun) vigilabatur (verb)
    wakefulness; be awake
  • comitem (from comes)
    companion, comrade
  • nihilo minus (nihilominus)
    nevertheless
  • ossa
    bones
  • poscit pugillares stilum lumen (pugillares - sicut cera)
    he demands wax tablets, a stilus, a lantern
  • effigiem (simulacrum)
    a likeness
  • oculos, auribus, caput
    eyes, ears, head
  • seu...seu
    either...or
  • coepit advesperascere
    it began to draw towards evening/grow dark
  • morbus v mors
    illness/disease v. death
  • iam ut in limine (v. intra limen)
    now as (if) in the threshold (of the door) (v. within the threshold)
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