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  speaking/speech, 1.24, 1.32, 5.52, 6.41, 6.48, 7.9, 7.18, 7.92, 8.76, 9.9, 9.87, 10.65, 11.102

  spending/spendthrift, 2.89, 3.22, 8.16

  spice, 3.65, 5.64, 6.55, 10.97

  spring (of water), 12.31

  star, 4.75, 7.92, 9.25, 10.66

  statue, 8.56, 9.44, 11.102

  steward (estate manager), 3.68, 5.42, 9.60, 12.18

  sting, 7.25

  stinginess, 4.26, 4.76, 5.82, 7.78

  stone, 3.32, 10.61, 11.60

  storm, 9.40

  storytelling, 3.64

  stream, 12.31

  strongbox/money chest, 2.30, 2.51, 5.42

  student, 5.9

  stupidity, 3.72, 4.15, 4.56, 4.72, 6.86, 7.25, 8.13, 8.20, 9.32, 9.96, 10.100, 11.67, 12.93

  Styx (river in the Underworld), 6.18

  Subura (crowded district of Rome, full of shops, taverns, and brothels), 2.17, 6.66, 10.94, 12.18

  suffering, 4.27, 6.33, 7.39

  suicide, 1.13, 2.80, 3.22, 4.77, 8.61

  summer, 2.78, 3.65, 3.68, 5.64, 6.59, 8.61, 12.34

  sun, 1.77, 7.13, 8.14, 9.25

  surprise/wonder, 1.83, 1.111, 3.64, 4.87, 5.74, 7.18, 8.35, 9.10, 10.84, 11.35, 11.38, 11.57, 11.66, 11.103

  swan, 3.43

  swearing, 4.43, 5.47, 6.12, 6.56, 9.40, 10.39, 11.62, 12.78

  sweat, 5.79, 12.18

  sweetness, 8.77, 10.45, 11.86, 12.34

  swimming, 2.87, 9.40, 12.31

  sword, 1.13

  Sybaris (town in southern Italy known for pornographic books by Hemitheon), 12.95

  table, 3.17, 6.50, 7.48, 9.14, 10.54, 11.29

  Tagus (river in Spain), 10.65

  talent, 3.26, 7.9, 8.18, 9.50, 11.13

  tallness, 8.60

  Tarpeian wreath ( golden prize for winning the Capitoline poetry contest), 9.40

  taste, 7.78, 10.45, 10.66, 12.64

  tear/weeping, 1.33, 1.89, 4.58, 4.59, 4.65, 7.14, 8.61, 10.61, 10.80, 10.97, 11.71, 11.99

  temple, 9.25, 11.47

  Tereus (Thracian king fed his own son by his wife, after he had raped her sister), 4.49

  Terpsichore (muse of dancing), 3.68

  Tethys (sea goddess, wife of Ocean), 10.44

  Thalia (muse of comedy), 7.46

  theater, 6.34, 7.76, 8.79, 11.13

  Thebes (city in Greece, at which Oedipus solved the riddle of the Sphinx), 1.90

  Theseus (legendary Athenian hero and king), 4.13

  thief/theft, 2.17, 5.42, 6.16, 6.17, 6.33, 8.40, 9.96, 10.94

  thinness, 11.101

  thirst, 2.53, 3.22, 4.69, 11.96

  threatening, 9.9

  throat, 3.18, 6.41, 11.86

  thumb, 11.29, 12.97

  Thyestes (man fed his own sons by his brother Atreus), 3.45, 4.49, 5.53

  thyme, 11.42

  Tiber (river that flows through Rome), 1.108

  Tibullus (lyric poet), 4.6

  Tibur (Tivoli, a town east of Rome), 4.79, 7.13, 9.60

  toga, 2.39, 2.53, 4.26, 4.34, 6.24, 6.48, 6.50, 9.100, 10.29, 10.47, 10.52, 10.74, 12.18

  tomb/grave, 1.34, 2.59, 4.59, 5.64, 9.15, 10.97, 11.13, 11.50

  tomorrow, 5.58, 9.87

  tongue, 1.83, 2.61, 3.80, 3.84, 10.65, 11.25, 11.85, 11.102

  tooth, 1.19, 1.72, 5.43, 11.40, 12.23

  torch, 4.13, 8.43, 12.42

  torturing, 2.17, 4.38, 6.20, 7.46, 11.43

  touching, 1.73, 3.17, 5.9

  tower, 12.31

  tragedy, 4.49, 8.18

  trainer of gladiators, 6.82, 11.66

  tranquility, 10.23, 10.47

  trap, 4.56

  travel/traveler, 7.30, 9.40, 10.44, 11.13

  tree, 1.117, 4.13, 4.59, 6.15, 8.14

  trifle/nonsense, 1.113, 4.43, 4.49, 4.72, 7.11, 7.14, 8.40, 9.53, 11.68

  truth, 1.33, 1.64, 1.84, 3.72, 4.34, 6.30, 7.39, 7.90, 8.51, 8.76, 11.44, 11.62, 12.85

