Chapter 19 Flashcards
admīrātiō –ōnis f.
admiration
aemulātiō aemulātiōnis f.
rivalry; jealousy
affirmō affirmāre affirmāvī affirmātus
to affirm/assert (dogmatically/positively); confirm, ratify, restore; emphasize
agger aggeris m.
mound, rampart
aliquantō
by some little, in a degree, somewhat, rather
aliquis aliquid and aliquī aliqua aliquod
someone, something; some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that
alius alia aliud
other, another
amīcus amīcī m.
male friend
ancora –ae f.
an anchor
angustus –a –um
narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty
ānxius –a –um
troubled or troubling, disquieting (> ango)
Appius –iī m.; Appius –a –um
Appius; Appian; Via Appia, the Appian Way; Appius Claudius Caecus, the censor
audiō audīre audīvī audītus
to hear, listen (to)
aulicus –a –um
of or belonging to a prince’s court, princely
aureus –a –um
of gold, golden; gilded; gold bearing; gleaming like gold; beautiful, splendid
Bāiae (Biae) –ārum f.
Baiae, a town on the Bay of Naples, west of Puteoli
Bāiānus –a –um
of Baiae (resort town on the Bay of Naples)
bīduum –ī n.
two day period
biiugus –a –um
of a two–horse team or chariot; coupled, yoked; chariot–; subst., a double team or two–horse chariot (> bis and iugum)
Britannia –ae f.
Britain
caetra –ae f.
a short Spanish shield
chlamys –ydis f. or chlamyda –ae
a mantle or cloak of woolen cloth, worn by the Greeks; a mantle
citrō
to this side
collocō collocāre collocāvī collocātus
to place, put, set in order, proper position, arrange; station, post, position; apply; put together, assemble; settle/establish in a place/marriage; billet; lie down
comitō comitāre comitāvī comitātus
to accompany, follow
commeō commeāre
to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about
coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus
to connect, join/yoke together; marry; connect/compound (words) (w/conjunctions); unite (sexually); place/bring side–by–side; juxtapose; share; add; associate; join in time, make follow without a break
contabulō –āre
to furnish or cover with boards; to bridge over; to build in stories
continēns –entis
bounding, limiting, enclosing; bordering, neighboring, contiguous; uninterrupted; adjacent; restrained
contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus
to collect, contract, reduce; shrink because of pain
corōna corōnae f.
garland; crown, wreath; a circle of spectators
curriculum –ī n.
career, course (> curro); chariot, esp. a racing chariot
Darius (Darēus) –ī m.
Darius (a name)
dīrigō (dērigō) –ere –rēxī –rēctus
to lay straight, bring into a definite line; to aim, direct (> de and rego); (of an army) form a battle line
discurrō –ere –cucurrī –or currī –cursus
to run apart; to ride in different directions; to move in patrols, or hurry to and fro as patrols; (impers.), discurritur, they hurry in different directions
duplex –icis
double, two–fold; two-faced, deceitful
essedum –ī n.
a two–wheeled war–chariot
excōgitō –āre –āvī –ātus
to devise
fāmōsus –a –um
much talked of, famed, celebrated, famous, renowned; notorious, infamous
ferē
almost; about, nearly; generally, in general; (w/ negatives) hardly ever
gladius gladiī m. or gladium –iī n.
sword
Hellespontus –ī m.
the Hellespont or the Dardanelles, the channel near Troy linking the Propontis with the Aegean
immineō imminēre
to threaten, be a threat (to); overhang, be imminent (+ dat.)
imperō imperāre imperāvī imperātus
to give an order, order, command; levy; rule (over) (+ dat.); hold political power, be emperor
inaudītus –a –um
unheard, not listened to; unheard of
interior interiōris
inner, interior, middle; more intimate, closer (of friends etc)
intervāllum –ī n.
the space between two stakes; an interval, distance
mathēmaticus –ī m.
a mathematician, astrologer
medius –a –um
middle (of); as subst., midst; common, neutral, ordinary, moderate; ambiguous; in the middle, in half
meus –a –um
my, mine
mōlēs mōlis f.
large mass; rock/boulder; heap/lump/pile, bulk; monster; mole/jetty/dam/dike; large structure/building; military structure, wall, ramp; causeway/embankment; crowd, throng; heavy responsibility/burden; difficulty/danger; might/force
narrō –āre –āvī –ātum
to narrate, relate, describe, express, tell
nāvis nāvis f.
ship
novus –a –um
new, fresh, young; unusual, extraordinary (> novae res, f. pl. = revolution)
obses obsidis m. or f.
hostage; pledge, security
onerārius –a –um
carrying weight; transporting freight
opus operis n.
work; need
passus passūs m.
pace, footstep; mila passuum a thousand paces, a mile
phalerātus –a –um
decorated, wearing ornamental plates
pōns pontis m.
bridge
postrīdiē
on the following day
prīmō
at first, in the first place; at the beginning
prōdō prodere prōdidī prōditus
to project, thrust forward; bring forth, produce, give birth to; create; nominate; institute; extend, prolong; hand down (lore); publish/record, reveal, uncover; put out; assert; betray; give up, abandon, forsake
prōnus –a –um
prone, stooping
puer puerī m.
boy, slave
Puteolānus –a –um
of or belonging to Puteoli, Puteolan
quadrīgārius –a –um
connected with chariot racing
querceus –a –um
made of oak or oak leaves
sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus
to know
sescentī –ae –a; sescentēsimus –a –um
600; 600th
sinus sinūs m.
the hanging fold of a toga, a pocket, chest, breast; lap, bay, gulf
spatium spati(ī) n.
space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk
spectāculum spectāculī n.
show, spectacle; (pl.) the seats for the audience
superiaciō –ere –iēcī –iectus
to throw above or over; overcast, overtop
tālis tāle
such, of such a sort
terrēnus –a –um
made of earth; earthen, of earth; earthly, earth–born (> terra)
territō territāre territāvī territātus
to fill with alarm; affright, alarm (> terreo)
Thrasyllus –ī m.
Thrasyllus, a Greek name; personal astrologer of Tiberius
vērus –a –um
real, true, actual, genuine
via viae f.
way, road, street
Xerxēs –is m.
Xerxes, king of Persia
