eodem: i.e. 19 CE, under the rule of the
Emperor Tiberius.
decretum, - i n.
decree.
libido, -inis f.
lust,
wantonness.
coerceo, -ere, -ui, -itum
restrain,
restrict; read coercita est.
caveo, -ere, cavi, cautum
prescribe,
decree; read cautum est. Used impersonally, it is followed by
ne and the subjunctive faceret in an indirect construction of
prohibition.
quaestus, -us m.
profit,
income.
cui: dative of possession; the antecedent is
the understood feminine subject of faceret.
avus, -i m.
grandfather.
maritus, -i m.
husband.
eques, -itis m.
horseman; one
belonging to the Equites, the rank of knight. The law applied to anyone in this
or a higher order.
praetorius, -a, -um
having
praetorian rank; i.e., a member of the family had been a praetor. Praetors
served primarily as judges in law courts, but could convene the Senate and
assemblies; they assumed administrative duties of consuls when these were
absent from Rome. .
genitus, -a, -um + ablative
born
of/from.
licentia, -ae f.
wantonness,
licence.
stuprum, -i n.
illicit sexual
intercourse; adultery.
apud + accusative
in front of, in the
presence of.
aedilis, -is m.
aedile; these
magistrates supervised public places, public games, and the grain supply in the
city of Rome; two were required to be plebeians, and the other two (who had
more status) could come from either order; the latter 2 were called curule
aediles. Among the urban aediles' many duties was the oversight of public
morality.
vulgo (1)
declare
publicly.
mos, moris m.
custom,
practice.
veteres, -um m. pl.
ancestors,
elders; the antecedent of qui which follows.
recipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum
accept, admit; ablative absolute with more.
poena, -ae f.
penalty, punishment;
partitive genitive with satis "sufficient punishment." Understand
esse in indirect statement.
adversus/um + accusative
against, towards.
impudicus, -a, -um
shameless,
disgraceful.
professio, -onis f.
open
declaration; public registration.
flagitium, -i n.
disgrace, infamy;
sexual misconduct.
exigo, -ere, -egi, -actum
demand,
require of someone; read exactum est, impersonal use.
Titidus Labeo: possibly the
celebrated painter of small panel pictures who had praetorian rank; his actions
as proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis brought him ignominy.
uxor, -oris f.
wife; in the
ablative following in = in the case of.
delictum, -i n.
offense,
wrong.
manifestus, -a, -um
caught in;
convicted; obvious; the genitive expresses the thing in point of which a
term is applied to a person.
ultio, -onis f.
punishment, legal
penalty.
lex, legis f.
law; here, the Lex
Iulia, reinforced by the more stringent law passed by the Senate in 19
CE.
omitto, -ere, -misi, -missum
neglect,
ignore.
praetendo, -ere, -tendi, -tentum
put forward as a pretext or reason; followed by the infinitive
praeterisse, in indirect statement.
sexaginta indeclinable number
sixty; with dies, subject of praeterisse.
datus, -a, -um perfect passive participle of
do
granted, given, allowed.
consulo, -ere, -sului, -sultum
consult, get advice; the gerund + ad = purpose
construction.
necdum adverb
and not
yet.
praetereo, -ire, -ii
pass,
expire.
visum: read visum est, impersonal
use.
statuo, -ere, -statui, statutum
decide, make a decision.
Seriphos, -i f.
Seriphos, an
island in the western Cyclades (today Serifos), that was used as a place of
exile in the early empire; Seriphon is a Greek accusative form.
abdo, -ere, -didi, -ditum
banish.
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