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VOCABULARY.

A., abbreviation for Aulus, a | absolūtiō, -ōnis, [absolvō], f.,

Roman forename.

a, ab, [cf. áπó, Eng. off, of], prep. with abl., from, away from; of separation, direction, from; of asking, from, of; of freedom, protection, from, against; of place, on the side of, in the direction of, on, at; of time, from, since ; of agency, by. ab- in composition, away, of, apart; not, un-. ab-dicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [dicō, announce], resign; in Cic. with reflex., sē praetūrā abdicare, resign the praetorship.

abditus, -a, -um, [part. of abdō,

hide], adj., remote, secluded. ab-dūcō, -ere, -duxi, -ductus,

lead away, withdraw. ab-eō, -īre, -īvī or -iī, -itūrus, go away; praeceps abīre, rush headlong to one's ruin. abiciō, -ere, -iēcī, -iectus, [ab +iaciō, throw], throw away, cast aside.

ab-iūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, deny

on oath, forswear. Ab-orīginēs, -um, [orīgō, origin], m. pl., the Aborigines, the first ancestors of the Romans.

acquittal.

ab-solvō, -ere, -solvi, -solūtus, complete, sum up, set forth, relate.

abstinentia, -ae, [abstineō, hold

of], f., self-restraint, disinterestedness.

ab-sum, -esse, āfuī, āfutūrus, with ab, be away from, be distant, hold aloof from, be wanting, fail.

ab-surdus, -a, -um, [surdus, deaf], adj., without merit, worthless, contemptible. abundē,

[abundus, copious], adv., in profusion, abundantly. ab-ūtor, -ūtī, -ūsus sum, abuse, misuse.

ac, see atque.

accedo, -ere, -cessi, -cessūrus, [ad+cēdō], with ad, approach, advance on; with huc, be added.

accelerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [ad +celerō, from celer, swift], make haste.

accendō, -ere, -cendi, -cēnsus, [ad unused candō, glow], kindle, rouse; pass., burn within one, be on fire. accidō, -ere, -cidi, [ad + cado], with dat., befall, hap

pen, occur.

accipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus, [ad | 2. ad-eō, adv., to such a degree; id adeō, and just this, this particular. [pulence. adeps, -ipsis, m. and f., fat, coradfectus, -a, -um, [part. of adficio, do to], adj., affected, touched.

+capio], receive, accept, take; hear, listen to, learn. accūsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [ad + causa], accuse, find fault with. acer, acris, acre, [AC, sharp],

adj., keen, active, fierce. acerbitās, -ātis, [acerbus], f., bitterness, harshness, severity, suffering.

acerbus, -a, -um, [AC, sharp], adj., bitter, harsh, severe, rig

orous.

aciēs, -ēī, [AC, sharp], f., (sharp edge), line of battle; prima acies, front rank. acriter, [ācer], adv., fiercely. actiō, -ōnis, [AG, drive], f., action; pl. often, public acts, official measures. ad, prep. with acc., to; of motion and direction, to, toward, up to, upon; of place, near, in the vicinity of; of time, toward, at; of purpose, especially with gerundive, for, for the purpose of, in order to; rem ad senatum referre, lay the matter before the senate; quem ad modum, how; ad hōc, in addition to this, besides, moreover; ad id loci, to this place.

ad-hūc, adv., up to this point, so far, as yet.

adigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctus, [ad + agō], drive to; ad iusiurandum adigere, cause to take oath, bind by oath. adimō, -ere, -ēmī, -ēmptus, [ad

+emō], with dat. of person and acc. of thing, take away, deprive of.

adipiscor, -1, adeptus sum, [ad + apīscor, reach], obtain, secure, win, gain; adeptus with passive meaning, 5, 30. aditus, -ūs, [1. adeō], m., access. ad-iungō, -ere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus, with acc. and dat., join, add. ad-iuvō, -āre, -iūvī, -iūtus, [iuvō, aid], help, aid, support. ad-minister, -trī, [minister, attendant], m., servant, instrument, tool. ad-ministro, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [ministro, attend], conduct, guide, administer, direct.

ad- in composition, to, toward, ad-moneō, -ēre, -ui, -itus, with

in addition to.

ad-dō, -dere, -didī, -ditus, add

acc. of person and either dē or gen. of thing, remind, urge. ad-nitor, -nītī, -nīxus sum, exert one's self, make an effort.

to; increase; impart, inspire. ad-dūcō, -ere, duxi, -ductus, lead to, bring into; ad cōn-ad-olēscō, -ere, -olēvī, -ultus, silium adducere, induce to adopt a plan; in spem adducere, raise hopes.

