| epistula, -ae f. | letter |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| iūcundus, -a, -um | sweet, pleasant |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| maximē, adv. | very greatly, exceedingly, especially |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| aliquis, -quid, indef. pron. | someone, any one, something, anything, some, any |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| liber, librī m. | book; record |
| īnserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertum | put in, insert |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| obveniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventum (+ dat.) | fall to, be assigned to |
| māteria, -ae f. | timber, material |
| vel | or; vel … vel: either … or |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| mōnstrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | point out, show |
| potior, -ius (comp. adj.) | better, preferable, more powerful |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| enim, conj. | for |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| offendiculum, -ī n. | stumbling block, obstacle, hitch |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| circumferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus | carry around |
| oculus, -ī, m. | eye |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| bibliopōla, -ae m. | bookseller |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| libenter, adv. | willingly, gladly |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| littera, -ae f. | letter (of the alphabet); pl. letter, writing |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| venditō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | offer for sale, peddle; cry up |
| libellus, -ī m. | little book; written document; libellus repudiī: certificate of divorce |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| peregrē (adv.) | abroad; peregrē proficīscī, go abroad |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| colligō, -ere, -lēgī, -lēctum | gather, collect (sē colligere: recover oneself) |
| dēlectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | please, delight; passive: enjoy, take pleasure in |
| incipiō, -ere, incēpī, inceptum | begin |
| satis, adv. | enough, sufficiently |
| absolvō, -ere, -solvī, -solūtus | release, set free; acquit (of: gen.) |
| exīstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | consider, believe, think |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| dīversitās, -ātis f. | difference, variety; contrast, contradiction |
| regiō, -ōnis, f. | direction; country, region |
| discernō, -ere, -crēvī, -crētus | separate; distinguish, tell apart |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| iūdicium, -ī n. | trial, court; judgment |
| cōnsentiō, -īre, -sēnsī, -sēnsum | agree; act together |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |