Caesar (Selected) Flashcards
abiciō, -ere, abiēcī, abiectum
throw away or down; hurl
accēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessum
approach, come near to, arrive at, come to; to be added
accidō, -cidere, -cidī
fall to or upon; befall; happen, fall to the lot of, occur
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptum
take or receive to oneself, accept; experience, suffer; learn, hear, take
ācer, -ris, -re
sharp
aciēs, -ēī (f)
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)
addō, -dere, -didī, -ditum
place on, add
addūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductum
lead to, draw to, bring to; induce, influence
adeō (adv)
to such an extent, so much, so very, so; in fact
adeō, -īre, -iī, -itum
go to, approach, visit, assail, attack
adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectum
affect, inspire; magnō dolōre afficere, to annoy greatly
adflīgō, -flīgere, -flīxī, -flīctum,
strike against; overthrow; damage, injure
adhaereō, -haerēre, -haesī, -haesum
cling to, stick to
adhibeō, -ēre, -uī, -itum
bring to, bring in, summon; employ, use.
adhortor, -ārī, -ātus
encourage, incite
adigō, -igere, -ēgī, -āctum
drive or bring by force, move; thrust, plunge, hurl (of weapons); bind (by an oath).
adipīscor, -ipīscī, -eptus
attain to, gain
aditus, -ūs (m)
approach, means of approach, right to approach, access.
adiungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctum
attach, join to, unite, add
adiūtor, -ōris (m)
helper, assistant, abettor
administer, -trī (m)
attendant, priest
administrō, -āre, -vī, -ātum
serve, attend, wait upon; manage, guide
admittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missum
admit; commit; incur; let go; give reins (to a horse).
admodum (adv)
very much, very; with numbers, fully (literally: up to the measure); (with negative) at all [as in, “not at all”].
adolēscō, -olēre, -olēvī, -ultum
grow up
adorior, -orīrī, -ortus
rise against, assail, attack
adscīscō, -scīscere, -scīvī, -scītum
approve, admit or receive (as allies).
adsum, adesse, adfuī
be near, be present, be at hand, appear.
Aduāticī, -ōrum (m)
a people in Belgic Gaul, the Aduatici.
adventus, -ūs (m)
arrival, approach, coming
adversus (prep) + acc
opposite to, against
adversus, -a, -um (adj)
turned to, turned against; opposite, fronting; adverse, unfavorable; unsuccessful; adversō flūmine, up the river; in adversum ōs, full in the face
advolō, -āre, -ātus
fly to or against, rush on or at
aedificium, -ī (n)
building, house
Aeduus, -a, -um, (adj)
of the Aedui; as a noun: an Aeduan; pl. as a noun: the Aedui or Aeduans, one of the most powerful Gallic tribes.
aeger, -gra, -grum, (adj)
sick
aes, aeris (n)
copper; anything made of copper, coin, money; aes aliēnum, someone else’s money: debt
aestās, -ātis, (f)
summer
aestimātiō, -ōnis (f)
valuation, appraisal
aestus, -ūs, (m)
heat, boiling, surging, tide; minuente aestū, at ebb tide
afficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectum
do to, treat, affect; magnō dolōre afficere, to annoy greatly.
ager, -rī (m)
field, land; district, territory
aggregō, -āre, -vī
unite in a flock; assemble; join, attach
agmen, -inis (n)
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).
ago, -ere, ēgī, actum
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
alacer, -cris, -cre, (adj)
lively, eager, active, ready, joyous, “fired up”
alacritās, -ātis (f)
enthusiasm, eagerness
Alesia, -ae (f)
Alesia; main city of the Mandubii; now called Alise-Sainte-Reine.
aliās (adv)
at another place, elsewhere; at another time; aliās … aliās, at one time … at another.
aliēnus, -a, -um, (adj)
of or belonging to another, another’s; strange, alien, unfamiliar; unfavorable; foreign to the purpose; aes aliēnum, debt; aliēnissimī, complete strangers.
aliō (adv)
to another place, person, or thing; elsewhere
aliter (adv)
otherwise; aliter … ac, otherwise … than
Allobroges, -um, (m)
the Allobroges, a Gallic people in the Roman Province
Alpēs, -ium (f)
Alps; the mountains that separate northern Italy from Germany and Transalpine Gaul
altitūdō, -inis (f)
height, depth; thickness (of timber)
altus, -a, -um (adj)
high, deep; as noun: the deep, the sea
ambactus, -ī (m)
vassal
Ambarrī, -ōrum (m)
Ambarri; a tribe living to the east of the Arar river
Ambiorīx, -īgis, (m)
Ambiorix, king of the Eburones
ambō, -ae, -a, (adj)
both
amīcus, -a, -um, (adj)
friendly, well-disposed; devoted
āmittō, -mit ere, -mīsī, -missum
send away, dismiss; let go; lose
āmmentum, -ī (n)
strap or thong, fastened to the shaft of a javelin to aid its propulsion
amplē (adv)
largely; comp., amplius, more, farther
amplus, -a, um (adj)
of large extent, spacious, large; illustrious, splendid, noble; generous, magnificent; amplius, comparative as noun, more, a greater number, a greater distance.
