Unit 4 Comic: Neighbors

postea – afterwards

ecce – look!rnrnille – thatrnrnvir, viri, m. – manrnrnest – (it) isrnrnquid – whatrnrnfacio, facere – to dornrnnecesse est – it is necessaryrnrnnobis – for usrnrnsequor, sequi – to followrnrnillum – that (man)

mehercule! – by Hercules!rnrnhabitatne – does he livernrnin nostra – in ourrnrninsula, insulae, f. – apartment building, islandrnrnfacile est – it is easyrnrnviro – for the manrnrnveneno, venenare – to poison, to infectrnrngarum, gari, n. – fish saucernrnvicinus, vicini, m. – neighbor

habito, habitare – to livernrninsula, insulae, f. – apartment building, islandrnrnvostra – your (plural)rnrnquid – whatrnrnita vero – yes, indeedrnrndomus, domi, f. – homernrneius – hisrnrnsupra – abovernrnmeam – my

necesse est – it is necessaryrnrnnobis – for usrnrninterrogare – to askrnrnscio, scire – to knowrnrnomnia – everything

vir, viri, m. – manrnrnnovus, nova, novum – newrnrninsula, insulae, f. – apartment building, islandrnrnquis – whornrnita – yesrnrnAnatolianus – from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey)rnrnvult – he wantsrnrnesse – to bernrnquaestor – (a quaestor was a public official and a first step in Roman political offices)

quid – whatrnrnfacio, facere – to dornrnvia, viae, f. – roadrnrnaedifico, aedificare – to build

habeo, habere – to havernrnminime – not at allrnrnnon licet – it is not allowedrnrnOstiae – in Ostiarnrn(Valeria’s mother means that Roman soldiers were not allowed to have weapons inside Roman cities, like Rome or Ostia. They did have them outside the city.)

multus, multa, multum – much, manyrnrnOstiae – in Ostia