Ecce Romani 26: A Grim Lesson Match Latin to English meanings. Be sure to play the matching several times to see all of the vocabulary items. Tools A B ātrium, -ī (n) atrium, main room; (lit. Black Room) nisi unless, except sine (+ abl.) without custōs, custōdis (m) guard bona, bonōrum (n pl) goods, possessions nōnnumquam sometimes (= not never) postrīdiē on the next day iaceō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus to lie down arripiō, arripere, arripuī, arreptus to grab, snatch, seize vetō, vetāre, vetuī, vetitus to forbid praedō, praedōnis (m) robber noceō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus (+ dat.) to do harm to metus, -ūs (m) fear terra, -ae (f) earth, ground lutum, -ī (n) mud parvulus, -a, -um small, little servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus to save gladius, -ī (m) sword oculus, -ī (m) eye stringō, stringere, strīnxī, strictus to draw, unsheath claudō, claudere, clausī, clausus to shut, close accidit, accidere, accidit, ---- it happens aperiō, aperīre, aperuī, apertus to open hic, haec, hoc this ille, illa, illud that