become accustomed, be accustomed. | Athēnae, -ārum, [Gr. 'A0ñvai], f., —p.p., assuētus, wonted. assuētūdo (ads-), -inis, [adtsuetudo], f., custom, habit, indulgence (of habit). assūmo (ads-), -ere, -sūmpsī, -sumptum, [ad-sumo], v. tr. 3, take in, take on, gather, assume. ast, [?], conj., but. Asteriē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Aorepin], f., daughter of the Titan Coeus, and Phoebe, sister of Latona. She was beloved by Jupiter, and was changed into a quail. astõ, see adsto. Astraea, -ae, [Gr. 'Aoтpain, f., an epithet of Justice (▲íkŋ) as daughter of the Titan Astræus. astringo (ads-), -ere, -Strinxī, -strictum, [ad-stringo], v. tr. 3, bind, tighten, harden (snow). astrum, -i, [Gr. άσтpov], n., constel lation, star. - Pl., stars, sky. astus, -ūs, [?], m., craft. — Abl., astū, with craft. at, [(?), cf. ad], conj., but, then, at least: attamen, but yet, still. Atalanta, -ae, [Gr. 'Aταλávτn], f., daughter of Schoeneus of Boeotia. She was a celebrated runner, but, being beaten in a race, married Hippomenes, her competitor. She was changed into a lioness. ater, -tra, -trum, [?], adj., black, dark (esp. as a sign of mourning). Athamantēus, -a, -um, [Athamanteus], adj., of Athamas. Athamantis, -idis (-idos), f., Helle, daughter of Athamas. Athamās, -antis, [Gr. 'A@áuas], m., king of the Minyans in Boeotia. He was the husband of Ino, uncie of Pentheus, and brother of Sisyphus. He was made insane by Juno. Athens, the great city of Attica. Athos, (gen. not found; abl., Athōne; dat. and abl., Athō; acc., Athō, Athōn, Athōnem, Athōna), [Gr. "A0ws, later *Alwv, -wvos], m., Athos, a high mountain on the Strymonian Gulf, in Macedonia. Atlantiadēs, -ae, [Gr. patronymic], m., Mercury, grandson of Atlas. Atlas, -antis, [Gr. "ATλas], m., son of the Titan Iapetus, father of the Pleiades and Hyades. He bore the heavens upon his shoulders. He was changed by Perseus into a mountain, - the mountain itself in Northern Africa. atque (ac), [ad-que], conj., (and in addition), and. Atreus, -ei, [Gr. Aтpeús], m., king shepherd who loved the goddess Cybele, and was changed into a fir-tree. attollo (adt-), -ere, perf. and sup. supplied from affero, [ad-tollo], attonitus, see attono. attraho (adt-), -ere, -trāxi, | augurium, -1, [augur + ium], n., -tractum, [ad-traho], v. tr. 3, draw to one, draw in, drag in.Fig., attract. auceps, -cupis, [avi-ceps (root of capio as stem)], m., fowler. auctor, -ōris, [aug- (as root of augeo) +tor], m., (increaser). augury, soothsaying, wise counsel. auguror, -ārī, -ātus, [augur + o], v. dep. I, divine, conclude, imagine. augustus, -a, -um, [(?), perh. akin to augur, more likely to augeo], adj., venerable, august. Esp. an epithet (and in the masc. a surname) of Octavius Cæsar, and after him of all the Roman empe rors. Poeti- aula, -ae, [Gr. aðλŋ], f., hall, pal Hence (perh. from raising price at auctions), seller, guarantor, voucher. So, authority, author, adviser, founder, originator, father, ancestor, giver. cally, hurler (of a weapon), harbinger (a prophet, authority for). Auctumnus, see Autumnus. auctus, see augeo. audācia, -ae, [audac + ia], f., boldness, recklessness: verbis datur, boldness of speech is pardoned. audāx, -ācis, [aud- (as if root of audeo) + ax], adj., daring, bold, desperate, fearless. audeo, -ēre, ausus, [avido + eo], v. intr. 2, (desire ?), venture, dare. — p.p., ausus, daring, venturesome.