Section 1 Flashcards
saeculāris -e
worldy, temporal
ināniter
(adv.) vainly, uselessly
exindē
adv., thence
perennis -e
everlasting, perpetual, perennial
stilus -ī m.
a style
illūstrō -āre
light up, illuminate; explain, make famous
utique
(adv.) certainly, assuredly, undoubtedly
aliquantulus -a -um
little, small
incassum
(adv.) in vain, to no purpose
prōpāgō -āre
propagate; prolong, preserve
aemulātiō -ōnis f.
striving after, emulation
excitō -āre
call out or forth; excite, incite
posteritās -ātis f.
future time, posterity
ēmolumentum -ī n.
gain, profit, benefit
philosophor -ārī -ātus sum
philosophize
sōlum
(adv.) only, merely
imitor -āri
imitate
stultitia -ae f.
folly, foolishness
impūgnō -āre
attack, assail
āctus -ūs m.
act, deed
aestimō -āre
estimate, value
sīquidem
(adv.) if indeed; since indeed, since
perpetuō -āre
make perpetual, perpetuate
plānē
plainly, clearly, distinctly
aemulō -āre
emulate; rival
inānis -e
empty, void
philosophia -ae f.
philosophy
stultus -a -um
foolish, stupid
perscrībō -scrībere -scrīpsī -scrīptum
write out in full, report
incitō -citāre
set in rapid motion; incite, impel
commodum -ī n.
advantage, profit
lateō -ēre -uī
lie hid, be hidden
exordior -ordirī -orsus sum
begin, commence
nēquāquam
(adv.) in nowise, by no means, not at all
cōnscius -a -um
conscious (+ gen. or dat.)
requīro -quīrere -quīsīvi -quīsītum
seek again, search for; miss
omittō -mittere -mīsī -missum
pass over, say nothing of, omit
sufficiō -ficere -fēcī -fectum
supply, afford; be able
excellentia -ae f.
superiority, excellence, perfection
congestus -ūs m.
accumulation, a collecting
fastīdium -ī n.
dislike, aversion
obsecrō -āre
beseech, entreat, implore
probātus -a -um
tried, tested, proved
aliōquin
(adv.) otherwise