Sententia senis

The old man's judgement

In this storyMarcusIulia
Reading time
3 min
Total words
706
Unique words
289
Avg frequency
#335

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18 words
# Freq Word
1211populuspeople, nation; crowd
2230testiswitness
3259debeoto owe; ought, must
4320vinumwine
5321iuvenisyoung man, youth
6323uxorwife
7331aurumgold
8339summasum, total; the whole; summary, treatise
9340veritastruth; reality, the true state of things
10355sententiaopinion, judgement; meaning, sense; sentence, verdict
11357vestisclothing, garment; robe
12362caroflesh; meat; the body
13364millethousand, a thousand
14368senexold man; elder
15373horahour; time, season
16391portagate, door; entrance
17392ampliusmore, further; any longer
18398iuramentumoath, sworn undertaking (Late Latin; classical ius iurandum)

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