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the like. Also, with whole first part omitted, whether. Anāpis, -is, [Anāpus, -i), [Gr. Avanos], m., a small river of Sicily, the river-god of which was husband of the nymph Cyane. Ancaeus, -1, [Gr. 'Aуñaîos], m., an Arcadian, who was killed in the Calydonian hunt. anceps, -cipitis, [amb-caput], adj., (with a head on both sides). Less exactly, double-edged, double. ancora, -ae, [Gr. ǎykupa], f., anchor. Andromeda, -ae, [Gr. 'Avdpoμédn], f., daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiope. Perseus rescued her from a sea-monster, and married her. anguicomus, -a, -um, [anguicoma, decl. as adj.], adj., serpenthaired, snaky-haired. anguifer, -era, -erum, [angui-fer

(for ferus)], adj., serpent-bearing, serpent-covered, snaky-haired. anguipēs, -edis, (angui-pes), adj., snake-footed (of certain giants whose legs were serpents). anguis, -is, [√ANG (cf. ango) +is], m., a serpent. — Esp., the Serpent (the constellation). angulus, -ī, [†ango- (cf. ancus) +lus], m., (bend, crook), corner. angustus, -a, -um, [angos- (cf. angor) + tus], adj., narrow. N. pl., narrows, straits. anhēlitus, -ūs, [unc. prefix -halitus (cf. anhelo)], panting, breath, panting breath.

anhēlõ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [anhelŏ +o], v. tr. I, breathe (violently). -p.p., breathed forth: ignes (fires of one's breath).

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animal, -ālis, [N. of anima + lis], n., living creature, creature. animo, -āre, -āvī, -ātam, [anima +0], v. tr. I, give life to (acc.), animate, make alive: guttas in angues (bring to life as snakes). animōsus, -a, -um, [animo + ōsus], adj., spirited, made spirited by (ignibus), proud. animus, -1, [ani- (as stem, to blow, cf. anima) + mus], m., (breath), mind, heart, soul, feelings, disposition, thought, purpose, desire (denoting generally the moral powers as opposed to mens, the intellectual): animum intendere (turn the attention). — Also, esp. in pl., spirit, pride. anne, see an.

annōsus, -a, -um, [annŏ+ osus], adj., full of years, aged: annosa senecta (aged years, advanced age).

annuo, see adnuo.

annus, -i, [?], m., year; also personified. In pl., years, life, des

tined years of life. annuus, -a, -um, [anno + us (?)], adj., of a year, annual. anser, -eris, [?], m., goose. Antaeus, -ī, [Gr. 'Avraîos], m., a giant of Libya, son of the earth, killed by Hercules.

ante, [old abl. of stem tanti, cf.

antes, antae], adv. and prep., be

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antemna, ae, [?], f., yard (for aper, -prī, [?], m.,
sail).

Anthēdōn, -onis, [Gr. 'Avondúv],
f., a city in Boeotia, opposite Eu-
boea.
anticipo, āre, -āvi, -ātum, [tan-
ticip- (cf. princeps, particeps)
+0], v. tr. 1, be beforehand with,
anticipate: viam, cut short (get-
ting the start thereby).
Antigonē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Avtiyóvn], f.,
daughter of Laomedon, changed
by Juno into a crane.
Antilochus, -1, [Gr. 'Avtíλoxos],
m., son of Nestor. He was killed
by Hector at Troy.
Antinous, -i, [Gr. 'Avrívoos], m.,
one of the suitors of Penelope.
Antiphatēs, -ae, [Gr. 'Avtipátns],
m., king of the cannibal Læstry-
gones.

antiquē, [old abl. of antiquus],

adv., anciently, formerly. antiquus, -a, -um, [anti- (stem of ante) + cus (cf. posticus)], adj., ancient, former, old: ver (as it used to be).

Antium, -i, [(?), cf. ante], n., a city on the coast of Latium. antrum, -ī, [Gr. ăvτpov], n., cave. Also pl.

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boar (wild).

aperio, -ire, -ui, -rtum, [ab-pario
(cf. operio)], v. tr. 4, uncover,
unclose, disclose. - p.p. apertus,
open, naked: fores; campi; pec-
tus; discrimen (public).
Apharēius, -a, -um, adj., of Apha-
reus: Aphareia prōles (Lynceus
and Idas, sons of King Aphareus
of Messenia.
Āpidanus, -1, [Gr. 'Andavós], m., a
river in Thessaly.

Apollineus, -a, -um, [Apollin +
eus], adj., of or belonging to Apollo:
vates (the bard Orpheus); pro-
les (the god Esculapius, son of
Apollo); ars (medicine).
Apollo, -inis, [Gr. 'Aπóλλwv], m.,
son of Jupiter and Latona, twin
brother of Diana, god of the sun,
of music and poetry, of divination,
archery, pestilence, and medicine.
appareō (adp-), -ēre, -uī, no sup.,

[ad-pareo], v. intr. 2 (prob. come
at one's call), appear.
1. appello (adp-), -āre, -āvi,
-ātum, [prob. †appello- (stem
akin to appello, -ere) +o (cf.
compello)], v. tr. I, address,
speak to, appeal to, call upon:
virum; deos.