1. ad-eō, -īre, -iī or -īvī, -itūrus, go to, visit.

[olēscō, grow], grow larger, increase, become great. adscendō, -ere, -scendi, -scēnsus, [ad + scandō, climb], mount, ascend, scale.

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sit], take one's seat, sit down. .adsiduē, [adsiduus, continual], adv., constantly.

ad-sistō, -ere, -stitī, -, [sistō,

cause to stand], take one's stand, station one's self. ad-sum, -esse, -fuī, -futūrus, with dat., be present in; come, advance upon. adulēscēns, -entis, [part. of adolēscō], adj., young; as noun, m. and f., youth, young man, young woman. adulescentia, -ae, [adulēscēns], f., youth. adulescentulus, -ī, [adulēscēns],

m., very young man,
youth.

mere

rēs advorsae, want of success, failure of plans.

aedificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [aedis + FAC, make], build. aedīlis, -is, [aedis], m., aedile, a Roman magistrate who superintended the public games and markets; the two curule aediles were besides building and street commissioners, while the two plebeian aediles had charge of the decrees of the senate and people.

aedis or aedēs, -is, [AID, burn,

orig. hearth, house], f., of the gods, temple; of men, in pl.. only, house, dwelling: aeger, -gra, -grum, adj., sick, suffering; pedibus aeger,

lame.

aemula, -ae, f., rival. Aenēās, -ae, m., Aeneas, a Trojan prince, who, after the fall of Troy, sailed with a few followers to Italy and planted a colony in Latium, thus becoming the ancestor of the Romans.

adulter, -erī, m., adulterer, para- aequabiliter, [aequabilis, equa

mour.

adultus, -a, -um, [adolescō], adj., grown up, full grown. ad-veniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventus, come to, arrive. adventō, -āre, —, —, [freq. of adveniō], advance, approach. ad-vesperascit, -ere, -rāvit,

impers., it grows dusk, toward evening.

ble], adv., uniformly, regularly, smoothly.

aequalis, e, [aequo, equalize], adj., equal.

aequaliter, [aequālis], adv., equally.

aeque, [aequus], adv., equally, to the same extent, alike. aequitas, -ātis, [aequus], f., justice, equity, fairness.

ad-vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, call, aequus, -a, -um, [AIC, like],

summon.

ad-vorsus, -a, -um, [part. of advorto, turn to], adj., turned against, in front; with dat., hostile, against, unfavorable;

adj., even, level; equal; aequa manu discedere, come off with a drawn battle, result indecisively; calm, aequō animō, calmly; as noun, aequum, -ī,

n., with a comp. (more than is) fair, reasonable. aerarium, -1, [aerārius, relating to copper money], n., treasury. aerumna, -ae, f., hardship, trou

ble, suffering.

aes, aeris, n., copper, bronze, money; aes aliēnum, (another man's money), debt. aestumō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [AIS, wish], estimate, value, weigh; regard.

aestuō, -āre, -āvi, -ātus, [aestus,

heat], burn, be inflamed. aetās, -ātis, [for aevitas from aevum, age], life, particular time of life, youth, old age, years; aetatem agere, pass one's life, live.

aeternus, -a, -um, [for aeviternus from aevum, age], adj., eternal, lasting.

afferō, -ferre, attuli, allatus, [ad + ferō], with dat., bring to, bring upon, cause. afflictō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [freq.

of affligō, strike at], break to pieces; afflictare sēsē, beat one's breast, be greatly troubled, be very anxious.

