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Chapter 51 Flashcards

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adquiēscō adquiescere adquiēvī adquietus

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to become quiet, come to rest, to find comfort in

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adversum –ī n.

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the opposite direction

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Aetnaeus –a –um

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of Aetna; Aetnaean

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Alpēs –ium f.

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the Alps

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angustiae –ārum f.

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narrow pass; narrowness, lack of space; difficulties

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appāreō apparēre apparuī apparitus

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to appear; be evident/visible/noticed/found; show up, occur; serve

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apparō apparāre apparāvī apparātus

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to get ready, prepare; resolve, be ready; with infin. (> ad and paro)

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attribuō attribuere attribuī attribūtus

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to assign, allot, make over

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audiō audīre audīvī audītus

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to hear, listen (to)

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cālō –ōnis m.

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a servant in the army, a soldier’s servant, any low–status servant

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Cimbrī –ōrum m.

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the Cimbri, a people of Northern Germany

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classis classis f.

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class/division of Romans; grade (pupils); levy/draft; fleet/navy; group/band

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coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus

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to fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect, gather; meet; rally; enter agreement; unite, assemble, conspire; come/go together; mend, knit (wound)

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condō condere condidī conditus

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to put/insert (into); store up/put away, preserve, bottle (wine); bury/inter; sink; build/found, make; shut (eyes); conceal/hide/keep safe; put together, compose; restore; sheathe (sword); plunge/bury (weapon in enemy); put out of sight

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confīdentia –ae f.

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assurance; audacity; confidence

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cōnscendō –ere –scendī –scēnsus

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to ascend, climb; mount; embark on (> com– and scando, climb)

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cōnsilium cōnsiliī n.

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deliberation; plan, advice; judgment

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consternātiō –ōnis f.

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confusion, shock

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contemnō contemnere contempsī contemptus

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to think little of; look down on, take poor view of; pay no heed/disregard/slight; treat with/hold in contempt, scorn, disdain; despise; keep away from, avoid

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contrā

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

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dīversus –a –um (or dīvorsus)

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opposite; separate, apart; diverse, unlike, different; hostile

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ēmentior ēmentīrī ēmentītus sum

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to speak falsely, lie, feign, fabricate, falsify, pretend

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essedum –ī n.

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a two–wheeled war–chariot

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fuga fugae f.

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flight

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fulgor –ōris m. or fulgur –ūris n.

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lightning, flash, brightness

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fūmus –ī m.

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smoke

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īlicō

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in that very place, on the spot, there

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impatiēns –entis

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impatient, w. gen.; unable to tolerate

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impedīmentum impedīmentī n.

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hindrance, impediment; heavy baggage (of an army) (pl.)

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īnferō īnferre intulī inlātus

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to bring/carry in, import; advance, bring/march/step/move foward; impel, urge; inflict/cause/inflict/impose/inspire (w/DAT); [bellum inferre => make war on]; put/throw/thrust in/on, insert; bury/inter; pay; charge as expense; append

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irrīdeō irrīdēre irrīsī irrīsus

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to laugh at, ridicule

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iter itineris n.

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journey; road; passage, path; march [route magnum => forced march]

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iugum iugī n.

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yoke; team, pair (of horses); ridge (mountain), summit, chain

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malus –a –um

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bad, evil; unfavorable; (of battles) unsuccessful

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mediocris mediocris mediocre

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medium/average/intermediate; middling/fair/ordinary/moderate/tolerable; trivial; commonplace; undistinguished; of humble station; mediocre; fairly small; minor

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mēns mentis f.

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mind; intention, purpose; attitude

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Messāna –ae f.

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Messana, city opposite Sicily

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mināx –ācis

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projecting; overhanging; threatening; wrathful (> minor)

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mīrāculum –ī n.

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a marvel

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mōra mōrae f.

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delay

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multum

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much, a lot

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murmur murmuris n.

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rumble, roar; murmur

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nimius –a –um

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excessive, too great

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obvolvō obvolvere obvoluī obvolūtum

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to cover completely

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occupō occupāre occupāvī occupātus

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to seize; gain; overtake; capture, occupy; attack

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pavefaciō -facere -fēcī -factum

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terrify, alarm

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percussor –ōris m.

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a striker, murderer, assassin

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peregrīnātiō –ōnis f.

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journey abroad, foreign travel

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perterreō perterrēre perterruī perterritus

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to frighten greatly, terrify

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profugiō profugere profūgī

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to flee, escape

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properē

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hastily, in haste, speedily

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prōripiō –ere –ripuī –reptus

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to snatch forth; w. pers. pron. expressed or understood, rush forth, hasten away (> pro and rapio)

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pugna pugnae f.

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battle, fight

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rebelliō –ōnis f.

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a renewal of war, revolt, rebellion

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Rhēnus –ī m.

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Rhine

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Senones (Sēnōnes) –um m.

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Senones, a people in Gallia Cisalpina

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Siciliensis –e

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pertaining to the Sicilians

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stīpō stīpāre stīpāvī stīpātus

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to tread down, compress; pack together, store up; load, w. acc. and dat.; throng around, attend

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strātum –ī n.

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bedding, coverlet; (often in pl.) bed

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summus –a –um

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highest; top (of); last, final

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supersum superesse superfuī superfutūrus

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to be left over; survive; be in excess/superfluous (to); remain to be performed

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tantō

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by so much, so much (> tantus)

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tonitrus –ūs m. or tonitruum –ī n.

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thunder; thunderbolt (> tono)

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trāns

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across, over; beyond; on the other side; (only local relations) (+ acc.)

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trānsferō trānsferre trānstulī trānslātus

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to transport/convey/transfer/shift; transpose; carry/bring across/over; transplant, copy out (writing); translate (language); postpone, transfer date; transform

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trānsmarīnus –a –um

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beyond sea, coming from beyond sea, transmarine

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vertex verticis m.

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whirlpool, eddy; crown of the head; peak, summit

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vitium viti(ī) n.

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fault, vice, crime, sin; defect

Suetonius, Caligula (selections) (30 decks)

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