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where the public treasure was kept, treasury. aes, aeris, n., copper, bronze; money; aes alienum (lit. the money of another), debt. aestus, -ūs, m., heat. aetās, -ātis, f., age. aeternus, -a, -um, adj. ( = aeviternus, from aevum), eternal, unending. ăfuit, from absum.

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ŭger, agri, m., territory; in pl., the country. agnosco, -ĕre, -gnōvi, -gnitum (ad + (g)nosco), recognize. ǎgo, -ĕre, égi, actum, v. a., do, act; carry out, executo; agĕre cum deal with, appeal to. ǎgrestis, -ě, adj., of the country, rustic. Ăhāla, -ãe, m., C. Servilius Ahala, who, as magister equitum, slew Maclius. aio, verb defect., say. álě, -ae, f., game at dice;

in alea, at their gambling. ālĕātor, -ūris, m., gambler. šliēnus, -a, -um, adj., belonging to another, foreign; subst., stranger, foreigner: aes alienum, sce aes. iliquando, adr., at some time; hereafter; now, at last; tandem aliquando, now at last. ǎliqui, -quă, -quod, indef. adj.

pron., some, any. Aliquis, quid, indef. subst. pron., some one, something, any one.

¡liquō, adv., to some place cr other.

Aliquot, indef. adj. indoci., some, several, a few.

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ălius, -a, -ud, adj., cther, another.

ǎlo, -ĕre, ǎlüi, altum, v. a., support, promote.

altaria, -ïum, n. pl. (altus), altar.

alter, -tëra, -tërum, adj., cne of two; the second. amentia, -ae, f. (a+mens), madness, insanity. ămicio, īre, -ĭcŭi or -ixi, -ictum, r. a. (ambi + iïcio`, clothe; amictus, clothed, clad, arrayed.

ămicus, -i, m. (amo), friend. ǎmo, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, roll.g love, be fond of; fondle. Amor, -ūris, m., love. amplius, adv. (compar. ample), more, further. amplus, -a, -um, adj. (1) spacious; (2) distinguished. ăn, conj., or, or whether. angŭlus, -i, m., corner; ullus angulus, the remotest

corner.

ǎnhelo, -ūre, -āvi, -ātum. r. a. and n., breathe out, pant for. ǎnimadverto, -ěre, -ti, -sum, v. a. (animus + adverto) (1) notice, observe; (2) punish; with in and acc. ănĭmus, -i, m. (1) mind, intellect; attention; (2) will, purpose; (3) courage; (4) opinion; animo meliore, of better disposition, more loyal.

annus, -i, m., year. ante, (1) prep., with acc., before; (2) adv., before, previously, ago.

antěă, adv., before, formerly. antělūcānus, -a, -um, adj.

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Appenninus, -i, m., the Apen

nine mountains (mountainchain passing through the length of Italy). Apůd, prep., near, with, at

the house of; with acc. Apulia, -ae, f., Apulia (pro

rince in Lower Italy, now Puglia).

¿qua, -ae, ƒ., water. Aquila, -ae, f., eagle. arbitror, -āri, -ātus sum, dep.

r. a., think, consider. arcéo, -ēre, -củi, -etum, có đi keep off, check, repel. arděɔ, -ére, -rsi, r. n., be on fire, burn,

argentéus, -a, -um, adj., of silver, silver. argentum, -i, n. (1) silver,

silver plate; (a) money. armă, -ūrum, n, pl., arms, weapons; in armis, under

arms.

armátus, -a, -um, adj. (perf.

purt. of armo), armed. armātus, -i, subst., an armed man, soldier. aspectus, -ús, m., (1) sight;

(2) appearance, looks. aspicio, ĕre, spexi, spec. tum, r. a., look upon.

ast, at, conj., but, yet; at enim, but certainly, but indeed.

at, see ast.

atque, conj., and; and especi ally (i. § 11), and even; simul atque, as soon as. ǎtrox,-ūcis, adj. (åter), savage, fierce.

attendo, -ëre, -tendi, -tentum, r. a. and n., direct attention to, consider, observe. auctionàrius, -a, -um, adj.

