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c

cunnus (masc. noun) † cunt

e

es agricola (phrase) directly, you are a farmer: you're a hick note pronounced es-sa-gricolah

i

irrumator (masc. noun) † bastard note literally, one who submits to fellatio, very insulting; used by Catullus to describe his commander in Bythinia, whom he didn't like, Poem 11
irrumo (verb) † receive fellatio note Catullus 16 begins: pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. = I will fuck you in the ass and have you give me some good head.

l

leno (noun) † pimp note Impudens es leno! 'You brazen pimp!' About the same as the American 'You fucking bastard!'
levantibus godparents? note Found in some German Genealogical Records.Raising up from the waters?

m

mentula (fem. noun) penis note The commonest obscene word. NB!Penis was not obscene.
meretrix (fem. noun) † prostitute note used by Cicero to refer to Clodia in the 'Pro Caelio;' from 'merero,' to earn; English derivative 'meretricious'

o

Orcae Ita! Hells yeah! note Pretty straightforward... Popular saying for highschool students...

p

perite (interj.) † Fuck off! Go away note Literally: go through (to the netherworld)

s

salarium † payment in salt [NaCl] note salt [hallmarked] was a form of payment
spucatum tauri (n) † bull shit note literal translation; may not have been used by ancient Romans as much as by modern high school Latin students
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