Roma Aeterna, Cap. XLI, Lēctiō I, versūs 1-68

(spondeō) spondēre spopondisse spōnsum

pledge, promise, betroth

situs, -ūs

position, situation

nōbilitās, -ātis (f.)

renown, nobility, nobles

cōpiae, -ārum (pl.)

resources, troops

opēs, -um (f. pl.)

resources, wealth, power, influence

fīnitimus, -a, -um

adjacent, neighboring

adventus, -ūs

arrival

pueritia, -ae

boyhood

(īnferō) īnferre (< ferre)

bring (in), cause, inflict

(ēvocō) ēvocāre

call out, summon

(diffīdō) diffīdere -īsum

distrust, despair of

immēnsus, -a, -um

immeasurable, endless

prīmōrēs, -um (m.pl.)

leading men, front ranks

virīlis, -e

male, manly

mātrimōnium, -ī

matrimony, marriage

pūbēs, (gen. puberis)

mature, grown-up (m.pl: adults)

nusquam

nowhere

muliebris, -e

of a woman

stirps, -pis (f.)

origin, stock, offspring

auctor, -ōris (m.)

originator, founder, advocate, guarantor

societās, -ātis (f.)

partnership, alliance

prosperus, -a, -um

successful, favorable

opulentus, -a, -um

wealthy, powerful

ubicumque

wherever

(conciliō) conciliāre

win over