(auctio), belonging to an auction; tabulao auct., catalogues of goods to bo sold by auction. auctor, ōris, m. (augeo), author, originator. auctōrĭtās, -atis, f. (auctor), (1) political term, will or decree of the Senate; sanction, initiative, authorization; (2) power, authority; (3) influence, weight. audácia, -ne, f. (audax), inso

lence, shamelessness; villainy, crime; in pl., guilty deeds.

audax, acis, adj. (audeo), reckless, unscrupulous. auděo, -ére, ausus sum, semidep. v. a. and n, dare, venture.

audio, -ire, -Ivi and -ïí, -Itum, r. a, hear, listen to. Aurėlius, -a, -um, adj., Aure

lian; Aurelia via, see note on ii. 6; Forum Auro. lium, town in Etruria, on the Via Aurelia. auris, -is, f., ear. auspicium, -i, n. (ávis, spécio),

augury, auspices, ausus, from audeo,

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plain along the Tiber, consecrated to Mars and used as a place of assemblage for the people at elections, and also as a public recreation ground. canto, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, v. n., sing.

căpillus, -i, m., hair. căpio, -ère, cepi, captum, r. a., seize, take, receive, hold; cap. consilium, formi a plan.

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căpitālis, -ě, adj. (căput, lil. relating to the head or life), dangerous. carcer, -ĕris,

m., prison; the underground dungeon, close to the forum, built by Servius Tullius, and called the Tulliānum.

căreo, -ére, -ui, -ïtum, r. n., be without, deprived of, in want of; with all. cārus, -a, -um, adj., dear, esteemed.

castrum, -i. n., fort; pl., castră, -ōrum, camp, encampment.

casus, -ūs, m. (cüdo), a fall, overthrow; accident, event. Cătălina, -ae, m., Lucius Sergius Catilina.

causa, -ao, f. (1) cause, reason,

motive; causā, abl., for the sake of; (2) case, position, political cause. cêdo, -ĕre, cessi, cessum, v n,' yield, submit to, give way to.

cēna, -ae, f., dinner, banquet. certamen, -inis, n., struggle, conflict.

certē, adv., assuredly, surely;' at any rate (ii. § 11). corto, -åre, -àvi̟, -âtum, r. A..

struggle, contend, vie with; generally followed by cum with abl.

certus, -a, -um, adj. (perf. part. of cerno = fixed, resolved), (1) determined, fixod, cortain; (2) to be depended upon, reliable, faithful; certiorem facere de, with abl., to inform one of something (ii. § 26). cētĕrus, -a, -um, adj. (gener

ally in pl.), the rest; cetera, everything else. cibus, -i, m., food. cinis, -ĕris, m., ashes. circumcludo, -ĕre, -si, -sum, v.a. (circum+claudo), shut in, confine, beset. circumscriptor,

-ōris, 12.,

swindler, cheat, defrauder.

circumsto, -äre, -stëti, r. «. and n., stand round, sur

round.

cīvis, -is, c., citizen, fellowcitizen.

civitas, -ātis, f., (1) citizen

ship; (2) state.

clāmo, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, r. n. and a., shout aloud, cry out, exclaim.

clārus, -a, -um, adj. (1) clear, bright; (2) evident, manifest; (3) famous, glorious, distinguished.

clemens, -ntis, adj., lenient, merciful.

coepi, -isse, coeptum, r. n. and a, begin.

coeptus, -ūs, m. (coepi), attempt, design. coerceo, -ére, -ŭi, -Itum, r. a. (co+arceo), restrain, check, curb, punish.

coetus, -ūs, m. (coeo), meeting, gathering, assemblage. cogitatio, -ūnis, f., intention, idea.