2. appello (adp-), -ere, -pulī,

-pulsum, [ad-pello], v. tr. 3, drive nearer, drive in. Appenninus, -i (also Apen-), m., the Apennines, the mountain chain

that runs diagonally across Italy. applico (adp-), -āre, -āvi (-ui),

-ātum (-itum), [ad-plico], v. | arbitrium, -i, [arbitrò- (reduced)

tr. 1, (enfold), apply, attach, imprint (oscula), drive (angues). appōno (adp-), -ere, posui,

-positum, [ad-pono], v. tr. 3, put at, place at, beside or near, set before, supply (of food). Aprīlis, -is, [stem akin to aperio +lis], m., (prop. adj. implying | mensis), April. apto, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [apto

+o], v. tr. I, fit, set carefully. aptus, -a, -um, [p.p. of tapio (cf. apiscor)], adj., fitted for, suited to, prepared for, fit, fitting.

+ium], n., decision, choice, will, control, pleasure (at the pleasure of, etc.).

arbor (arbōs), -oris, [?], f., tree. Coll., trees: Iovis (the oak). arboreus, -a, -um, [arbor + eus], adj., of a tree, of the trees. arbustum, -i, [arbos + tum (n. of -tus, cf. robustus)], n., orchard, grove (of planted trees). arbuteus, -a, -um, [arbutŏ- (reduced) + eus], adj., of the strawberry tree.

arbutus, -i, [?], f., strawberry tree.

apud, [abl., prob. of same stem as Arcadia, -ae, [Gr. 'Apкadía], f., the

ob], prep., at, among. aqua, -ae, [?], f., water. - Also pl. aquaticus, -a, -um, [aqua + ticus], adj., of the water, moist, aquatic, from the sea (Auster). aquila, -ae, [prob. f. of adj. meaning gray], f., eagle. Aquilo, -ōnis, [†aquilo- (reduced,

cf. aquila) +ō (ōn)], m., the North Wind. - Less exactly, the North.

aquōsus, -a, -um, [aqua- (reduced)

+osus], adj., watery, rainy. āra, -ae, [?], f., altar.- Esp. the

Altar (constellation). Arachnē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Apáxvn], f., a Colophonian maiden, changed by Minerva into a spider. arānea, ae, [Arachne+a (f. of -us)], f., spider.

arātor, -ōris, [ara- (stem of aro) +tor], m., ploughman, husband

man.

arātrum, -ī, [arā- (stem of aro)

+trum], n., ploughshare, plough. Arātus, -i, [Gr. "Aparos], m., a poet who wrote (about 250 B.C.) on astronomy. He was born at Soli in Cilicia.

mountainous district in the middle of the Peloponnesus. arcānus, -a, -um, [arca + nus], adj., secret. N. pl., secrets. Arcas, -adis, [Gr. 'Aρкás], m., an Arcadian. As adj., Arcadian. arceo, -ēre, -ui, arctus, [†arco(akin to arca) + eo], v. tr. 2, shut out, keep out, drive away, repel. With inf., prevent from. Arcitenēns, -ēntis, [†arcu- (weakened) tenens], adj., holding a bow, bow-bearing. Masc., the bowholder (Apollo). Arctos, -i, [Gr. "Apkтos], f., Greek form for Arctus, wh. see. Arctus (Arctos), -ī, [Gr. ˇAρKTOS], f., the Great and Little Bear (Ursa Major and Minor), a double constellation in the vicinity of the north pole; hence, the North. Also pl., geminas Arctos, the two Bears.

arcuatus, -a, -um, [p.p. of arcuo], adj., arched.

arcus, -ūs, [VARC- (cf. arceo)

+us], f., bow, arch, vault, circle (of the zones). - Esp., rainbow. ardēns, pres. p. of ardeo, wh. see.

ardeo, -ēre, arsī, arsum, [aridŏ +eo], v. intr. 2, blaze, burn, be in flames. Also fig., be inflamed, be fired, burn, and the like. - pres. p., burning (lit. and fig.). ardēsco, -ere (perf. and sup. as with ardeo), [arde- (stem of ardeo) + sco], v. intr. 3, burst into flames, blaze.

ardor, -ōris, [ard- (as if root of

ardeo) + or), m., heat, flame. — Also fig., love.

arduus, -a, -um, [?], adj., steep, lofty, high, reared high, on high. N. pl., heights.

