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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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accidō accidere accidī –––

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to fall, befall, happen

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adeō

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such a point; precisely, exactly; thus far; indeed, truly; even

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adeō adīre adīvī/adiī aditus

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to approach; attack; visit, address; undertake; take possession (inheritance)

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adgredior or aggredior aggredī aggressus sum

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to approach, advance; attack, assail; undertake, seize (opportunity), attempt

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amīcitia amīcitiae f. ***

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friendship

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amor amōris m. **

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love

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animus animī m. *****

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(rational) soul, mind; spirit; pl., strong feelings

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assiduus –a –um

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established, steady

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benevolentia benevolentiae f.

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goodwill, benevolence

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caedō caedere cecīdī caesus

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to chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize

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causa causae f. *****

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reason, cause; case; lawsuit

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cēterus –a –um; often pl. cēterī –ae –a ***

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the other, remainder, rest (of), remaining part (of); pl. the rest, the others

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cibus cibī m.

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food

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cīvīlis cīvīlis cīvīle

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of/affecting fellow citizens; civil; legal; public; political; unassuming

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clādēs clādis f.

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disaster, destruction

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clārus –a –um **

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bright, clear; famous, distinguished

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clientēla –ae f.

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clientship, patronage, protection, the relation of a client to his patron

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cognōscō cognōscere cognōvī cognitus **

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to come to know, learn, recognize; in perfect, know; conduct an inquiry or trial

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colligō colligere collēgī collēctus *

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to collect, assemble, bring/gather/hold/keep together; combine; harvest; pick up;obtain/acquire, amass; rally; recover; sum up; deduce, infer; compute, add up

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comminus

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hand to hand; immediately; near at hand. (> com– and manus)

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cōmoedia –ae f.

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comedy

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comperiō comperīre comperī compertus

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to learn, discover, find (by investigation); verify, know for certain; find guilty

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comportō comportāre comportāvī comportātus

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to bring together, carry away

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conciliō conciliāre conciliāvī conciliātus

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to advise, bring together, unite, reconcile, make friendly, win over, conciliate

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congruō –gruere –gruī —

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to coincide, agree; be suited to

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cōnstat

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it is evident

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contingō contingere contigī contāctus *

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to touch; reach (to); border on, be connected with; affect, hit; take hold, seize; color/stain; lay hands on, appropriate; smite; affect emotionally, move/touch; happen, befall, turn out, come to pass, be granted to one; be produced

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crūs –ūris n.

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shin, leg

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dē *****

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down from, about, concerning; starting at (a point in time)

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dēcrētum dēcrētī n.

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decision, decree

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dēvōtiō –ōnis f.

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a consecrating; allegiance, devotedness; (in Christian authors) piety, devotion, worship.

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dispergō –ere –spersī –spersus

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to sprinkle, shower around; disperse, scatter; diffuse, dissolve (> dis– and spargo)

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dīvexō –āre

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to drag about; ravage; harass

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dō dare dedī datus *****

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to give; dedicate; sell; pay; grant/bestow/impart/offer/lend; devote; allow; make; surrender/give over; send to die; ascribe/attribute; give birth/produce; utter

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doctrīna –ae f.

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teaching, doctrine, learning

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dōmesticus –ī m. (usually plural)

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member of a household

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domus domī f. **

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house, home

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efficāx –ācis

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effectual, powerful, efficient

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ēgregius –a –um *

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singular; distinguished; exceptional; extraordinary; eminent; excellent

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ēloquentia –ae f.

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eloquence

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equus equī m. **

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horse; steed

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foederātus –a –um

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federated, bound by treaty (to Rome)

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forīs

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out of doors, outside, abroad

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fortitūdō fortitūdinis f.

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bravery

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genus generis n. **

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descent, origin; race, stock; kind, sort

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gracilitās –ātis f.

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slenderness, thinness

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Graecus –a –um *

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Greek

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grātia grātiae f. **

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favor, kindness; gratitude, thanks

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homō hominis m. *****

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human being, man; in pl., people

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humō humāre humāvī humātus

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to lay earth on anything; inhume, inter, bury (> humus)

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impugnō –pugnāre

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to fight against, attack, assail

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indūcō inducere indūxī inductus

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to lead in, bring in (performers); induce, influence; introduce

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īnferiae īnferiārum f.

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sacrifices/rites in honor of the dead

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ingenium ingeniī n. *

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ability, talent; disposition

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innoxius –a –um

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harmless, innocent

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lēnis –e

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gentle, kind, mild

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līber lībera līberum *

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free (man); unimpeded; void of; independent, outspoken/frank; free from tribute; unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered; licentious; idle; w/abandon

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līctor –ōris m.