  tumor, 4.43

  tunic, 3.3, 10.81

  Tusculum (town in the Alban Hills southeast of Rome), 9.60

  twin, 1.90, 3.88

  udder (of a sow, a delicacy), 7.78, 9.14, 12.17

  ugliness, 1.10, 2.56, 2.87, 3.3, 3.72, 6.23, 7.75, 8.79, 11.99, 12.22

  Ulysses (Odysseus, hero of The Odyssey), 3.64

  unwillingness, 4.22, 5.46, 5.83, 6.66, 10.8, 10.22, 10.23, 12.84

  unworthiness, 6.86, 12.61

  urine, 11.46

  vagina, 1.77, 1.90, 3.72, 3.87, 3.88, 6.45, 7.18, 10.90, 11.43, 11.46, 11.47

  vanity, 2.87, 4.59, 5.57, 7.76

  Varius (Latin tragedian), 8.18

  Vatican ( poor quality wine), 10.45

  vegetable, 12.31

  Veientan ( poor quality wine from Veii), 2.53, 3.49

  veil, 12.42

  Venus (goddess of love), 1.102, 3.68, 4.13, 4.44, 7.89, 8.1, 8.43, 11.13, 11.81

  Vergil (Latin epic poet who wrote The Aeneid ), 8.18, 10.21, 11.50

  Vesuvius (volcano near Naples), 4.44

  vine/vineyard, 3.65, 4.13, 4.44, 8.40, 10.74, 12.31

  vinegar, 7.25, 10.45

  violet (flower), 10.32

  virgin, 3.68, 3.69, 4.6, 5.2, 12.42

  visit, 8.25, 10.44, 11.47, 12.18

  voice, 6.34, 12.97

  vomiting, 2.89

  vulture, 6.62

  walking, 4.51, 7.39, 7.48, 9.100, 11.13, 11.47, 12.18

  wandering, 9.32, 10.65, 12.18, 12.96

  warning, 3.86, 8.40, 9.9

  water, 1.106, 2.50, 2.70, 2.87, 3.3, 3.57, 4.13, 4.22, 4.63, 5.4, 6.86, 10.23, 11.47, 11.96, 12.31

  wave, 5.42, 6.34, 9.40

  weakness, 10.65, 12.97

  weariness, 3.68, 4.29, 9.67, 10.74, 11.46, 12.18

  wealth, 1.64, 2.30, 2.63, 3.26, 3.37, 3.41, 4.21, 4.51, 4.75, 4.77, 5.42, 5.81, 6.50, 6.86, 7.46, 8.12, 8.18, 8.27, 9.80, 10.16, 11.44, 11.83, 11.87, 12.13, 12.81, 12.92, 12.97

  wetness, 3.100

  wheat, 6.86, 12.76

  whip, 2.17, 3.94, 6.46, 8.23

  whispering, 1.89, 3.28

  whiteness, 1.72, 3.65, 4.34, 4.36, 5.43, 7.13, 7.89, 10.22, 12.34

  wickedness/crime, 2.65, 2.66, 3.61, 3.80, 4.17, 4.56, 4.63, 6.62, 7.14, 9.25, 10.31, 10.61, 11.92, 11.93

  widow/widower, 2.65, 4.16, 4.56, 4.58, 4.69, 4.75, 8.43, 9.78, 9.100, 10.43

  wife, 1.62, 1.73, 1.84, 2.54, 2.56, 2.60, 2.65, 2.83, 2.92, 3.26, 3.70, 3.84, 4.16, 4.24, 5.32, 5.75, 6.45, 8.12, 8.31, 8.35, 8.43, 9.60, 9.66, 9.80, 10.16, 10.43, 10.90, 10.91, 10.97, 11.15, 11.43, 12.18, 12.20, 12.58, 12.96, 12.97

  willingness/gladness, 2.49, 8.76, 11.44

  win/winner, 8.43, 8.56, 9.83, 10.53, 10.74, 11.96, 12.34

  wind, 5.9, 6.59, 8.14

  wine, 1.28, 1.71, 1.105, 1.106, 2.53, 2.59, 3.26, 3.49, 3.57, 3.68, 4.13, 4.69, 4.85, 5.4, 5.64, 6.86, 7.79, 8.77, 9.25, 9.87, 10.45, 10.49, 10.66, 11.15, 11.29, 11.57, 12.17, 12.27, 12.65, 12.76

  wine-ladle, 9.96, 10.66

  winter, 4.29, 5.34, 6.59, 8.14, 8.41, 10.61, 12.18, 12.31

  wisdom, 1.111, 1.117, 5.58, 7.78, 8.20, 8.77, 9.10, 10.47, 11.106

  wit, 1.1, 6.34, 7.25, 7.85, 10.9, 11.13, 12.45, 12.95

  woman, 1.90, 6.40, 7.18, 8.12, 11.47, 11.87, 12.96

  wood, 7.19, 8.40, 10.80, 10.100, 12.18

  wool, 4.41, 6.41, 6.59, 12.65

  world, 1.1, 5.74, 8.61

  worry, 4.83, 11.45, 12.61

  worthiness, 1.111, 2.39, 3.100, 12.61, 12.80

  writing, 1.110, 1.113, 2.89, 3.9, 3.68, 5.53, 6.14, 7.4, 7.85, 7.90, 8.20, 8.29, 8.62, 9.50, 9.89, 10.21, 10.102, 11.64, 12.61, 12.78

  year, 1.108, 4.7, 4.26, 7.14, 7.19, 9.82, 10.23, 10.61, 11.97, 12.7, 12.18, 12.31, 12.56

  yellow, 10.94

  yesterday, 5.58, 10.31

  youth, 1.62, 1.64, 1.113, 2.61, 3.43, 3.69, 4.20, 4.29, 5.45, 7.62, 8.79, 9.66, 10.32, 11.44, 11.60, 11.81

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