ārea, -ae, [?], f., space, threshing

floor, stretch (campi). — Fig., field (for anxiety), scope.

arēna (har-), -ae, [are- (stem of areo) + na (f. of -nus)], f., sand,

strand. Fig., arena. āreo, -ēre, -ui, no sup., [unc. stem

+eo (cf. aridus)], v. intr. 2, be dry, be parched. — pres. p., ārēns, dry, dried. Arestoridēs, -ae, [Gr. patronymic], m., Argus, grandson of Arestor. Arethūsa, -ae, [Gr. 'Apélovσa], f., a spring in Syracuse. - Personified, the nymph of the spring, who ran under the sea from Elis to Sicily to escape the river-god Alpheus. argenteus, -a, -um, [argento(reduced) +eus], adj., of silver,

-ōrum, m., the capital of the district Argolis in the Peloponnesus, sacred to Juno. argumentum, -i, [argu- (stem of

arguo) + mentum], n., proof, witness, story, meaning (of a custom). arguo, -ere, -ui, -ūtum, [†argu(cf. ǎpyos) + 0 (cf. tribuo)], v. tr. 3, make clear. So, give evidence, blame, find fault with. Argus, -i, [Gr. ˇApyos], m., the hundred-eyed keeper of Io after she was changed into a heifer by Jupiter. His hundred eyes were placed by Juno in the tail of the peacock.

āridus, -a, -um, [†arŏ- (whence areo) + dus], adj., dry, parched: Libye facta est (an arid desert). ariēs, -etis, [?], m., ram. — Esp., the Ram, the constellation Aries,

between Pisces and Taurus. - Less exactly, fleece (golden).

arista, -ae, [?], f., ear (of grain), head.

arma, -ōrum, [ √AR (fit) + mus)], n., arms, weapons, tools, impleFig., war, arms, con

ments.

tests (fori). armentum, -ī, [√AR (cf. arma) + mentum, team (?)], n., herd (of large cattle).

armifer, -era, -erum, [armŏ-fer], adj., arm-bearing, armed.

silvern, silvery white: proles (the | armiger, -era, -erum, [armŏ-ger

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- Hence, arrow; also, flute. arvum, -1, [√AR (in aro) + vum], n., field (as opposed to woods), fields (as cultivated), lands. arx, arcis, [VARC (in arceo) + is (reduced)], f., citadel, height, summit, high abode, lofty height; summa (heights of heaven). Asbolus, -1, [Gr. Aσßoλos], m.,

Soot, one of Acteon's hounds. Ascalaphus, -ī, [Gr. 'Aøkáλapos], m., son of Acheron and Orphne, changed by Ceres into an owl. ascendo (ads-), -ere, -cendi, -cēnsum, [ad-scando], v. tr. 3, climb up, mount, ascend, climb. ascensus (ads-), -ūs, [ad-†scansus], through ascendo], m.,

ascent.

ascisco (ads-), -ere, -scivi, -scitum, [ad-scisco], v. tr. 3, adopt (by formal resolution). · Less exactly, adopt, add, attach. Ascraeus, -a, -um, [Gr. 'Aσêраîos], adj., of Ascra, Ascræan, an epithet of the poet Hesiod, who lived at Ascra in Boeotia.

asellus, -1, [asino + lus], m., little ass, ass (as regarded with commiseration or contempt).

Ãsis, -idis (-idos), [Gr. 'Aoís], f.,

Asia; prop. adj., Asiatic. Asōpis, -idis (-idos), [Gr. 'AowTis], f., Ægina, daughter of the river-god Asopus.

aspargo (aspergõ), -inis, [akin to adspergo], f., spray, sprinkling, blood (spattered).

asper, -era, -erum, [?], adj., rough, harsh (lit. and fig.). aspergo -inis, see aspargo. aspergo (ads-), -ere, -spersi, -spersum, [ad-spargo], sprinkle (a thing on, or a thing with). aspicio (ads-), -ere, -spēxi, -spectum, [ad-†specio], v. tr. 3, look at (or upon), behold, see. aspiro (ads-), -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [ad-spiro], v. intr. 1, breathe on.

- Hence, favor. assēnsus, (ads-), -ūs, [ad-sensus,

through assentio], m., assent, silent assent. - Also pl.

assentio (ads-), -īre, -sēnsi, -sēnsum, [ad-sentio], v. intr. 4, give assent, assent. assero (adsero), -ere, -serui, -sertum, [ad-sero], v. tr. 3, lay claim to, claim. assiduus (ads-), -a, -um, [ad

†siduus (VSED + vus)], (sitting down, esp. to a thing), adj., busy, attentive, laborious. - Hence, constant, incessant, never-ceasing. assilio (ads-), -ire, -silui, -sultum, [ad-salio], v. intr. 4, leap on, dash on (of a wave). assimulo

(ads-), -āre, -āvi, -atum, [ad-simulo], v. tr. I, feign, pretend.

assisto (ads-), -ere, astiti, no

sup., [ad-sisto], v. intr. 3, stand up, stand by. assuēsco (ads-), -ere, -suēvī, -suētum, [ad-suesco], v. intr. 3,

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