- - As subst., the one who dared. — Neut., ausum; see the word. audio, -ire, -ivi, -itum, [perh. ausi- (stem of auris) do (cf. condio)], v. tr. 4, hear. Fig., obey (sagitta avium). aufero, -ferre, abstuli, ablātum, [ab-fero], v. tr. irr., bear away, take away, take from, tear away, cut off (annos), carry off (a prize). augeō, -ēre, auxi, auctum, [?], v. tr. 2, increase, swell, swell the number of (deos), enlarge, be added to clamoribus (swell the shout). augur, -uris, [(?), compound with avis], m., soothsayer. aureus, -a, -um, [aurŏ + eus], adj., .of gold, golden. Hence, beautiful, splendid, etc. aurifer, -era, -erum, [aurofer (for ferus)], adj., gold-bearing. auriga, -ae, [perh. aurea- (head stall) taga (akin to ago), cf. -cola], m., charioteer, driver. auris, -is, [(?), for ausis, cf. ausculto], f., ear. Aurōra, -ae, [√us (see uro), for ausosa], f., the dawn, daybreak. aurum, -1, [perh. us (cf. Aurora)], n., gold. — Poetically, the golden age. Ausonius, -a, -um, [Auson + ius], adj., Ausonian, Italian, Latin. Ausonia, f. (sc. terra), augeo, cf. pensilis) + ium], n., assistance, succor, help. avārus, -a, -um, [lost noun-stem (cf. aveo and avidus) + rus], adj., eager, eagerly desirous. Esp., avaricious, covetous, greedy. - -vulsum, [ab-vello], v. tr. 3, pluck off, tear away. Italy. — Masc. plur., the Italians. |āvello, -ere, -vulsi, (-velli), auspex, -icis, [avi-spex (root of †specio, as stem)], m., soothsayer, witness: auspicibus vobis, with your approval (from consulting soothsayers on any important business). austrālis, -e, [austro + alis], adj., (of the south wind), southern. ausum, -ī, (n. p.p. of audeo], n., daring attempt, undertaking. aut, [(?), cf. autem], conj., or, or else: aut... aut (either ... or). autem, [(?), cf. aut], conj., introducing an antithesis, or even a mere transition, but always with some contrast, but, on the other hand, on the contrary, however, then again, now. Autonoēïus, -a, -um, adj., of or belonging to Autonoe: heros (Actæon, son of Autonoe). autumnālis, -e, [autumno (reduced) + alis], adj., autumnal. Autumnus, -1, [prob. for †Aucto menos, cf. augeo], m., Autumn. auxiliāris, -e, [auxilio- (reduced) + aris], adj., auxiliary, assisting, subsidiary. avēna, -ae, [?], f., oats, oat-straw. - Hence, pipe. Aventinus, -ī, m.; -um, -i, [?], n., (prop. adj.), the Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, extending from the Palatine to the Cœlian Hill. Avernālis, -e, [Avernŏ + alis], adj., of Avernus. Avernus, -a, -um, [?], adj., of or belonging to Lake Avernus, near Cumæ, in Lower Italy. Its deadly exhalations killed the birds flying over it; hence in fable it was placed near the entrance to the lower world. Hence, infernal, hellish, deadly, deathlike. āversātus, p.p. of āversor. aversor, -ārī, -ātus, [ab-verso (perh. through averto)], v. dep. I, (turn away), be unwilling, be reluctant. — p.p., refusing, opposed to (acc.), reluctant, unwilling. āversus, p.p. of āverto. āverto, -ere, -vertī, -versum, [ab-verto], v. tr. 3, turn away, turn off. p.p., turned away, turning away: passus (backward); occupat aversum (from behind). avidus, -a, -um, [†avŏ- (cf. aveo) +dus], adj., greedy, greedy of (gen.), thirsty for, eager. avis, -is, [?], f., bird. — Hence, omen. auxilium, -ī, [†auxili- (akin to avitus, -a, -um, [avŏ- (as if avi-) +tus], adj., of one's grandfather. - Less exactly, ancestral. avus, -i, [?], m., grandfather. B. Babylōnius, -a, -um, [Babylon [Baleari + cus], adj., Balearic, of bālo, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [prob. (weakened) + cus], adj., barbaric. barbariēs, -ēi, [barbarŏ- (reduced) +ies], f., ('savagedom,' cf. heathendom), barbarous