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Chapter 25 Flashcards

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accumbō –cumbere –cubuī –cubitum

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to lie down; recline at dinner

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adequitō adequitāre adequitāvī adequitātus

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to ride up (to)

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alō alere aluī altus

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to feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop

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amō amāre amāvī amātus

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to love

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ārdēns –entis

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burning, hot, sparkling, flaming; bright; impassioned, ardent, eager; spirited, fiery; glowing, lofty; fierce, furious; angry (> ardeo)

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biennium –ī n.

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a period of two years, two years

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brevis breve

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short, of space; shallow of time, brief; subst. pl., brevia –ium, n., shoals

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Caesōnia –ae f.

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Caesonia, a Roman female name

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circumferō –ferre –tulī –lātus

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to bear round; pass around, sprinkle, purify by sprinkling; cast about

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coetus coetūs m.

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meeting, gathering

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commendō commendāre commendāvī commendātus

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to entrust, give in trust; commit; recommend, commend to; point out, designate

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cōnstāns cōnstantis

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constant, unchanging; steadfast, resolute; steady, stable; immovable; secure; consistant; standing firm; firm; persistent; mentally/morally settled/ certain

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contrā

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facing; against, contrary to; face to face; in opposition; in turn

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dea deae f.

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goddess

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dēdūcō dēdūcere dēdūxī dēductus

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to lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant) divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduce launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)

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digitus digitī m.

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finger

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dīgnor –ārī –ātus sum

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to deem worthy of (w. acc. and abl.); w. inf., think, fit, deign; p., dignatus, a, um, with pass. meaning, deemed worthy of, honored by (> dignus)

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dīmittō dīmittere dīmīsī dimīssus

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to send away/off; allow to go, let go/off; disband, discharge, dismiss (soldiers); dissolve (assembly); part with; put away; divorce; pay off, settle (debt); release, set free; allow to escape/slip away; shake off/scatter/shed; discontinue, renoun

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discernō –ere –crēvī –crētus

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to distinguish one thing from another; determine, distinguish, decide; perceive; mark, set off; work, embroider

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ēdīcō ēdīcere ēdīxī ēdictus

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to make known, proclaim

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ēnītor ēnītī ēnīsus/ēnīxus sum

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to struggle, strive; give birth to

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ēvocō ēvocāre ––– ēvocātus

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to call out, summon

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exemplum exemplī n.

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example, sample, specimen; instance; precedent, case; warning, deterrent; pattern, model; parallel, analogy; archetype; copy/reproduction, transcription

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faciēs facieī f.

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appearance, face, form

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facilis facile

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easy

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feritās –ātis f.

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fierceness (> ferus)

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galea geleae f.

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helmet

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gremium gremi(ī) n.

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lap, bosom

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incessō –ere –cessīvī

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to attack, assail, beleaguer (> incedo)

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īnfestus –a –um

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hostile, aggressive

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integer integra integrum

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untouched, entire, whole, complete; uninjured, sound, fresh (troops), vigorous

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interdīcō interdīcere interdīxī interdictum

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to forbid

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intrā

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within, inside, on the inside; during; under; fewer than

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lascīvia –ae f.

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playfulness; wantoness, licentiousness

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Lollia –ae f.

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Lollia, a Roman female name

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lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

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to play, mock, tease, trick; play with

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luxuria luxuriae f.

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luxury; extravagance; thriving condition

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marītus marītī m.

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husband; (in pl.) a married couple

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Memmius –iī m.

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Memmius, a Roman gentile or family name

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mentiō mentiōnis f.

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mention

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Minerva –ae f.

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Minerva

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nōlō nōlle nōluī

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to be unwilling, not want, not wish (+ inf.)

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nūbō nūbere nūpsī nūptum

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to marry

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nūdus –a –um

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nude; bare, stripped

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nuptiālis –e

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of or pertaining to marriage or a wedding

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oculus oculī m.

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eye

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Orestilla –ae f.

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Orestilla, a female name

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ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus

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to equip; dress; decorate, honor; furnish, adorn, garnish, trim

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ostendō ostendere ostendī

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to show; reveal; make clear, point out, display, exhibit

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Paulīna –ae f.

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Paulina (a name)

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pelta –ae f.

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a light crescent–shaped shield

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perditus –a –um

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ruined, desperate, depraved

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perdūcō perdūcere perdūxī perductum

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to bring over, persuade

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perpetuus –a –um

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continuous, uninterrupted, whole; perpetual, lasting; everlasting; in perpetuum: for the whole course of a given period, for the duration of one’s life

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premō premere pressī pressus

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to press (hard); overpower; check; (of males) have sex with; check, prune; suppress the publication of

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prior priōris

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former, previous, prior, first; ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time

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pulcher pulchra pulchrum

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beautiful, handsome

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regō regere rēxī rēctus

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to rule, control, guide; manage, direct

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repetō repetere repetīvī repetītus

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to return to; get back; demand back/again; repeat; recall; claim

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repudiō repudiāre repudiāvī repudiātus

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to refuse, reject

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Rōmulus –ī m.

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Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome, son of Mars and Rhea Silvia or Ilia (> Roma)

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sēmen sēminis n.

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seed; breeding, propagation

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subitō

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suddenly, unexpectedly; at once, at short notice, quickly; in no time at all

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teneō tenēre tenuī tentus

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to hold, grasp; keep possess; occupy

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turpiter

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in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner

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ūsus ūsūs m.

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use, enjoyment; experience, skill, advantage; custom

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uxōrius –a –um

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pertaining to a wife; enslaved to one’s wife, uxorious, slave of a wife (> uxor, wife)

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videor vidērī vīsus sum

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to seem; be seen

Suetonius, Caligula (selections) (30 decks)

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