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a lictor, official attendant upon a magistrate

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maiōrēs maiōrum m. pl.

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ancestors

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mandō mandāre mandāvī mandātus *

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to entrust, commit to one’s charge, deliver over; commission; order, command

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Mānēs –ium m.

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the deities of the lower world, gods or powers below, the spirits or souls of the dead in Hades, ghosts, shades, Manes, penalties of the lower world, punishments, expiations, purgatory, abode of the dead

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manus manūs f. *****

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hand; band, troop; in manibus: in hands, i.e. published

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minus

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less; not so well; not quite

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mīrus –a –um *

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wonderful, strange, remarkable, amazing, surprising, extraordinary

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monumentum monumentī n.

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reminder; memorial, monument, tomb; record, literary work, history, book

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mōs mōris m. **

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custom, practice, habit; mood, manner, fashion; character (pl.), behavior, morals

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nancīscor nancīscī nanctus or nactus sum

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to obtain, get; find, meet with, receive, stumble on, light on

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nē *****

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(introduces negative purpose clause) in order that…not; (introduces negative indirect command) that…not; (introduces positive fear clause) that

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nēmō nēminis m. or f. ***

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no one

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obtrectātor –ōris m.

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malicious critic, detractor

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omnis omne *****

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every; all

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oppidum oppidī n. *

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town

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orō orāre orāvī orātus

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to pray (for), beg (for)

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paulātim

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little by little, by degrees, gradually; a small amount at a time, bit by bit

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percutiō percutere percussī percussum

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to hit, strike; kill, put to death

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praecellō –ere — —

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to surpass, excel

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prīmus –a –um *****

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first, foremost, best, chief, principal; nearest, next; [in primus = especially]

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prius

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earlier, preceding, before; in preference, to, rather

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prōgredior prōgredī prōgressus sum

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to go, come forth, go forward, march forward; advance, proceed, make progress

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prōmereō –merēre –meruī –meritum

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to deserve, be deserving of, merit, in a good or bad sense

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quāliscumque quālecumque

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whatever kind, whatever sort

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quantus –a –um ***

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how great; how much/many; of what size/amount/degree/number/worth/price

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quantuscumque quantacumque quantumcumque

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how great soever. of whatever size

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quidem **

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moreover, certainly (emphasizing one statement with reference to another)

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quis quid after si nisi ne or num **

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anyone, anything, someone, something

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quisquam quicquam ***

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someone, something; anyone, anything

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relinquō relinquere relīquī relictus **

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to leave (behind), abandon

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reliquiae –ārum f. pl.

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relics, remains

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renūntiō renūntiāre renūntiāvī renūntiātus

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to report, renounce

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repleō –ēre –plēvī –plētus

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to fill again; fill up, fill

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rescindō –ere –scidī –scissus

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to tear off or away; cancel, rescind; rase, tear down; lay open

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saepe **

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often

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satis or sat (comp. satius) ***

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enough, sufficiently

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sed *****

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but

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sepulcrum sepulcrī n.

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place of burial, tomb, grave

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sī *****

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if, freq.; causal, if, indeed, since; equivalent to cum; whether

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sīcubi

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if anywhere

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singulāris singulāris singulāre

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alone, unique; single, one by one; singular, remarkable, unusual

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studium studiī n. **

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zeal, enthusiasm; pursuit, study; enthusiastic support

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suscēnseō suscēnsēre suscēnsuī —

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to be angry, be indignant, be enraged, be provoked

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suum –ī n. or sua –ōrum n.

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one’s property

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suus –a –um *****

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his (own), her (own), its (own); their (own)

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triumphālis –e

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of or be longing to a triumph, triumphall

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tum or tunc

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then, at that time; then, thereupon, afterwards (> tum–ce)

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tumulus tumulī m.

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mound

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ultiō –ōnis f.

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act of vengeance

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ultrā

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beyond, further (adv. and prep. +acc.)

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ūnus –a –um *****

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1, alone

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uterque utraque utrumque **

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which (of two), whichever, no matter which; one, either, one or other; (w/que) each/either (of two); both (separately); each side (pl.), each set

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Vāriānus –a –um

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of Varus, relating to P. Quintilius Varus, defeated by Arminius in 9 CE

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vectātiō –ōnis f.

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a carryingorbeing carried,a riding

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venēficium –iī n.

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sorcery; poisoning; poison

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vetus veteris *

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old

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vir virī m. *****

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man; husband

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virtūs virtūtis f. **

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manliness, courage; excellence, virtue

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