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Aenēïus, -a, -um, [Aenea + ius], |āēr, āeris, [Gr. &ŋp], m., the air,

adj., belonging to Æneas, of Eneas. aeneus, -a, -um, [aeno+eus], adj., of copper, of bronze, brazen. aēnus, -a, -um, [aes + nus], adj., of copper, of bronze, brazen. - Esp. n. as noun, kettle. Aeolidēs, -ae, [Aeolŏ + des], m., son or descendant of Æolus: 1. Athamas; 2. Sisyphus; 3. Cepha

lus.

Aeolius, -a, -um, [Aeolò + ius],

adj., of or belonging to Æolus. Aeolus, -i, [Gr. Atoλos], m.: 1. the god of the winds, son of Hippotes; 2. son of Hellen, grandson of Deucalion, and father of Athamas and Sisyphus.

aequālis, -e, [aequo + alis], adj., uniform, equal.- Esp. as noun, coeval, ‘ crony, playmate (of Proserpine).

aequē, [old abl. of aequus], adv.,

equally, as much, not less. aequo, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, [aequo +0], v. tr. 1, make even, even, level (with the ground). - Pass., be equal.—p.p., aequātus, equal, level.-Pres. p., aequāns, equal, equalling.

aequor, -oris, [aequo (as if √AEQV) + or], n., (the level), the sea, expanse (ponti), waves. — Also pl.

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the firmament.

aerātus, -a, -um, [as if p.p. of

taeso (aes+o)], adj., furnished with bronze, bronze-pointed. aereus, -a, -um, [aes + eus], adj., brazen.

aeripēs, -edis, [aes- (as if aeso-)

+pes], adj., brazen-footed. āërius, -a, -um, [aer-ius], adj., of the air, of heaven (aurae), airpiercing (alpes).

aes, aeris, [?], n., copper, bronze.

Hence, things of bronze, tablet (of laws), money, coin: cavum (bronze kettle).

Aesacus (-os), -1, [Gr. Atσakos], m., a son of Priam who was changed into a sea-gull. aesculeus, -a, -um, [aesculo+ eus], adj., oaken, of oak, oak. aesculus, -ī, [†aesco (perhaps √ED

cus)+ lus], f., oak (the Italian oak with edible acorns). Aesōn, -onis, [Gr. Atowv], king of Iolcus, father of Jason. Aesonides, -ae, [Aesonides], m., son of Æson, Jason. Aesonius, -a, -um, [Aeson + ius], adj., of or belonging to Eson : heros (Jason, son of Æson). aestās, -ātis, [as if †aed +tas (cf. juventa and juventus)], f., (heat), summer.

aestivus, -a, -um, [as if faed

+tivus (cf. captivus), adj., of summer, summer's, summer-. aestuo, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [aestu +o], v. intr. 1, boil, seethe, burn, grow hot. aestus, -ūs, [VAED + tus (cf. aedes)], m., heat, summer, tide (as seething) aestus erat (it was hot). Also pl. aetās, -ātis, [aevo + tas], f., age

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(generally), age of the world, time of life. Esp., youth. aeternus, -a, -um, [aevò + ternus (cf. diuturnus, sempiternus)], adj., eternal (lasting an age), perpetual (ver), immortal: in aeternum (forever).

aether, -eris, [Gr. alonp, fiery air], m., air, heaven, heavens. Opposed to aer (the lower atmosphere).

aetherius, -a, -um, [aether + ius],

adj., of heaven: aurae. Aethiops, -opis, [Gr. Aitíoy], adj., African. — Subst., an Ethiopian. Aethōn, -ōnis, [Gr. At0wv], m., (the Blazing One), one of the horses of the sun.

Aetna, -ae, [Gr. Alтvn], f., Mt.
Etna, the famous volcano in Sic-
ily (now Monte Gibello).
Aetnaeus, -a, -um, [Gr. Airvaîos],
adj., belonging to Mt. Ætna, of
Etna, Ætnæan.

Aetnē, -ēs, f., the Greek form for
Aetna.

aevum, -i, [VI+vum (cf. alwv)],

n., age (esp. long continued), age
of the world, the world, time.
aff-, see adf-.

affor (adf-), -ārī, -ātus, [ad-for],
v. dep. 1, address.
Agamemnōn, -onis, [Gr. 'Ayaμéμ-
vwv], m., king of Mycenæ, son of
Atreus, brother of Menelaus, hus-
band of Clytemnestra, father of
Orestes, Iphigenia, and Electra,
commander-in-chief of the Grecian
forces at Troy, was murdered by
his wife and her paramour Ægis-

thus.

