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intrigue, etc., with;-at xi. 6 | triginta, for thirty years,

without nearer Object [akin to Sans. root KAM, "to love "]. ǎm-œnus, œna, œnum, adj.

(and) more, or above thirty years, where annos is Acc. of "Duration of time," lix. 6

domos, two houses or more, where domos is the nearer after continuare,

[perhaps ǎm-o, "tc_love"][§ 102, (1)]; binas aut ampliùs ("Loved"; hence) Delightful, pleasant, agreeable, etc. ăm-or, ōris, m. [ăm-o, "to love"] Love, both in a good and bad sense.

Object :
xx. 11.

am-pl-us, a, um, adj. [am,

āmōtus, a, um, P. perf." around"; pl-čo, "to fill"]

pass. of amoveo. ("Filled around"; hence) ā-mověo, mōvi, mōtum, 1. Of large extent, extensive, mŏvēre, 2. v. a. [ā, "away"; ample.-2. Of courage: Great,

mověo, "to move"] 1. To move away, remove.-2. To remove or expel from an order, etc.; xxiii. 1.-Pass.: ā-movĕor, mōtus sum, mŏvēri.

āmōvěram, pluperf. ind. of

amoveo.

etc. Comp.: ampl-ior.

an, conj. [prob. a primitive word] Introducing the second half of a disjunctive interrogation, or a clause implying doubt: 1. Or, or whether.2. With the first half of the interrogation not expressed, but to be supplied from preceding context: Or, or rather,

amplexor, atus sum, āri, 1. v. dep. intens. [for amplectsor; fr. amplect-or, "to embrace"] 1. To embrace.or 2. To value, be fond of, love, esteem.

amplior, us; see amplus. amplius, comp. adv.[adverbial neut. of amplior, "great, comprising much"] 1. More, beyond, further, besides, in addition, etc.-2. With Abl. of thing compared [§ 124]: More than, above, beyond.3. As a mere adverbial modification of time, number, etc., without influencing the construction of the case to which it is attached: ampliùs aunos

indeed.-3. In indirect questions: ne . . . an, whether or, lii. 10.

an-cep-s, an-cipĭt-is, adj. [for an-capit-s; fr. an ( ambi), "around, round about' căput, capit-is, "a head" ("Having heads round about " one, i.e. before and behind; hence, "two-headed"; hence) Double, twofold;-at xxix. 1 anceps malum refers to the malum both within and outside of the city.

angust-iæ, ĭārum, f. plur. [angust-us, "narrow "] ("The

state of the angustus"; hence) | hence, "the rational soul, or A defile or pass in the moun- intellectual principle," in man; tains.

ǎn-ima, imæ, f. ("That which breathes or blows"; hence, "air, a breath"; hence) 1. Life.-2. The rational soul or nature of man, mind [akin to Sans. root AN, "to breathe or blow"].

ǎnimadvertĕrētur ; see animadverto, no. 2, b.

ǎnĭm-adverto, adverti, adversum, advertère, 3. v. a. [ănim-us, "the mind"; adverto, "to turn towards"] ("To turn the mind towards " a thing; hence, "To mark, observe, notice "; hence, with accessory notion of the consequence resulting from marking, etc., a fault or crime) 1. To chastise, punish.-2. Judicial t. t.: a. With in c. Acc. of person, and without Acc. of nearer Object: To inflict punishment on some one; li. 39-b. Impers. Pass.: folld. by in c. Acc.: animadverteretur, Punishment should be in flicted upon, li. 21.-Pass.: ǎnim-advertor, adversus sum, adverti.

ănăm-al, ālis, n. [ănim-a, "life"] ("A thing pertaining to anima"; hence) A living being.

ăn-ĭmus, ĭmi, m. ("That which blows or breathes"; hence, "vital power, life";

hence) 1. Mind.-2. Intellect, reason.-3. Courage, spirit;—at lviii. 8 forti (atque parato) animo is Abl. of quality [S 115] [akin to Sans. root AN, "to breathe"].