spur; carry on; give vent to; pass, spend; agitate, disturb, distract; act, behave, meditate, reflect, ponder, consider, adopt, plot, scheme, keep active; pass., prevail.

agō, -ere, ēgī, āctus, [ag, drive], drive, do, accomplish; act, move, commence operations; of public transactions, treat, discuss, talk; cum populō agere, address the people on a law or measure; deal with, confer; pass., be a question; of time, aetatem agere, pass one's life, live.

agrestis, -e, [ager], adj., rustic, rude, barbarous; as noun, agrestis, -is, m., countryman, peasant, farmer, rustic. āiō, def. 3., say, assert, affirm. alacer, -cris, -cre, adj., active,

eager.

aleō, -ōnis, [ālea, game with dice], m., gambler. algor, -ōris, [algeō, be cold], m., cold.

alias, alius], adv., at another time; under other circumstances.

affluō, -ere, -fluxi, -, [ad + alibi, [ali-, other + locat. end

fluō, flow], abound. ager, agrī, [cf. Eng. acre], m., (cultivated) land, field, country, territory; especially territory belonging to a community, as ager Faesulānus, the region about Faesulae, the district of Faesulae.

aggredior, -1, -gressus sum, [ad

+ gradior, step], attack, assail.

agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [freq.

of agō], set in motion, urge,

ing -bī], adv., elsewhere; alii alibi, some here, others there. aliēnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [aliē

nus], alienate, estrange, discard, set aside. aliēnus, -a, -um, [alius], adj., of another, another's, of others, others', foreign, strange, of strangers; aes aliēnum, (another's money), debt; with gen., ill-adapted, unsuitable; with dat., unfavorable, hurtful; with ā, foreign, ill-suited

to, against; of the mind, estranged, disordered, diseased. aliō, [alius], adv., to another place, elsewhere; alius.

aliō, in different directions. aliquando, ali-, other+quando, sometime], adv., (at some time or other), at length, at last. aliquanto, [aliquantus, considerable], adv., considerably. aliquis (-qui), -qua, -qua, -quid (-quod), [ali-, other + quis], indef. pron., some one, something, any one, anything; as adj., some, any. aliquot, [ali-, other + quot, as many], indecl. adj., some, several, a few.

aliter, [alius], adv., otherwise.
alius, -a, -ud, gen. alius, dat.

alii, [AL, other], adj., another,
some other, other, different;
else; in comparison, with at-
que, other than; alius.
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alō, -ere, -ui, altus or alitus,

[AL, feed], nourish, support, maintain, keep up, sustain. alter, tera, -terum, gen. alterīus, dat. alteri, [AL, other], pron. adj., one of two, the other, another; alter alter or unus. alter, the the other; as a numeral, the second. altus, -a, -um, [alō], adj., high, lofty; ambitious. am-, amb-, see ambi. amāns, -antis, [part. of amō], adj., fond, loving; amantissimus, devoted.

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ambi-, amb-, am-, insep. prefix, around.

ambitiō, -ōnis, [ambiō, go round], f., (going about of candidates for office soliciting votes), ambition.

ambitus, -ūs, [ambiō, go round],

m., (going about canvassing for votes by unlawful means), bribery.

amentia, -ae, [ā-mēns, out of one's senses], f., madness, folly.

elsewhere; alii aliō mōre vi- amiciō, īre, -, ictus, [am +

ventēs, accustomed to different modes of life; often as noun, alius, another; alii, others. allātus, see afferō.

Allobrogēs, -um, m. pl., "Allobroges, a tribe of Gauls, whose territory was between the Rhone and the Alps, in what is now Savoy. In B.C. 121 they were conquered by Fabius Maximus, and became a part of the ulterior provincia Rō

iaciō, throw], wrap around, clothe.

amicitia, -ae, [amicus], f.,
friendship.

amīcus, -i, [amō], m., friend.
a-mittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missus,

(send away, let go), give up,
lose, forfeit, sacrifice, relin-
quish, abandon; squander;
confiscate.

amō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, [AM, love],

love; intrigue, be licentious.

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