cōgĭto, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, v. a. (co+agito), think, reflect upon, consider; think of, design, intend, plan. cognosco, -ěre, -gnōvi, -gnitum, r.a. (co + (g)nosco), become acquainted with, perceive, learn, know. cozo, -ěre, coegi, coactum, r. a. (co +ǎgo), compel, force.

cohors, -tis, f. (connected with (c)hortus, an enclosed space, and hence an enclosed company), a cohort, (the tenth part of a legion). collectus, from colligo. colligo, -ĕre, -lēgi, lectum, r. a. (con + lego), collect together, assemble. colloco, -ăre, -āvi, -ātum, v. a., place, station. colônia, -ae, f. (colo), colony, settlement.

colōnus, -i, m. (colo), inhabitant of a colonia, settler.

coměs, -ĭtis, c. (co+eo), com

rade, companion, associate. comissãtio, -ōnis, f., drunken revel.

comitium, -i, n. (co+eo) (1) (sing.) a part of the Forum used for assemblies of the poople; place of election; (a) (pl.) the yearly assembly of the Romans for electing magistrates; the elections.

comitor, -ārī, -ātus sum, dep. v. a., accompany, attend;

comitatus (perf. part. with passive sense), accompanied. commémoro,-äre,-āvi,-ātum, v. a., make mention of, relate, boast.

commendatic, -ōnis, f., rccommendation. commissum, -i, n. (committo) (the thing committed), crime, fault.

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committo, -čro, -mīsi, -missum, v. a., commit. commŏvěo, -ēre, -mōvi, -mōtum, v. a., shock, agitate, excite, disturb; se mövõre, bestir oneself, stir. commúnis, -ě, adj., common, universal, shared by all. compăro, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, v.a., make ready, provide, procure, prepare; get together, recruit; brew, contrive (ii. § 1). compĕrio, -ire, -pri, -per

tum, v. a., ascertain, learn. competitor, -ūris, m., rival, competitor, candidate. complexus, -ūs, m, embrace. complūrēs, -ǎ or -iă, adj. (pl.) very many, several. comprehendo, -ère, -di, -sum, v. a., seize, arrest. comprimo, -ĕrc, ⚫pressi, -pressum, t. a., hold back, restrain, check; stamp out (i. § 30).

cōnātus, -ūs, m. (cōnor), at

tempt, undertaking, effort. concedo, -ère, -essi, -essum,

(1) r. n., depart from, retire; yield to, submit to, with dat.; (2) v. a., concede, allow, make a concession, grant.

coucido, -ère, -ïdi, r. n., fall

down, be overthrown, be prostrated, be ruined, collapse.

concipio, -ĕre, -cēpi, -ceptum, v. a. (con + căpio), undertake, design. concito, are, avi, -atum, v. a. (con + cico), stir up, arouse, excite. concordia, -ae, f., harmony, concord, agreement. concupisco, -ĕre, -cŭpīvī or -ii, -cupītum, v. a., covet, lust after, long for. concursus, -ūs, m. (con +

curro, crowding together. condemno, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, v. a. (con + damno), condemn, sentence.

conditio, -ūnis, ƒ., circum

stances, terms, conditions. confectus, -a, -umn, perf. part. of conficio, worn out, exhausted.

confercio, īre, no perf., -fertum, v. a., cram together. confero, ferre, -tüli, collatum, v. a., (1) bring to-. gether, compare (ii. § 24); (2) conferre in, heap upon (i. § 2); (3) settle, fix, (i.. §7); (4) se conferre, betake oneself, retreat. confertus, -a, -um, perf. part. of confercio, crowded, stuffed. confestim, adv., immediately. conficio, -ĕre, -fēci, -fectum, v. a. (con + făcio), (1) complete; (2) wear out, exhaust.

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confido, -ĕre, fisus sum, semi-dep. v. a., trust in, rely on, with dat.; believe, be assured.

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