Caesar (Selected) Flashcards

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abiciō, -ere, abiēcī, abiectum

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throw away or down; hurl

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accēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessum

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approach, come near to, arrive at, come to; to be added

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accidō, -cidere, -cidī

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fall to or upon; befall; happen, fall to the lot of, occur

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accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptum

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take or receive to oneself, accept; experience, suffer; learn, hear, take

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ācer, -ris, -re

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sharp

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aciēs, -ēī (f)

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sharp point or edge of a weapon; sharp or keen sight, glance; a line (as forming an edge), battle line; prīma, the vanguard; media, the center; novissima, the rear (guard)

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addō, -dere, -didī, -ditum

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place on, add

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addūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductum

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lead to, draw to, bring to; induce, influence

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adeō (adv)

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to such an extent, so much, so very, so; in fact

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adeō, -īre, -iī, -itum

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go to, approach, visit, assail, attack

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adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectum

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affect, inspire; magnō dolōre afficere, to annoy greatly

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adflīgō, -flīgere, -flīxī, -flīctum,

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strike against; overthrow; damage, injure

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adhaereō, -haerēre, -haesī, -haesum

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cling to, stick to

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adhibeō, -ēre, -uī, -itum

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bring to, bring in, summon; employ, use.

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adhortor, -ārī, -ātus

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encourage, incite

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adigō, -igere, -ēgī, -āctum

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drive or bring by force, move; thrust, plunge, hurl (of weapons); bind (by an oath).

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adipīscor, -ipīscī, -eptus

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attain to, gain

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aditus, -ūs (m)

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approach, means of approach, right to approach, access.

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adiungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctum

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attach, join to, unite, add

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adiūtor, -ōris (m)

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helper, assistant, abettor

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administer, -trī (m)

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attendant, priest

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administrō, -āre, -vī, -ātum

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serve, attend, wait upon; manage, guide

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admittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missum

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admit; commit; incur; let go; give reins (to a horse).

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admodum (adv)

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very much, very; with numbers, fully (literally: up to the measure); (with negative) at all [as in, “not at all”].

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adolēscō, -olēre, -olēvī, -ultum

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grow up

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adorior, -orīrī, -ortus

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rise against, assail, attack

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adscīscō, -scīscere, -scīvī, -scītum

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approve, admit or receive (as allies).

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adsum, adesse, adfuī

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be near, be present, be at hand, appear.

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Aduāticī, -ōrum (m)

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a people in Belgic Gaul, the Aduatici.

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adventus, -ūs (m)

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arrival, approach, coming

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adversus (prep) + acc

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opposite to, against

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adversus, -a, -um (adj)

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turned to, turned against; opposite, fronting; adverse, unfavorable; unsuccessful; adversō flūmine, up the river; in adversum ōs, full in the face

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advolō, -āre, -ātus

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fly to or against, rush on or at

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aedificium, -ī (n)

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building, house

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Aeduus, -a, -um, (adj)

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of the Aedui; as a noun: an Aeduan; pl. as a noun: the Aedui or Aeduans, one of the most powerful Gallic tribes.

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aeger, -gra, -grum, (adj)

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sick

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aes, aeris (n)

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copper; anything made of copper, coin, money; aes aliēnum, someone else’s money: debt

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aestās, -ātis, (f)

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summer

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aestimātiō, -ōnis (f)

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valuation, appraisal

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aestus, -ūs, (m)

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heat, boiling, surging, tide; minuente aestū, at ebb tide

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afficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectum

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do to, treat, affect; magnō dolōre afficere, to annoy greatly.

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ager, -rī (m)

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field, land; district, territory

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aggregō, -āre, -vī

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unite in a flock; assemble; join, attach

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agmen, -inis (n)

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a moving body; a marching column; army; in agmine, on the march; prīmum agmen, the vanguard (those in front); novissimum or extrēmum agmen, the rear (guard) (those in back).

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ago, -ere, ēgī, actum

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set in motion, drive (animals); move forward, advance (military works); do, transact, carry on (business); discuss, speak; hold (conventum, a meeting); give, render (grātiās, thanks); plead (causam, a case); quod agitur, the matter in hand; rēs agitur, something is at stake

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alacer, -cris, -cre, (adj)

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lively, eager, active, ready, joyous, “fired up”

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alacritās, -ātis (f)

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enthusiasm, eagerness

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Alesia, -ae (f)

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Alesia; main city of the Mandubii; now called Alise-Sainte-Reine.

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aliās (adv)

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at another place, elsewhere; at another time; aliās … aliās, at one time … at another.

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aliēnus, -a, -um, (adj)

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of or belonging to another, another’s; strange, alien, unfamiliar; unfavorable; foreign to the purpose; aes aliēnum, debt; aliēnissimī, complete strangers.