Agenor, oris, [Gr. 'Aynvwp], m., king of Phoenicia, father of Cadmus and Europa.

m., son or descendant of Agenor . 1. Cadmus; 2. Perseus. ager, -rī, [√AG+ rus], m., field. agger, -eris, [ad-†ger (root of gero as stem)], m., heap, pile (for funeral pile), mole. aggredior, see adgredior. agito, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [†agitŏ(p.p. of ago) + 0], v. tr. 1, drive, set in motion, wave, shake, agitate: spes (foster); fumos (roll, whirl).

Aglauros, -ī, [Gr. "Ayλavpos], f.,

daughter of Cecrops, king of Athens.

āgmen, -inis, [√AG + men], n., (drove), band, pack, throng,

crowd.

āgna, -ae, [?], f., ewe lamb. agnosco, -ere, -nōvi, -nitum,

[ad-nosco], v. tr. 3, recognize. āgnus, -ī, [?], m., lamb. ago, -ere, ēgī, āctum, [√AG, cf. agmen], v. tr. 3, drive, put in motion, perform, do. - In various uses not conforming to English: silentia terrae (be wrapped in; properly, be engaged in); grates (render); rimas (show); iter (press on, pursue); natales (pass).-Pass., be at stake. —p.p., āctus: acta nox (past); triumphus (celebrated). — N. pl., deeds. Agrē, -ēs, [Gr. "Aypn], f., Huntress, a hound of Acteon. agrestis, -e, [agro- (by some unc.

analogy)+tis], adj., rustic, wild, sylvan. Pl. as noun, rustics. agricola, -ae, [agro-†cola (cf. incola)], m., planter, husbandman. Agriodūs, -ontos, [Gr. 'Aypiódovs], m., Wild-tooth, one of Acteon's hounds.

āh (ā), interj., ah, oh. Agēnoridēs, -ae, [Agenor + ides], ai, [Gr. At], interj., alas.

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aliquis, -qua, -quod, (-quid), [ali- (as stem of alius) quis], pron., some, any, some or other. As subst., some one, something. aliter, [ali- (as stem of alius) +ter (cf. leviter)], adv., otherwise non aliter (just as). alius, -a, -ud, [?], adj. pron., other, another. As subst., another, some (thing) else, others.

allevõ (adl-), -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [ad-levo], v. tr. 1, raise up, re

lieve.

Alcē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Aλкý], Courage, one almus, -a, -um, [VAL (alo)

of Acteon's hounds. Alcides, [Gr. 'Aλкíôŋs], m., Hercules, as grandson of Alceus. Alcmēna (-ē), -aе, [Gг.ˇAλкμńvn], f., daughter of Electryon, wife of Amphitryo, mother of Hercules by Jupiter.

Alcyonē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Aλkvóvn], f., daughter of Eolus and wife of Сеух.

ales, -itis, [ala + tis (reduced)],

adj., winged. - As noun, bird. aliēnus, -a, -um, [aliŏ- (with unc. lengthening) +nus (cf. egēnus)], adj., of another, another's, strange, foreign.

alimentum, -1, [ali- (stem of alo) +mentum], n., food, sustenance, subsistence (for living creatures, and also for fire, and in figurative uses). Also pl.

aliō, [old dat. of alius, cf. eō], adv., elsewhither, elsewhere (as end of motion).

alipēs, -edis, [ala- (weakened)

pes], adj., wing-footed. — As noun, steed, Mercury. aliquando, [ali- (as stem of alius) quando (cf. aliquis)], adv., at some time, for once (at last, if never before).

+mus], adj., fostering, kindly, propitious.

alnus, -ī, [?], f., alder (tree or wood).

alỗ, -ere, -ui, -itum, (but cf. altus,

altor), [cf. almus], v. tr. 3, nourish, feed, foster.

Alpēs, -ium, [prob. Celtic], f., the Alps.

Alphēïas, -adis, f., the Alphean

One, a name given to Arethusa on account of her union with the river-god Alpheus.

the

Alphēnor, oris, [Gr. 'Aλphvwp], m., one of the sons of Niobe. Alpheos, -i, see Alpheus. Alpheus, -i, [Gr. 'Aλpeiós], m., chief river of Elis; personified, the river-god, husband of Arethusa. Alpīnus, -a, -um, [Alpi- (as stem of Alpes, lengthened)+ nus], adj., of or belonging to the Alps, Alpine. altāre, -is, [alta- (stem of altus) +are (n. of -aris)], n., altar (perh. properly the elevated structure on the top of the raised mound, ara?).

altē, [old abl. of altus], adj., high, (as adv.) aloft.-Comp., altius, too high. From change of point of view, deeply, deep.

alter, -tera, -terum, [al- (reduced | Amathūsius, -a, -um, [Amathus

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alternus, -a, -um, [alter- (as stem

of alter) + nus], adj., alternate; pedes, alternate (i.e. of elegiac verse, pentameter and hexameter alternating); crinibus, with alternate hair (hair alternating with snakes).

