Caesar BG Vocabulary Flashcards
ā/ab
from, away from; by (+ ablative)
ac, atque
and, and also; as, than
ad
to, toward, near; about (with numerals and dates); at, by (+ accusative)
aut, aut… aut
or, either; either… or
bellum, -ī, n.
war
castra, -ōrum, n.pl.
(military) camp
civitas, civitatis, f.
state
consilium, -ī, n.
advice; plan; council
cum
with (+ ablative); when, since; although
dē
down from, from; about, concerning; for (+ ablative)
dicō, dicere, dixī, dictus
to say; to set, appoint; to administer; to plead
dies, dieī, m./f.
day; every day (taken with “in”)
dō, dare, dedī, datus
to give, put, appoint; to grant, honor
ē/ex
out of; from; of; on; according to (+ ablative)
et, et… et
and, both, also, even; both… and
faciō, facere, fecī, factus
to do; to make; to achieve; to carry out
fines, finium, m.pl.
borders; land, territory
fiō, fierī, factus sum
to be made; to be done; to happen
Gallia, -ae, f.
Gaul
Gallus, -ī, m.
inhabitant of Gaul
habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus
to have; to hold; to keep; to make (a speech); to take (account); to regard, consider
Helvetius, -a, -um
Helvetian
hiberna, -ōrum, n.pl.
winter quarters
hic, haec, hoc
this, these; the latter; he, she, it
homo, hominis, m./f.
human, person
hostis, -is, m./f.
enemy
īdem, eadem, idem
the same
ille, illa, illud
that, those; the former; he, she, it
in
in, on; among (+ ablative); into, onto, to; against; over; among; for (+ accusative)
inter
between, among (+ accusative)
ipse, ipsa, ipsum
himself, herself, itself; myself, yourself, themselves; he, she, it
is, ea, id
this; that; he, she, it
iter, itineris, n.
journey; march; route
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus
to order
legatus, -ī, m.
envoy, ambassador; lieutenant
legio, -onis, f.
legion
locus, -ī, m.
place, position; rank
magnus, -a, -um
great, large, huge; mighty; loud
miles, militis, m.
soldier
mittō, mittere, misī, missus
to send
multitudo, multitudinis, f.
crowd, multitude
navis, -is, f.
ship; warship (taken with “longa”)
nec, neque
not, nor, and… not, neither
nec… nec
neither… nor
non
not, no, by no means
noster, nostra, nostrum
our
omnis, omne
all, every, whole; as a whole
pars, partis, f.
part; direction; side
per
through, along; by; throughout (+ accusative)
possum, posse, potuī
to be able, be powerful; to be possible
prō
in front of, before; for, as; considering (+ ablative)
proelium, -ī, n.
battle
-que
and, also, even
quī, quae, quod
who, which; what; that; any
quod
because, the fact that; for the very reason that (taken with “proptereā”)
reliquus, -a, -um
remaining, rest of, other
res, reī, f.
thing; matter; affair; circumstance; supply; purpose; experience; republic, state (taken with “publica”); deed (taken with “gesta”)
sī
if; when; whether
-, suī, sibi, sē (sēsē), sē (sēsē)
himself, herself, itself, themselves; him, her, it, them; he, she, it , they
sum, esse, fuī, futurus
to be; to exist
suus, -a, -um
his, her, its, their (own)
unus, -a, -um
one, only
ut (utī)
as; so that, to…; that
videō, vidēre, vidī, visus
to see, perceive; to understand; to be seen; to seem (passive)
accidit, -ere, accidit
to happen
accipiō, accipere, accepī, acceptus
to receive; to hear
alius, alia, aliud
other, another; else; others, some (plural)
alter, altera, alterum
the one… the other, another
annus, -ī, m.
year
arbitror, -ārī, -ātus sum
to think, consider
arma, -ōrum, n.pl.
weapons, arms
capiō, capere, cepī, captus
to seize, take; to form, make (with “consilium”)
causa, -ae, f.
cause, reason; case
causā
for the sake of (+ genitive)
coepī, coepisse, coeptus
to have begun
cognoscō, -ere, -novī, -nitus
to learn, learn about
cogō, -ere, coegī, coactus
to drive together, collect; to compel, force
coniciō, -ere, coniecī, coniectus
to throw, hurl
constituō, -ere, constituī, constitutus
to place, station; to establish; to decide, determine
conveniō, -īre, -venī, -ventus
to come together, gather, meet
copia, -ae, f.
supply, resources; forces, troops, supplies (plural)
discedō, -ere, -cessī, -cessūrus
to depart
eques, equitis, m.
horseman; cavalry (plural)
exercitus, -ūs, m.
army
existimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus
to think, consider
facile
easily
flumen, fluminis, n.
river
frumentum, -ī, n.
grain
genus, generis, n.
birth, origin; kind, class
Germanī, -ōrum, m.pl.
Germans
gravis, grave
heavy; serious; severe
interficiō, -ere, -fecī, -fectus
to kill
litterae, -ārum, f.pl.
letter, epistle; letters; writing(s)
longē
far, at a distance; by far
manus, -ūs, f.
hand; band, force (of an army)
mille (pl. milia)
thousand
mors, mortis, f.
death
multus, -a, -um
much; many (plural)
nē
so that not, not to…; that (after clauses of fearing); not (with “quidem”)
nihil
nothing, not anything; no (with genitive)
nox, noctis, f.
night
nullus, -a, -um
no; some (take with “non”)
numerus, -ī, m.
number
ordo, ordinis, m.
rank, position
periculum, -ī, n.
danger
persuadeō, -ēre, -suasī, -suasus
to persuade (+ dative)
