Tertia · Unit 2 · Lesson 1
A letter to Tacitus
Who Pliny was, how a Roman letter opens and closes, and the words of an eruption.
You will be able to
- Read a letter’s heading: writer, reader, greeting
- Know the vocabulary of Pliny’s eruption letters
New words
- epistula, epistulae, f. letterEnglish: epistle
- avunculus, avunculī, m. uncle (mother’s brother)English: avuncular
- exitus, exitūs, m. end, death; way outEnglish: exit
- nūbēs, nūbis, f. cloud
- cinis, cineris, m. ashEnglish: incinerate
- lapis, lapidis, m. stoneEnglish: lapidary
- lītus, lītoris, n. shoreEnglish: littoral
- ventus, ventī, m. windEnglish: vent