Bartholomew the Englishman

On the Asp

Latin Etymology

Scilicet dipsas, qui Latine situla dicitur, quia quem momorderit, siti interimit et occidit. Hypalis est genus aspidis, qui somno necat, hunc Cleopatra sibi apposuit , et ita morte quasi somno resoluta est...

Item seps est mortiferus aspis et tabificus, qui cum hominem momorderit statim eum destruit et consumit, ita ut morsu serpentis totaliter liquefiat, nec solum corpus , sed etiam ossa veneno dissipat et enervat, cuius Poeta [Lucan, Pharsalia 9] sic meminit:

Ossaque dissolvens cum corpore tabificus seps.

ut dicit idem [Isidore, Etymologies 12.4].

Use the following words to complete the sentences below. Not all words will be used, but all are related to words in the text above. Good Luck!

enervated
consume
corpulent
appositive
dissolved
mortified
liquefied

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2. When Billy's mom reminded him to change his underwear every day in front of his new summer camp friends, he was so that he turned bright red.

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5. When the stranded hiker was finally rescued, starvation made him so and weak that he could not stand under his own power.

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