Annius, ži, m. Annius (Quintus); a Roman senator, one of Catiline's accomplices; xvii. 3. He escaped being taken (1. 4); but what subsequently became of him is not known.

an-nus, ni, m. ("That which goes round, a circuit"; hence) Of time: A year;-at lix. 6 triginta annos is the Acc. of "Duration of time" [§ 102, (1)] [akin to Sans. AM, "to go"; am-ati, "time"; also to Gr. ěv-os = èv-lautós, "a year"].

ann-ŭus, úa, ŭum, adj. [annus, "a year"] ("Of, or belonging to, annus"; hence) Annual, lasting a year, of a year's duration.

ante, adv. and prep.: 1. Adv.: Before, previously.2. Prep. gov. acc.: a. Before. -b. To denote superiority or precedence: Before, above, superior to :-ante aliquem esse, to be before, i. e. to surpass or excel any one, liii. 3. -c. Ante folld. by dies, etc., and an ordinal adj. gives the date of the day denoted by such ordinal: ante diem vi.

Kalendas Novembris, on the a plan, etc. -3. To set forth,

sixth day before the Calends of November; here ante governs Calendas, and diem is Acc. of time [akin to Sans. ati, "beyond"; Gr. àvτí, "over against "].

ant-ĕa, adv. [prob. for anteam; fr. an-te, "before"; eam, acc. sing. fem. of pron. is, "this, that"]("Before this or that time"] Formerly, previously, in previous or past time.

antě-căpio, cepi, captum, căpere, 3. v. a. [ante, "before" in time; căpio, "to take"] 1. To take beforehand; to preoccupy; [§ 140, 2].-2. To anticipate.

ante-hac, adv. [prob. for ante-hanc; fr. ante, "before" in time; hanc, fem. acc. sing. of hic, "this"] ("Before this"; | hence, with reference to time past) Formerly, previously,

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state.-4. Of a road, way, etc.: To lay open, i. e. to make free from impediments. - Pass.: ǎ-pĕr-ior, tus sum, īri [prob. for ab-per-io; fr. ab, denoting "reversal"=" English un-' root PER, akin to Sans. root VRE or VAR, "to cover "].

ǎpěrĭundus, a, um, Gerundive of aperio;—at lviii. 7 aperiundum is used in attributive construction, and has the force of necessity attaching to it [§ 144, 2].

ap-ud, prep. gov. acc. [prob. ap-io or ǎp-o, "to lay hold of"] ("Laying hold of"; hence) 1. With, near to.2. With Acc. of name of person: At the house of, with; xxxvi. 1.-3. Among, with persons, amongst, etc., whom something occurs, etc.:-apud majores nostros, among our ancestors, i. e. in the time of our ancestors, lii. 30; apud vos, with you, li. 7.

Apulia, æ, f. Apulia (now Puglia); a province of Southern Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea.

ăqui-la, læ, f. ("The quick, or rapid, one" ("An eagle"; hence) The figure of an eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion [akin to Gr. ωκούς, "swift ; Sans. ásu, quickly "].

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ar-a (old form ās-a), æ, f.

("A seat or raised place"; B.C. 46), by which it was hence) An elevation for sacred decreed that debts should be purposes; i. e. an altar [prob. cancelled by the payment of akin to Sans. root As, "to an as for a sestertius, i. e. of sit"]. one-fourth part. See sestertius ar-bi-ter, tri, m. ("One [akin to Sans. raj-atam, who goes to" something in" silver," as "the shining order to hear or see; hence) thing"; fr. root RAJ, "to A looker-on, eye-witness, wit- shine"; cf. ǎpy-ŭpos]. ness [ar (old form of ad), "to"; root BI, akin to B-u, "to go": be-to, bi-to, "to go"].

ar-ces-so, sīvi, sītum, sere, 3. v. a. [for ar-ced-so; fr. ar (= ad), "to"; ced-o, "to go"] (In causative force: "to cause to go, or come, to one; hence) To call, summon, send for, etc.;-at lx. 4 arcessere is Hist. Inf. [§ 140, 2].

