Sextus mittitur hic tibi libellus,
inprīmīs mihi cārē Mārtiālis:
quem sī terseris aure dīligentī,
audēbit minus ānxius tremēnsque
magnās Caesaris in manūs venīre.
Shelmerdine 12: carus + dat., numbers, si
Shelmerdine 13: Relative pron.
Shelmerdine 14: Present passive
Vocab
| libellus, libellī, m. | liber parvus |
| inprīmīs | especially |
| tergeō, tergēre, tersī, tersus | to wipe, clean |
| auris, auris, f. | ear |
| dīligens, diligentis | careful, scrupulous |
| ānxius, -a, -um | anxious, uneasy |
| tremēns, trementis | trembling, fearful |
| manus, manūs, f. | hand (manūs here acc. pl.) |
If you wait until ch. 16, don’t need to gloss manus; and tremens forms a good lead in to pres. act. ppl. in ch. 17.
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Attached is a handout version glossed for Shelmerdine ch. 16.
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