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Odes 1.3 Sic te diva potens Flashcards

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abscīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

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to cut off (> abs and caedo)

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Acherōn –ontis m.

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the Acheron, a river of Hades; the lower world

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Acroceraunium –iī n.

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a rocky promontory Epirus extending into the Adriatic; usually plural

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āēr āeris m.

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air (one of 4 elements); atmosphere, sky; cloud, mist, weather; breeze; odor

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aes aeris n. (acc. sing. aera or aerem)

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copper/bronze/brass, base metal; money, pay, fee, fare; (w/alienum) debt; gong

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aetherius –a –um

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pertaining to the upper air; ethereal, heavenly; airy (> aether)

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alius alia aliud

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other, another

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anima animae f.

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a breeze or breath of air; the air; wind or blast of the bellows; breath (of life); soul

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aquilō –ōnis m.

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the north wind

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arbiter –trī m.

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arbiter, judge

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arduus –a –um

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steep, difficult

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Atticus –a –um

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of or pertaining to Attica or Athens, Attic, Athenian

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audāx

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bold, daring; courageous; reckless, rash; audacious, presumptuous; desperate

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circā

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around, all around; round about; near, in vicinity/company; on either side (adv. and prep. +acc.)

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cohors cohortis f.

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court; enclosure/yard/pen, farmyard; attendants, retinue, staff; circle; crowd;cohort, tenth part of legion (360 men); armed force; band; ship crew; bodyguard

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  • committō committere commīsī commīssus *
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to bring together, unite, join, connect, attach; put together, construct; entrust; engage (battle), set against; begin, start; bring about; commit; incur; forfeit

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  • corripiō corripere corripuī correptum *
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to seize, plunder; censure, rebuke, find fault with; hasten over; gradum corripere = hurry

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J** crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus **

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to trust, believe (+ dat.); entrust

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Cyprus (Cypros) –ī f.

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Cyprus, a large island in the Eastern Mediterranean

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Daedalus –ī m.

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Daedalus, the father of Greek sculpture, supposed to be of the time of Minos and Theseus, employed by Minos to build the Cretan Labyrinth

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** dēbeō dēbēre dēbuī dēbitus **

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to owe; ought

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decertō decertāre decertāvī decertātus

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to fight/contend with

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dīmidium dīmidiī n.

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half

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dissociābilis –e

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irreconcilable, incompatible; separating

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dīva –ae f.

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a goddess

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experior experīrī expertus sum

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to test; try; experience

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febris febris f.

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fever

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fragilis –e

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easily broken, brittle, fragile

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frāter frātris m.

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brother

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fraus fraudis f.

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fraud; trickery, deceit; imposition, offense, crime; delusion

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fretum fretī n.

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straight, channel; (sing. or pl. by metonymy) the sea

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fulmen fulminis n.

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lightening, thunderbolt

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gradus gradūs m.

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step; position

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Hadria –ae f.

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the Adriatic Sea

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Helena –ae f.

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Helen, daughter of Jupiter and Leda, sister of Clytemnestra and of Castor, and wife of Menelaus

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Herculeus –a –um

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of Hercules; Herculean (> Hercules)

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homō hominis m.

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human being, man; in pl., people

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hūmānus –a –um

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human; kind; humane, civilized, refined [~ hostiae => human sacrifice]

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Hyades –um f. or Hyās –adis f.

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the Hyades, a group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus

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Īapetus –ī m.

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Iapetus, a Titan, son of Uranos and Gaia; the father of Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus,

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Iāpyx –ygis

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Iapygian, Apulian, the wind blowing from Iapygia; Iapyx, the N.W. wind

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impius –a –um

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disloyal, wicked

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incolumis incolumis incolume

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unharmed, uninjured; alive, safe; unimpaired

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incumbō –ere –cubuī –cubitus

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to lay one’s self upon; lean or recline upon; (w. dat.), lie on or stretch over; fall upon; bend to, ply; hasten, urge, press on; overhang; press or bend toward; (w. ad and acc.), lean, hang, incline; bear down on (in a military or sexual sense)

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īnfāmis īnfāmis īnfāme

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infamous

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īnferō īnferre intulī inlātus (illātus)

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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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ipse ipsa ipsum

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himself, herself, itself (intensive); very

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īrācundus –a –um

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irascible, irritable, passionate, choleric, angry, ireful, easily provoked

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labor labōris m.

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work; effort, hardship

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lētum letī n.

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death

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lūcidus –a –um

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bright, shining, gleaming, glittering; clear (> luceo)

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maciēs –ēī f.

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emaciation, leanness; ghastliness

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mortālis –e

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subject to death, mortal; of mortal nature, lineage, or descent; earthly, human; made by man, mortal; subst., mortales, ium, c., mortals, men, mankind; mortalia, ium, n., human affairs; fortunes, woes (> mors)

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necessitās necessitātis f.

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need/necessity; inevitability; difficult straits; poverty; obligation; bond

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nēquīquam

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in vain

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nihil or nīl n.

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nothing

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Notus –ī m.

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identical in meaning with auster, the south–wind, wind, storm

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  • obstringō –ere –strīnxī –strictum *
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to bind, hamper

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Ōceanus –ī m.

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Oceanus

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oculus oculī m.

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eye

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pectus pectoris n.

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chest, breast; heart

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pelagus pelagī m.

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sea, ocean

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penna pennae f.

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wing, feather

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  • perpetior –petī –pessus sum *
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to bear to the end, endure

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  • perrumpō –ere –rūpī –ruptus *
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to break, burst through

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  • petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus *
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to ask for, seek; attack; make for, go towards

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** pōnō pōnere posuī positus **

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to put, place; set aside; lend (money) out (at interest)

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post

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after(ward), later; behind (+ acc.)

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praeceps praecipitis

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plunging head-foremost, falling; headlong; rushing (of winds etc.)

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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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prūdēns –entis

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aware, acting deliberately, open-eyed; prudent, clever, wise

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rabiēs –em –ē f.

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madness, frenzy, fury, fierceness; of inanimate things

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  • reddō reddere reddidī redditus *
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to return; restore; deliver; hand over, pay back, render, give back; translate; reproduce, render; repeat

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  • regō regere rēxī rēctus *
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to rule, control, guide; manage, direct

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rōbur rōboris n.

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oak, strength

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scopulus –ī m.

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a projecting ledge of rock; a high cliff or rock; crag; ledge, reef; detached rock, fragment of rock

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sēmōtus –a –um

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distant

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servō servāre servāvī servātus

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to save, preserve

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sīc

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thus, so, in this way, in such a way

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stultitia –ae f.

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stupidity

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subdūcō –dūcere –dūxī –ductum

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to draw up, raise; remove, take away

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tamen

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nevertheless

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tardus –a –um

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slow, limping; deliberate; late

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trānsiliō –īre –īvī (–iī or –uī)

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to leap over; pass over; fly through (> trans and salio)

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triplex –icis

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threefold, triple

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trīstis trīstis trīste

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sad, sorrowful; gloomy

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trux trucis

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wild, rough, hard, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious, grim, stern

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turbidus –a –um

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confused; mingled, foul; dismal, dark; whirling; of the mind, sad, troubled; startled, in alarm; furious (> turbo)

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vadum –ī n.

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a ford; a shallow, shoal; sand–bank; shallow water; bottom, depth; water, tide, stream; water of the sea; wave, sea

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Vergilius (Virgilius) –iī m.

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Vergil

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** volō velle voluī **

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to be willing, want, wish; mean, signify

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