Confessions 1.2 Flashcards
adsum adesse adfuī adfutūrus
to be near or by; to be present, at hand
caelum caelī n.
sky, heaven
** capiō capere cēpī captus **
to seize, take (up), capture; win
cum
when; since; although
- dēscendō dēscendere dēscendī dēscēnsus *
to descend, climb/march/come/go/flow/run/hang down; dismount; penetrate/sink; stoop; demean; drop/become lower (pitch); be reduced; trace descent/come down
deus deī m.
god
** dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus **
to say, speak, tell
ē ex
out of, from (+ abl.)
ergō
therefore; well, then, now
etiam
also, even; still
etsī
although
extrā
outside / outside of, beyond, without, beside; except
** fiō fierī factus sum **
to happen, come about; result (from); take place, be held, occur, arise (event); be made/created/instituted/elected/appointed/given; be prepared/done; develop; be made/become; (facio PASS); [fiat => so be it, very well; it is being done]
iam
now, already, by/even now; besides; [non ~ => no longer; ~ pridem => long ago];
ibī
in that place, there; then, thereupon
impleō implēre implēvī implētus
to fill up, fulfill
inde
from that place, from there, thence; from that time, thereupon
īnfernus –a –um
that which is below; of Hades, infernal (> inferus)
īnferus –a –um
below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last; (in masc. pl.) the lowest regions, Hell
ipse ipsa ipsum
himself, herself, itself (intensive); very
ita
in this manner, thus, so; nōn ita (with adjs. etc.) ‘not so much’
itaque
and so, accordingly; thus, therefore, consequently
locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.
place, region, part; passage (in a piece of writing)
nam
for
nisi or nī
if…not, unless
omnīnō
entirely, altogether [after negatives/with numerals => at all/in all]
omnis omne
every; all
** petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus **
to ask for, seek; attack; make for, go towards
potis or pote (indecl.)
powerful, able
quisquam quicquam
someone, something; anyone, anything
quisquis quidquid or quicquid
whoever; every one who; whoever it be; everyone; each
quō
where, whither; to what purpose, what for; on account of which, whereby; so that (by these means); in order that
quoniam
since, because
recēdō recēdere recessī recessum
to step back, recoil, recede, withdraw
sīc
thus, so, in this way, in such a way
terra terrae f.
land, earth
unde
from where, whence
utīque
certainly, by all means; at any rate
** veniō venīre vēnī ventum **
to come
vērō
in truth, in fact, certainly, truly, to be sure, surely, assuredly; (less commonly) but, however
–ne
(added to the first word of a question); whether