ancora, -ae (f)
anchor; in ancorīs, at anchor
angustiae, -ārum (f, pl.)
narrowness; a narrow place or pass, strait, defile; straits, difficulties, perplexities
angustus, -a, -um (adj)
compressed, confined, narrow; in angustō, in a critical condition
anima, -ae (f)
breath, life, soul
animadvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versum
turn the mind to; notice; animadvertere in, punish
animal, -ālis (n)
animal, living (and breathing) creature
animus, -ī (m)
mind, intellect; feelings; character; spirit, soul; resolution, courage; animī causā, for amusement; in animō habēre, intend
antecursor, -ōris (m)
forerunner; pl., vanguard
anteferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātum
carry or bear before; prefer
appellō, -āre, -ātus
call, name, call by name, accost
appropinquō, -āre, -ātus
come near, come close, approach
aquila, -ae (f)
an eagle; a military standard (the aquila was the main standard of the legion)
aquilifer, -ferī (m)
standard-bearer
Aquītānī, -ōrum, (m)
the Aquitani or Aquitanians (a people located on the Atlantic coast above the Pyrenees, the mountains that separate the Iberian peninsula from Gaul)
Aquītānus, -a, -um, (adj)
Aquitanian, of Aquitania
Arar, -is, (m) (acc.: -im)
Arar (river); now called Saône
arbitror, -ārī, -ātus
decide, think, believe
arcessō, -ere, -īvī, -ītum
summon, send for, invite
ārdeō, -ēre, ārsī, ārsum
burn, blaze, be inflamed, be eager
argilla, -ae (f)
white clay
āridus, -a, um (adj)
dry; as noun: dry land
Ariovistus, -ī (m)
Ariovistus, a Germanic king
arma, -ōrum (n., pl)
arms, equipment, weapons; (by metonymy) battle, war
armāmenta, -ōrum (n., pl)
implements, gear; tackle or rigging (of a ship)
Arpīnēius, -ī (m)
Gaius Arpineius, an equestrian in Caesar’s army
arripiō, -ere, -uī, arreptum
take or seize hurriedly
ars, artis (f)
skill, art; pl. the arts.
artificium, -ficī (n)
a trade, handicraft; artifice, trick
ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsum
climb up, ascend, mount, climb
ascīscō, -scīscere, -scīvī, -scītum
approve, admit or receive (as allies).
assistō, assistere, astitī
stand by, stand near
ascēnsus, -ūs (m)
ascent, approach, climbing up
asper, -era, -erum, (adj)
rough, violent
Atrebās, -bātis (m)
an Atrebatian; pl. the Atrebates
attexō, -texere, -texuī, -textum
weave on
attingo, -ere, attigī, attactum
touch or border on, reach, extend to, arrive at, attain
attribuō, -tribuere, -tribuī, -tribūtum
assign, allot
auctor, -is, (m)
one who produces, creates, or originates; promoter, instigator, advisor, author
auctōritās, -tātis (f)
influence, character, authority, reputation
audācter (adv)
boldly, fearlessly, daringly. Comp. audācius; superl. audācissimē
audeō, -ēre, ausus sum
dare, risk, venture
audiō, -īre, -vī
hear, hear of; dictō audiēns, obedient
augeo, -ēre, auxī, auctum
increase, augment, enhance, add to
aurīga, -ae (m)
charioteer
Aurunculēius, -ī (m)
Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta, one of Caesar’s lieutenants.
auxilior, -ārī, -ātus
help, give aid, assist, render assistance
auxilium, -ī (n)
help, assistance, aid; pl., auxiliary troops; reinforcements
āvertō, -ere, -ī, āversum
turn away from or away, turn aside; turn back, repulse; perf. part. as adj.: with back turned.
balteus, ī (m)
sword belt
Balventius, -tī (m)
Titus Balventius, one of Caesar’s centurions
Belgae, -ārum (m)
the Belgians or Belgae (a people located in northern Gaul along the English Channel)
Belgium, -ī, (n)
the territory belonging to the Belgae
bellō, -āre, -vī
make war, carry on war, wage war
bellovacī, -ōrum (m)
the bellovaci (a Belgic people)
Bibracte, -is (n)
Bibracte; capital of the Aedui
bīduum, -ī (n)
space or period of two days
biennium, -ī (n).
two years
bipertītō (adv)
in two parts or divisions, in two ways
Bōiī, -ōrum (m)
the Boii, a Celtic tribe in southern Germany and Cisalpine Gaul who had once been powerful