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aliō (adv)

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to another place, person, or thing; elsewhere

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aliter (adv)

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otherwise; aliter … ac, otherwise … than

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Allobroges, -um, (m)

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the Allobroges, a Gallic people in the Roman Province

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Alpēs, -ium (f)

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Alps; the mountains that separate northern Italy from Germany and Transalpine Gaul

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altitūdō, -inis (f)

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height, depth; thickness (of timber)

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altus, -a, -um (adj)

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high, deep; as noun: the deep, the sea

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ambactus, -ī (m)

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vassal

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Ambarrī, -ōrum (m)

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Ambarri; a tribe living to the east of the Arar river

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Ambiorīx, -īgis, (m)

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Ambiorix, king of the Eburones

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ambō, -ae, -a, (adj)

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both

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amīcus, -a, -um, (adj)

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friendly, well-disposed; devoted

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āmittō, -mit ere, -mīsī, -missum

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send away, dismiss; let go; lose

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āmmentum, -ī (n)

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strap or thong, fastened to the shaft of a javelin to aid its propulsion

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amplē (adv)

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largely; comp., amplius, more, farther

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amplus, -a, um (adj)

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of large extent, spacious, large; illustrious, splendid, noble; generous, magnificent; amplius, comparative as noun, more, a greater number, a greater distance.

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ancora, -ae (f)

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anchor; in ancorīs, at anchor

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angustiae, -ārum (f, pl.)

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narrowness; a narrow place or pass, strait, defile; straits, difficulties, perplexities

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angustus, -a, -um (adj)

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compressed, confined, narrow; in angustō, in a critical condition

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anima, -ae (f)

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breath, life, soul

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animadvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versum

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turn the mind to; notice; animadvertere in, punish

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animal, -ālis (n)

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animal, living (and breathing) creature

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animus, -ī (m)

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mind, intellect; feelings; character; spirit, soul; resolution, courage; animī causā, for amusement; in animō habēre, intend

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antecursor, -ōris (m)

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forerunner; pl., vanguard

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anteferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātum

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carry or bear before; prefer

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appellō, -āre, -ātus

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call, name, call by name, accost

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appropinquō, -āre, -ātus

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come near, come close, approach

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aquila, -ae (f)

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an eagle; a military standard (the aquila was the main standard of the legion)

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aquilifer, -ferī (m)

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standard-bearer

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Aquītānī, -ōrum, (m)

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the Aquitani or Aquitanians (a people located on the Atlantic coast above the Pyrenees, the mountains that separate the Iberian peninsula from Gaul)

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Aquītānus, -a, -um, (adj)

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Aquitanian, of Aquitania

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Arar, -is, (m) (acc.: -im)

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Arar (river); now called Saône

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arbitror, -ārī, -ātus

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decide, think, believe

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arcessō, -ere, -īvī, -ītum

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summon, send for, invite

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ārdeō, -ēre, ārsī, ārsum

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burn, blaze, be inflamed, be eager

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argilla, -ae (f)

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white clay

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āridus, -a, um (adj)

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dry; as noun: dry land

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Ariovistus, -ī (m)

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Ariovistus, a Germanic king

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arma, -ōrum (n., pl)

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arms, equipment, weapons; (by metonymy) battle, war

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armāmenta, -ōrum (n., pl)

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implements, gear; tackle or rigging (of a ship)

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Arpīnēius, -ī (m)

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Gaius Arpineius, an equestrian in Caesar’s army

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arripiō, -ere, -uī, arreptum

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take or seize hurriedly

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ars, artis (f)

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skill, art; pl. the arts.

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artificium, -ficī (n)

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a trade, handicraft; artifice, trick

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ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsum

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climb up, ascend, mount, climb

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ascīscō, -scīscere, -scīvī, -scītum

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approve, admit or receive (as allies).

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assistō, assistere, astitī

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stand by, stand near

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ascēnsus, -ūs (m)

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ascent, approach, climbing up

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asper, -era, -erum, (adj)

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rough, violent

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Atrebās, -bātis (m)

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an Atrebatian; pl. the Atrebates

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attexō, -texere, -texuī, -textum

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weave on

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attingo, -ere, attigī, attactum

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touch or border on, reach, extend to, arrive at, attain

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attribuō, -tribuere, -tribuī, -tribūtum

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assign, allot

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auctor, -is, (m)

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one who produces, creates, or originates; promoter, instigator, advisor, author

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auctōritās, -tātis (f)

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influence, character, authority, reputation

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audācter (adv)

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boldly, fearlessly, daringly. Comp. audācius; superl. audācissimē

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audeō, -ēre, ausus sum

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dare, risk, venture

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audiō, -īre, -vī

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hear, hear of; dictō audiēns, obedient

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augeo, -ēre, auxī, auctum

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increase, augment, enhance, add to

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aurīga, -ae (m)

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charioteer

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Aurunculēius, -ī (m)

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Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta, one of Caesar’s lieutenants.

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auxilior, -ārī, -ātus

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help, give aid, assist, render assistance

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auxilium, -ī (n)

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help, assistance, aid; pl., auxiliary troops; reinforcements

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āvertō, -ere, -ī, āversum

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turn away from or away, turn aside; turn back, repulse; perf. part. as adj.: with back turned.

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balteus, ī (m)

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sword belt

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Balventius, -tī (m)

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Titus Balventius, one of Caesar’s centurions

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Belgae, -ārum (m)

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the Belgians or Belgae (a people located in northern Gaul along the English Channel)

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Belgium, -ī, (n)

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the territory belonging to the Belgae

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bellō, -āre, -vī

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make war, carry on war, wage war

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bellovacī, -ōrum (m)

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the bellovaci (a Belgic people)

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Bibracte, -is (n)

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Bibracte; capital of the Aedui

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bīduum, -ī (n)

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space or period of two days

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biennium, -ī (n).

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two years

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bipertītō (adv)

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in two parts or divisions, in two ways

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Bōiī, -ōrum (m)

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the Boii, a Celtic tribe in southern Germany and Cisalpine Gaul who had once been powerful