| A | B |
|---|
| triclinium Cornelii | the dining room of Cornelius |
| erat | was |
| pulcherrimum | very beautiful |
| et ornatissimum | and very ornate |
| in parietibus | on the walls |
| picturae pulcherrimae | very beautiful pictures |
| in alia pictura | in one picture |
| canis Cerberus . . . | the dog Cerberus was being dragged out |
| e regno | out of the kingdom |
| Plutonis | of Pluto |
| in alia | in another |
| Mercurius . . . adducebat | Mercury was leading |
| mortuos | the dead; dead people |
| ad Charonem | to Charon |
| Orpheus . . . descendebat | Orpheus was descending |
| ad inferos | to the underworld |
| Cornelius servos . . . iubebat | Cornelius was ordering the slaves |
| festinare | to hurry |
| nam iam erat nona hora | for it was now three o'clock |
| Aurelia . . . ancillas . . . incitabat | Aurelia was urging on the slave women |
| vehementer | violently, vehemently |
| Subito | suddenly |
| ancilla quaedam . . . evertit | a certain slave-woman overturned |
| quae Aureliam . . . timebat | who feared Aurelia |
| magnopere | greatly |
| huc illuc festinans | hurrying this way and that |
| unum e candelabris | one of the lampstands |
| casu | accidentally |
| Candelabrum . . . deiectum est | the lampstand fell |
| in lectum | onto a couch |
| statim | immediately |
| effusum est oleum | the oil was spilled out |
| in strata | onto the sheets |
| haec | these (sheets) |
| celeriter | quickly |
| ignem ceperun | caught fire |
| Aurelia irata . . . reprehendebat | Aurelia angrily began to scold |
| ancillam neglegentem | the careless slave-woman |
| sed Cornelius . . . ignem exntinxit | but Cornelius put out the fire |
| pallio | with a cloak |
