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calamitās calamitātis f.

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loss, damage, harm; misfortune/disaster; military defeat; blight, crop failure

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condiciō condiciōnis f.

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agreement, contract; terms, proposal, option, alternative; situation; stipulation; marriage (contract); spouse, bride; relation of lover/mistress; paramour

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famēs famis f.

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hunger, famine

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Fīdēna –ae or Fīdēnae –ārum f.

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Fidena, a town of the Sabines, on the Tiber, five miles northeast of Rome

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hiātus –ūs m.

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a gaping; throat; opening; cleft, chasm, vortex, abyss (> hio)

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incendium incendi(ī) n.

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fire, conflagration; fiery heat; fiery passion/love/hostility; arson (Latham); incendiary missile; meteor; P:flames (pl.) [annonae ~ => high price of grain]

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īnsīgniō –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus

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to decorate with a mark; adorn, mark, decorate (> insigne)

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memorābilis –e

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deserving to be remembered; memorable, remarkable, famous, honorable (> memoro)

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oblīviō (obolītiō) –ōnis f.

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forgetfulness, oblivion

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optō optāre optāvī optātus

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to desire; choose

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pestilentia –ae f.

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plague, pestilence

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prōsperitās prōsperitātis f.

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success; good fortune; prosperity

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queror querī questus sum

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to complain; protest, grumble, gripe; make formal complaint in court of law

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ruīna ruīnae f.

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fall; catastrophe; collapse (of a building), destruction

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soleō solēre solitus sum

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to be accustomed; be in the habit of; become accustomed to