Selections from Horace Satires

An Edition for Intermediate Students

John Godwin

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781501349904
• eBook ISBN: 9781501349911
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Roman Ancient History
• Index: History

This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Horace's Satires. Satire 1.1 lines 1–12, 28–100, Satire 1.3 lines 25–75 and Satire 2.2 lines 1–30, 70–111 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately limited number of poems, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest of Horace's other work and inspiring further study of it. A detailed introduction explains points of historical and stylistic interest. 'Telling the truth with a smile' is the way Horace describes his approach to satire in this, his first published poetry. The poems in this collection discuss universal ideas of how we should live our lives simply with regard to money, ambition, food and friendship and how to live contented with what nature provides rather than always yearning for more. The poet does this in a manner which is light but not flippant, always entertaining and powerfully moving at the same time.

Vocabulary

This vocabulary lists every word in the text. Nouns are listed with their genitive singular, and verbs are listed with all their four principal parts. Adjectives are listed with the endings of the different genders (e.g. bonus -a -um) except where the three genders are the same in the nominative where the genitive is listed (e.g. iners, inertis).

a, ab (+ablative)	from out of
abnormis -e	irregular (II.2.3)
abortivus -a -um	prematurely born
ac	and
accedo, accedere, accessi, accessum	to mount up, be added
accipio, accipere, accepi, acceptum	to obtain, to take in (II.2.70)
acclinis -e (+ dative)	inclined towards
acer, acris, acre	fierce (I.1.58), forceful (I.3.53)
acervus -i, m	heap
acies, aciei, f	vision, eyesight
acutus -a -um	sharp
ad (+accusative)	to, when facing (II.2.108)
adde	(imperative of addo) throw in
addo, addere, addidi, additum	to add
adfero, adferre, attuli, allatum	to bring
adfigo, adfigere, adfixi, adfixum	to pin down, attach
adsideo, adsidere, adsedi, adsessum	to sit by one’s side
adsuesco, adsuescere, adsuevi, adsuetum	to accustom (II.2.109)
adsuetus -a -um	accustomed
adsum, adesse, adfui	to be present, to exist
adveho, advehere, advexi, advectum	to bring
advĕnio, adve...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Contents 
• Preface
• Introduction
• Text
• Commentary Notes
• Vocabulary
• Imprint