Notes to Livy, Ab Urbe Condita I.41

moribundus, -a, -um
dying, deadly.

cum + subjunctive in temporal construction
when.

excipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum
take up, remove.

lictor, -oris m.
lictor (an attendant carrying the fasces who preceded a king or magistrate).

comprehendo, -ere, -hendi,- hensum
seize, arrest.

concursus, -us m.
gathering, uproar.

miror, -ari, -atus/a
wonder at, be surprised; in apposition to populi.

claudo, -ere, clausi, clausum
shut.

arbiter, arbitri m.
witness, judge.

eicio, -ere, eieci, eiectus
drive out, put out.

simul...simul
both...and.

quae:
subject of sunt.

curando vulneri:
gerundive in the dative following opus; translate: “to care for the wound.”

opus est
there is need; it is necessary.

tamquam:
conjunction with the subjunctive, as if.

subsum, -esse
be close, be at hand.

sedulo (adverb)
busily, purposely.

comparo (1)
collect, gather together; supply [ea] as object and antecedant of quae.

destituo, -ere, -stitui, -stitutum
forsake, leave.

molior, moliri, molitus/a sum
devise, build, work at.

propere (adverb)
hastily.

accito, -ire, -ivi, -itum
summon.

cum: with temporal subjunctive
when.

exsanguis, -e
lifeless.

inultus, -a, -um
unavenged.

socer, soceri m.
father-in-law.

socrus, -us f.
mother-in-law.

ludibrium, -i n.
mockery, joke.

facinus, -oris n.
crime, deed.

fecere = fecerunt.

erigo, -ere, erexi, erectum
raise up, encourage.

duces: in apposition to deos.

clarus, -a, -um
famous; predicate adjective with caput.

fore: future infinitive.

circumfundo, -ere, -fudi, -fusi
surround; ablative of means with portenderunt.

portendo, -ere, -tendi, -tentum
predict.

excito (1)
provoke.

expergiscor, -gisci, experrectus/a sum
awake.

peregrinus, -i m.
foreigner; in apposition to nos.

reputo (1)
reflect.

subitus, -a, -um
sudden.

torpeo, -ere
be numb, stupified.

at (conjunction)
then, still, but.

impetus, -us m.
press, attack, charge.

sustineo, -ere, -tinui, -tentum
control, bear, check.

aedes, aedium f. pl.
house.

fenestra, -ae f.
window.

Nova via:
this street began at the Porta Mugionia and circled the Palatine on the north.

ad Iovis Statoris:
understand templum.

sopo, -ire, -ivi, -itum
put to sleep, stun.

ictus, -us m.
blow.

alte (adv.)
deeply.

se redeo, -ire, -ivi, -itum
return to oneself, come back to oneself.

abstergeo, -ere, abstersi, -sum
wipe away.

salubris, -e
healthy.

propediem (adverb)
soon.

confido, -ere, confisus/a sum
trust, be sure, be confident.

iubere: infinitive in indirect statement (following an unexpressed Tanaquil dixit) with regem understood as the subject.

dicto audiens + dative
obey.

obeo, -ire, -ivi, -itum
perform, meet, go to, die.

munia, -orum n. pl.
official duties.

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