| adsum | I am here, present |
| Alesia | Battle site |
| altare | altar, raised platform |
| aperi portam | open the gate |
| atrium | central courtyard (indoors) |
| ave | hail |
| basilica | public building |
| caldarium | hot room |
| cella | inner chamber |
| Cena Funebris | funeral feast |
| cenaculum | private dining room |
| certamen | contest, fight |
| chalybs | steel |
| chi-rho | Christ symbol (☧) |
| cilicium | coarse cloth |
| Colonia | Cologne, Köln, Colony |
| contubernium | military unit, comrades |
| conventus | council meeting |
| cornu | war horn |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| culina | kitchen |
| cuneus | wedge formation |
| curia | council |
| decurio | squad leader, sergeant |
| Di immortales | Immortal gods |
| diarium | daily record, diary |
| domina | mistress, lady |
| dominus | master, lord |
| duoviri | two-man magistrate panel |
| Ecastor! | By Castor! |
| Edepol! | By Pollux! |
| focus | altar’s dish |
| frigidus | frozen, cold |
| Gladius | short sword |
| gustatio | appetizer |
| hypocaust | underfloor heating |
| hypotrimma | Roman white sauce, perhaps similar to Béchemel (Bechdel, geddit?) |
| Ignosce mihi | Forgive me |
| inciens | pregnant |
| impluvium | Rain pool (indoor, decorative) |
| isicia | meatballs |
| Ita vero | Yes indeed |
| labrum | bath tub |
| lararium | household shrine |
| latrina | toilet |
| latrones | bandits, little soldiers |
| legate | commander |
| libum | pastry |
| lintea | cloth, linen pad |
| mansio | inn, waystation |
| matula | chamber pot |
| Mehercule! | By Hercules! |
| mensa lunata | half-moon table |
| Obolus Charontis | Charon’s coin |
| optio | second-in-command |
| palla | shawl |
| Pars Domini | Master’s chambers |
| paterfamilias | head of family |
| patria potestas | legal power of a father over family and household |
| perduint! | damn them! |
| pilum, pila | javelin, spear |
| praefectus | manager, prefect |
| praefurnium | furnace |
| praetorium | command post |
| principales | officers |
| prosit | good health! |
| pudicitia | modesty |
| quietus | death, peace, Coup de grace |
| rudis | practice sword |
| salve/Salvete | hello |
| scurra | clown, buffoon, c.f. scurrilous |
| scutum | shield |
| siste | stop | spuma | foam, (beer) froth |
| stola | woman’s dress, female equivalent of a man’s toga |
| stola ater | a dark dress, mourning clothes |
| stulti | fools |
| Subvenite! | Help! |
| tablinum | (home) office |
| tabularium | public records office |
| tepidarium | warm room |
| testudo | tortoise formation |
| triclinium | dining room |
| vale | farewell |
| valetudinarium | hospital |
| vicus | civilian settlement |
| vilicus | estate manager, steward |
| virgo | virgin, maiden |
Phrases
| Alea iacta est | The die is cast; the 🎲 has been thrown (Caesar) |
| Di immortales, parcite mihi! | Immortal gods, spare me! |
| Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori | It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country (Ovid) |
| Futura Nondum Scripta | The Future is Unwritten (Joe Strummer) |
| Hic maneam an hinc discedam? | Should I remain here or depart this place? (Joe Strummer, paraphrased) |
| Non mihi sed tibi debeo quidquid sum | Not to myself but to you I owe all that I am | Serena ducit, sed quis sequitur? | Serena leads, but who follows? |
| Speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem | Dido and the Trojan leader (reached) the same cave (Vergil) One cave a welcome refuge shall afford to the fair Dido and her Trojan lord. (Drydens’ translation) |
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