Althaea, -ae, [Gr. 'Aλ0aía], f., mother of Meleager, wife of Eneus, king of Calydon. altor, -ōris, [√AL (alo) +tor], m., fosterer, foster-parent (used of Silenus).

altrix, -īcis, [√AL (alo) + trix],

f., nourisher, nurse. altus, -a, -um, [√AL (alo) + tus], adj., fostered. Hence,

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+ius], adj., Amathusian, of Amathus, a city in Cyprus; an epithet of Venus, who was worshipped at Amathus.

amator, -ōris, [amā + tor], m., lover. — As adj., fond of. ambāgēs, -is, [cf. ambigo], f., long story, circumlocution, disguise (of speech), story (impliedly long).

Also of journeys, roundabout course, winding. ambigo, -ere, -ēgī, -āctum, [amb-igo], v. tr. 3, drive around.

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many-formed, two-formed. ambio, -ire, -ii, -itum, [amb-eo], v. tr. irr., go around, surround, explore, come over, grow over (of a bark on a tree).

ambitio, -ōnis, [amb-titio (cf. ambio)], f., (a going round). Esp. to canvass for office, a canvassing. Hence, ambition. ambitiōsus, -a, -um, [†ambitio(as stem of tambitium, cf. exitium) + osus], full of ambition. — Also, being an object of ambition, coveted (honor).

ambo, -ae, -ŏ, [cf. amb-], adj., both (as taken together) (cf.

uterque, each).

ambrosia, -ae, [Gr. àμßpóσlos, immortal], f., ambrosia (the fancied food of the gods).

ambūro, -ere, -ūssī, -ūstum, [amb-uro], v. tr. 3, burn around, scorch.p.p. as adj., scorched.

āmēns, -entis, [a-mens], adj., out |

of one's mind, frenzied, wild.

f., a sea-goddess, wife of Neptune; hence, the Sea.

āmentia, -ae, [ament +ia], f., Amphitryōn, -ōnis, [Gr. 'Aup

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Tρúwv], king of Tiryns, step-father of Hercules. Amphitryōniadēs, -ae, [Amphitryon+iades], m., Hercules, as step-son of Amphitryon. Amphrysius, -a, -um, [Amphryso +ius], adj., belonging to the Amphrysos, Thessalian.

Amphrysos, -i, [Gr. Aμppvoos], m., a river in Thessaly.

ample, [old abl. of amplus], adv., fully. Comp., amplius, more, further, again.

amplector, -i, -plēxus, [amb

plecto], v. dep. 3 (throw one's self around), embrace.

amplēxus, -ūs, [amb-plexus, perh. through amplector], m., embrace, winding-coil (of serpent). amplius, see amplē. Ampycidēs, -ae, m., son of Ampyx, Mopsus, a participant in the Calydonian hunt.

amnicola, -ae, [amni-cola (cf. Amulius, -1, [?], m., younger

colo)], m., river-loving.

amnis, -is, [?], m., river, torrent, stream (more rapid and smaller than fluvius).

amỗ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [?], v. tr. I, love, be in love. - pres. p., lover. -P.P., beloved. amōmum, -i, [Gr. ǎμwμov], n.,

balsam (a fragrant resin). amor, -ōris, [√AM (in amo) +or], m., love, desire.-Trans., object of love, love (as in Eng.), love affair. - Personified, Love. Amphiōn, -onis, [Gr. 'Aupíwv], m., king and builder of Thebes, son of Jupiter and Antiope, husband of Niobe.

Amphitrītē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Aμpitpítn],

brother of Numitor, son of the Alban king Procas.

Amyclae, -ārum, [Gr. 'Aμúkλai], f., an ancient town in Laconia, south of Sparta. Amỹclīdēs, -ae, m., Hyacinthus, a descendant of the Laconian king, Amyclas.

Amymōnē, -es, [Gr. 'Aμvμávn], f., a spring (and nymph) near Argos. Amyntor, -oris, [Gr. 'Aμúvтwp], m., king of the Dolopians in Thessaly, father of Phoenix.

an, [?], conj., or (in interrog.): utrum . . . an (ne . . . an), whether . . . or. With utrum, etc. omitted (in reductio ad absurdum), or (introd. an impos

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