| A | B |
| chommodus = commodus, -a, -um | *h*advantageous = advantageous |
| si quando | if ever, whenever |
| hinsidiae = insidiae, -ārum, f. pl. | *h*ambush = ambush |
| mirificus, -a, -um | wondrous, marvelous |
| sperō, -āre, 1 | to hope |
| loquor, loquī, locūtus sum, 3 dep. | to speak |
| quantum poterat | as much as he could |
| liber, libera, liberum | free-born |
| avus, -ī, m. | grandfather, forefather |
| avia, -ae, f. | grandmother |
| avunculus, -ī, m. | uncle |
| maternus, -a, -um | maternal |
| hōc missō in Syriam | after he had been sent to Syria |
| requiescō, -ere, requiēvī, requiētus, 3 | to get rest |
| requierant = requierant | they had gotten some rest |
| audībant = audibant | they kept hearing |
| leniter et leviter | gently and softly |
| postilla = post illa | afterwards |
| metuō, -ere, 3 | to fear |
| Ionii fluctūs | Ionian waves |
| illūc | there, to that place |
| isset = iisset | that he had gone |
| iam non | no longer, not any more |
| nuntius, -ī, m. | message |
| horribilis, -e | horrible |
| subitō | suddenly |
| afferō, afferre, irr. | to bring in |
| auris, auris, f. | ear |
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