دو

ardens, ntis: 1. P. pres. of ardeo.-2. Pa.: Fiery, hot, eager, impetuous.

ar-ma, mōrum, n. plur. ("Things adapted" to any purpose; hence, "implements"; hence) Arms, weapons [prob. ǎp-w, "to adapt "]. armātus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of armo.

arm-o, āvi, ātum, āre, 1. v. a. [arm-a, "arms"] To furnish with arms or weapons; to arm. -Pass.: arm-or, atus sum, āri. ǎr-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. To plough [àp-ów].

Arrêt-īnus, ina, inum [for Arrēti-inus; fr. Arrēti-um ;

ardeo, arsi, arsum, ardere," Arretium" (now "Arezzo"), 2. v. n.: 1. To be on fire, burn, a large town of Etruria] Of, blaze.-2. To be inflamed, or belonging to, Arretium; excited, etc., by any passion, Arretine.

etc.

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arduus, a, um, adj. 1. Steep.-2. High, lofty.-3. Difficult arduous [akin to Sans. úrdva, Gr. optós, "erect"].

arg-entum, enti, n. ("Silver ; hence) Silver-money; -at xxxiii. 3 the expression argentum ære solutum est refers to the Valerian Law (carried by Q. Valerius Flaccus,

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ar-s, tis, f. 1. Art, skill, etc.-2. Manner, or mode, of acting; practice [either akin to ap-w, "to join," and so, joining"; or fr. ǎr-o, plough," and so "a ploughing," as the earliest and most important act of skill].

"to

art-e, adv. [art-us, "close"] 1. Closely.-2. In Comp. to mark a very high degree : Very closely; lix. 2.

War,

Comp.. art-ius; (Sup.: art-close of the third Peloponnesian issime). when they were comartis artes acc. plur. of ars.pelled to demolish the fortiartius, comp. adv. ; see fications of their city, throw down the Long Walls which connected it with the Piræus, and to submit to the Thirty Tyrants.

arte.

Asia, æ, f. Asia, i. e. 1. Asia, as such.-2. Asia Minor.

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asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj.: 1. Rough, rugged. -2. Cruel, at-que (contr. ac), conj. bitter.-3. Of circumstances, [for ad-que; fr. ăd, denoting etc.: Perilous, dangerous, ad-"addition ; quě, “and”] 1. verse, calamitous, critical. And also; and.-2. With Comp.: aspĕr-ĭor; (Sup.: asper-rĭmus).

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aspĕrior, us; see asper. a-spernor, spernātus sum, spernāri, 1. v. dep. [ā (= ăb), away from"; spernor, "to spurn"]("To spurn away from " one's self; hence) To disdain, scorn, despise.

comparative adjectives, or words expressing dissimilarity, difference, contrariety, etc.: Than, to:-contra ac, otherwise than, contrary to what, lx. 5.-3. After words denoting similarity, etc.: As, with. 4. After simul: As.

atrōc-itas, ĭtātis, f. [atrox, atrōc-is, "fierce "]("The quality of the atrox"; hence) Fierceness, atrocity, atrocious

astut-ia, iæ, f. [astut-us, "sagacious," also, "cunning"] ("The quality of the astutus"; hence) 1. Sagacity, skill, dex-ness. terity, adroitness.-2. Cunning, subtlety, craftiness.

ǎt, conj. But, yet [akin to Sans. atha, Gr. àT-áp, "but "]. (Athen-iensis, fense, adj. [Athen-æ, "Athens ; the chief city of Attica in Northern Greece] "Of, or belonging to, Athens; Athenian."-A Subst.) Athenienses, ĭum, m. plur. The Athenians;-at li. 28 the words devictis Atheniensibus refer to the overthrow of the Athenians by the Lacedæmonians at the

ātr-ox, ōcis, adj. [prob. ater, atr-i, "black"] (" Pertaining to ater"; hence," hideous"; hence) Atrocious, horrible, terrible.

attent-e, adv. [attent-us, "attentive"]("After the manner of the attentus"; hence) Attentively, carefully, diligently. Comp.: attentius; (Sup.: attent-issĭme). attentius, comp. adv.; see attente.

auc-tor, tōris, m. [for aug. tor; fr. aug-eo, "to produce"]

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