Julius Caesar Act III Vocab

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Scene 1 VocabAbide

-Take the consequences of

Addressed

-Ready

Ate` (Ay tee)

-Greek goddess of revenge

Basis

-base(of Pompey’s statue)

“bear me hard”

bear a grudge against me

Big

-full of grief

Bootless

-In vain

Carrion

-Dead and rotting

Conceit

-judge

Constant

-calm

Constant

-firmly determined

Corse

-corpse

Couchings

-very low bows

Credit

-reputation

Cruel Issue

-cruel deed; also the outcome or the result of cruelty

Cry “Havoc”

-give the signal for the devastation to begin

Cumber

-burden

Decree

-old Roman laws. Caesar warns that the laws might be changed at whim(just as the laws of children can be changed).

Dignities

-titles and honor

Enfranchisement

-restoration of the rights of citizenship

Et tu, Brute?

-Latin for “And you also, Brutus?”

Fall

-befall or happen

Fell

-evil

Fellow

-equal

Fond

-so foolish as

Freedom of repeal

-permission to return to Rome from exile

Hie

-hurry

Leaden

-blunt (not made of steel)

Let blood

-Antony is punning here. “Let blood” can mean “bleed a sick person in order to cure an illness” or it can mean “shed blood, to kill”.

Lies along

-Stretches out

Makes to

-makes his way toward

Market place

-the Forum, the center of public and commercial life in Rome.

Modesty

-moderation

Octavius Caesar

-Julius Caesar’s great-nephew and heir, who is 18-years old.

Olympus

-In Greek mythology, the mountain where the gods lived.

Pitiful

-full of pity

Post

-Ride on horseback (changing horses at posts along the way).

Pray to move

-beg others to change their mind.

Presently

-immediately

Prevention

-being prevented from carrying out their deed.

Pricked in number of

-counted with. In counting off a list of people, the Romans would prick a hole in a wax-coated tablet.

Produce

-take

Publius

-very old senator, too old to flee

Puissant

-powerful

Quartered

-butchered; cut into four pieces

Rank

-position

Rank

-another pun; swollen with disease, foul smelling, or swollen with power

Resolved

-satisfied

Resting

-unchanging

Schedule

-scroll of paper

Seven leagues

-about 21 miles

Sirrah

-like sir, often used to address an inferior, often indicating disrespect or anger

Stand upon

-wait for

Thorough

-through

Touches

-concerns

True quality

-that is, firmness

Try

-test

Turn back

-come out alive