tribes (as a whole). +ius], adj., Babylonian, of Baby-barbarus, -a, -um, [prob. from lon. bāca (bacca), -ae, [?], f., berry. bacchāns, -antis, [pres. p. of rave, rant, rage. baculum, -i, [?], n., staff. bālaena, -ae, [?], f., whale. bālātus, -ūs, [balā + tus], bleating. Balearicus (Bali-), -a, m., sound], adj., barbarian. - Fem. as noun, the fair barbarian (Medea). Bassus, -ī, m., a Roman proper name. There were several poets named Bassus. Battiadēs, -ae, [Gr. Batтiádηs], m., descendant of Battus. The city of Cyrene was ruled by the Battiada; hence the Cyrenean poet Callimachus is called Battiades. Baucis, -idis, [Gr. Вavkis], f., Baucis, wife of Philemon, who was changed into a tree. beātus, p.p. of beo, wh. see. Bēlides, -um, [Gr. patronymic], f., granddaughters of Belus, king of Egypt, daughters of Danaus ; hence usually called the Danaides. Bēlīdēs, -ae, [Gr. patronymic], m., descendant of Belus. bellātrīx, -īcis, [bellā- (cf. bello) +trix], f., female warrior, warrior maid. bellicus, -a, -um, [bello + cus], adj., warlike. bellua, see belua. -um, bellum, -ī, [old †duellum, formed from duo], n., war. cretely, expedition, More conarmament, war (poetical). for sacrifice, esp. a sheep, two years old, when two teeth only are prominent. bēlua (bellua), -ae, [?], f., mon- biforēs, -ium, [bi (i.e. dvi)-foris], ster (huge creature). bene, [old abl. of bonus, cf. aeque], adv., well: nec bene (not very well); vix bene (hardly, fully). benefactum, -ī, [n. p.p. of benefacio], n., service, generous deed. benignus, -a, -um, [bonŏ-†gnus (akin to nosco)], adj., kindly, generous. Also of things, productive, fertile. beō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [?], v. tr. 1, bless. — p.p. as adj., blessed. happy. Berecyntius, -a, -um (-cynthius), [Gr. BeрEKÚνTIOs], adj., of or pertaining to Berecyntus, a mountain in Phrygia on the Sangarius, sacred to Cybele. She was worshipped with sound of flutes; hence, Berecyntia tibia: Midas was her son; hence, Berecyntius heros. Bessi, -ōrum, [Gr. Béooo], m., a Thracian tribe. bibo, -ere, bibi, bibitum, [redupl. root, cf. potus], v. tr. 3, drink. bibulus, -a, -um, [from bibo, as if bibo+lus], adj., absorbent, soaking (wet). biceps, -cipitis, [bi (i.e. dvi) -caput (reduced)], adj., twoheaded. Less exactly, two-peaked. bicolor, -ōris, [bi (i.e. dvi) -color], adj., two-doored, double (of doors). biformis, -e, [bi (i.e. dvi) -forma (weakened to i stem)], adj., twoformed. bimaris, -e, [bi (i.e. dvi) -mare (infl. as adj.)], adj., two-seaed (Corinthus, i.e. with a sea on both sides). bimus, -a, -um, [bi (i.e. dvi) -thimus (akin to hiems)], adj., (of two winters), two years old. bīnī, -ae, -a, [bi (i.e. dvi) + nus], adj., two at a time, two (at a time, implied). bipennifer, -era, -erum, [bipennifer], adj., axe-bearer. bīs, [case (gen.?), of duo], adv., twice. bisulcus, -a, -um, [bi (i.e. dvi) -sulcus], adj., two-furrowed, cleft, cloven. bitumen, -inis, [?], n., asphalt, bitumen. blaesus, -a, -um, [?], adj., stam mering, indistinct. blandior, -īvī, -itus, [blando (as if tblandi-) + o], v. intr. 4, coax, flatter, cajole, entreat (with blandishments). blanditiae, -ārum, [blando(weakened) + tia], f., blandishments, wooing, endearments, ca resses. blandus, -a, -um, [?], adj., persuasive, seductive, coaxing (verba), caressing (lacerti). Boebe, -ēs, [Gr. Boißn], f., an ancient town in Eastern Thessaly. Boeōtia, -ae, [Gr. Bowría], f., a division of Central Greece, north of Attica. |