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Chapter 19 Flashcards

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admīrātiō –ōnis f.

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admiration

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aemulātiō aemulātiōnis f.

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rivalry; jealousy

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affirmō affirmāre affirmāvī affirmātus

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to affirm/assert (dogmatically/positively); confirm, ratify, restore; emphasize

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agger aggeris m.

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mound, rampart

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aliquantō

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by some little, in a degree, somewhat, rather

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aliquis aliquid and aliquī aliqua aliquod

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someone, something; some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that

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alius alia aliud

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other, another

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amīcus amīcī m.

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male friend

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ancora –ae f.

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an anchor

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angustus –a –um

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narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

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ānxius –a –um

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troubled or troubling, disquieting (> ango)

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Appius –iī m.; Appius –a –um

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Appius; Appian; Via Appia, the Appian Way; Appius Claudius Caecus, the censor

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audiō audīre audīvī audītus

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to hear, listen (to)

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aulicus –a –um

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of or belonging to a prince’s court, princely

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aureus –a –um

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of gold, golden; gilded; gold bearing; gleaming like gold; beautiful, splendid

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Bāiae (Biae) –ārum f.

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Baiae, a town on the Bay of Naples, west of Puteoli

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Bāiānus –a –um

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of Baiae (resort town on the Bay of Naples)

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bīduum –ī n.

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two day period

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biiugus –a –um

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of a two–horse team or chariot; coupled, yoked; chariot–; subst., a double team or two–horse chariot (> bis and iugum)

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Britannia –ae f.

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Britain

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caetra –ae f.

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a short Spanish shield

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chlamys –ydis f. or chlamyda –ae

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a mantle or cloak of woolen cloth, worn by the Greeks; a mantle

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citrō

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to this side

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collocō collocāre collocāvī collocātus

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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

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comitō comitāre comitāvī comitātus

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to accompany, follow

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commeō commeāre

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to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about

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coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus

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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

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contabulō –āre

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to furnish or cover with boards; to bridge over; to build in stories

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continēns –entis

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bounding, limiting, enclosing; bordering, neighboring, contiguous; uninterrupted; adjacent; restrained

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contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus

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to collect, contract, reduce; shrink because of pain

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corōna corōnae f.

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garland; crown, wreath; a circle of spectators

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curriculum –ī n.

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career, course (> curro); chariot, esp. a racing chariot

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Darius (Darēus) –ī m.

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Darius (a name)

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dīrigō (dērigō) –ere –rēxī –rēctus

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to lay straight, bring into a definite line; to aim, direct (> de and rego); (of an army) form a battle line

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discurrō –ere –cucurrī –or currī –cursus

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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

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duplex –icis

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double, two–fold; two-faced, deceitful

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essedum –ī n.

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a two–wheeled war–chariot

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excōgitō –āre –āvī –ātus

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to devise

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fāmōsus –a –um

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much talked of, famed, celebrated, famous, renowned; notorious, infamous

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ferē

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almost; about, nearly; generally, in general; (w/ negatives) hardly ever

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gladius gladiī m. or gladium –iī n.

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sword

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Hellespontus –ī m.

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the Hellespont or the Dardanelles, the channel near Troy linking the Propontis with the Aegean

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immineō imminēre

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to threaten, be a threat (to); overhang, be imminent (+ dat.)

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imperō imperāre imperāvī imperātus

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to give an order, order, command; levy; rule (over) (+ dat.); hold political power, be emperor

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inaudītus –a –um

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unheard, not listened to; unheard of

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interior interiōris

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inner, interior, middle; more intimate, closer (of friends etc)

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intervāllum –ī n.

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the space between two stakes; an interval, distance

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mathēmaticus –ī m.

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a mathematician, astrologer

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medius –a –um

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middle (of); as subst., midst; common, neutral, ordinary, moderate; ambiguous; in the middle, in half

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meus –a –um

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my, mine

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mōlēs mōlis f.

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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

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narrō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to narrate, relate, describe, express, tell

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nāvis nāvis f.

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ship

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novus –a –um

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new, fresh, young; unusual, extraordinary (> novae res, f. pl. = revolution)

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obses obsidis m. or f.

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hostage; pledge, security

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onerārius –a –um

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carrying weight; transporting freight

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opus operis n.

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work; need

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passus passūs m.

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pace, footstep; mila passuum a thousand paces, a mile

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phalerātus –a –um

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decorated, wearing ornamental plates

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pōns pontis m.

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bridge

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postrīdiē

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on the following day

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prīmō

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at first, in the first place; at the beginning

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prōdō prodere prōdidī prōditus

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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

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prōnus –a –um

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prone, stooping

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puer puerī m.

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boy, slave

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Puteolānus –a –um

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of or belonging to Puteoli, Puteolan

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quadrīgārius –a –um

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connected with chariot racing

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querceus –a –um

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made of oak or oak leaves

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sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus

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to know

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sescentī –ae –a; sescentēsimus –a –um

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600; 600th

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sinus sinūs m.

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the hanging fold of a toga, a pocket, chest, breast; lap, bay, gulf

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spatium spati(ī) n.

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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

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spectāculum spectāculī n.

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show, spectacle; (pl.) the seats for the audience

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superiaciō –ere –iēcī –iectus

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to throw above or over; overcast, overtop

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tālis tāle

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such, of such a sort

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terrēnus –a –um

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made of earth; earthen, of earth; earthly, earth–born (> terra)

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territō territāre territāvī territātus

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to fill with alarm; affright, alarm (> terreo)

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Thrasyllus –ī m.

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Thrasyllus, a Greek name; personal astrologer of Tiberius

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vērus –a –um

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real, true, actual, genuine

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via viae f.

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way, road, street

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Xerxēs –is m.

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Xerxes, king of Persia

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