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junctūra, -ae, [junctu + ra (f. of | juvenca, -ae, [juven + ca (f. of

-rus)], f., joining, ligament, web

(of web-footed birds). juncus, -i, [?], m., rush. jungo, -ere, junxi, junctum, [√/JUG], v. tr. 3, yoke, harness, unite, imprint (oscula). — p.p., united with, close by, next to, connected, related. Jūno, -ōnis, [prob. for Jovino, akin to Jupiter], f., the queen of the gods, wife of Jupiter, enemy of Hercules and of the Trojans. Jūnōnius, -a, -um, [†Junon + ius], adj., of Juno: avis, the peacock (sacred to Juno): Samos (the island of Samos, where Juno had a famous temple). Juppiter, Jovis, [†Jovis-pater], the supreme divinity of the Romans, corresponding in general to Zeus of the Greeks: arbor Jovis (the oak); also, the air, the sky. jūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [jus (as if †jura) +o], v. intr. I, swear, swear by (acc.), conspire: juranda palus (the oath of the gods). jūs, jūris, [JU (akin to JUG) + us],

m.,

jure

-cus)], f., heifer.

juvencus, -1, [juven + cus], m.,

bullock, ox.

juvenilis, -e, [juven- (as if juveni-)

+lis], adj., youthful.

juvenis, -is, [?], c. (used as adj. with neuter form], young, youthful. As noun, young man, youth: anni (of youth).

juventa, -ae, [juven+ta (abstract
ending)], f., youth. — Personified,
Hebe, Youth.
juventus, -ūtis, [juven+tus], f.,
youth. Also, the youth (collec-
tively), young men.

juvõ, -āre, jūvī, jūtum, [?], v. tr.
I, aid, assist, help, delight, give
pleasure, be wholesome.
juxtā, [sup. of stem akin to jungo],
adv., near by, close by.

L.

labefacio, -ere, -fēcī, -factum,

[tlabē- (case-form akin to labo) +facio], v. tr. 3, shake, make totter, sway to and fro, wrench. labo, -āre, -āvī, no sup., [?], v. intr. 1, roll, shake, totter, sway, be weak (cf. 'be shaky ').

labor, -ōris, [?], m., toil, fatigue, trouble, difficulty, sorrows (pl.), pain, trial.

n., right (humanly speaking, cf. fas), justice, rights, control (rights over), bond (taedae); (justly, with reason). jussum, -1, [n. p.p. of jubeo], n., order, command, behest, bidding. jūstē, [old abl. of justus], adv., justly, with reason. jūstus, -a, -um, [jus + tus (cf. robustus)], adj., just, lawful, regular, proper, wonted, wellfounded.- — n. pl., what is just, justice, funeral rites, sad offices. juvenālis, -e, [juven + alis], adj., youthful. juvenaliter, [juvenali + ter], adv., | Labros, -ī, [Gr. Aáßpos], m., one of

with youthful strength.

lābor, -ī, lāpsus, [?, akin to labo], v. dep. 3, slide, slip, fall, flow, swim, glide.—p.p., lapsus, flowing, fading, glazing (oculi). labōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [labor(as if labora) + 0], v. intr. 1, toil, be in travail, be in distress, stagger (under a burden). Also, work, strive, care.—p. p., wrought.

Acteon's dogs.

labrum, -i, [akin to labium], n., lip.

lac, lactis, [?], n., milk, juice. Lacedaemon, -onis, [Gr. Aakedaíμwv], f., Lacedæmon or Sparta. lacer, -era, -erum, [?, unc. root +rus], adj., torn, dismembered, shattered, lacerated.

lacerõ, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, [lacerò(as if lacera) + o], v. tr. 1, tear, lacerate.

lacerta, -ae, [?], f., lizard. lacertōsus, -a, -um, [lacerto + osus], adj., muscular. lacertus, -ī, [?, perh. same as lacerta, cf. musculus], m., arm | (perh. orig. of the biceps muscle). Lachnē, -ēs, [Gr. Aáxvn], f., one

of Acteon's hounds. Lacinius, -a, -um, [Gr. Aakíviov], | adj., of Lacinium (a promontory of Southern Italy, on which was a temple of Juno, a landmark for sailors). The name of the promontory is the neut. of the adj. Lacōn, -ōnis, [Gr. Aákwv], m., Laconian, the name of one of Acteon's dogs. Lacōnis, -idis (-idos), f., adj., Laconian; used referring to female dog of Laconian breed. lacrima, -ae, [unc. stem (akin to dáкpv) + ma (f. of -mus)], f.,

tear.

a

lacrimabilis, -e, [lacrimā (stem of lacrimo) + bilis], adj., lamentable: nil lacrimabilis (no cause for tears). lacrimo, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, [lacrima + o], v. intr. 1, weep, shed tears: ebur (of moisture found on it).

lacrimōsus, -a, -um, [lacrima

+osus], adj., tearful (fumus). lactāns, -antis, [lact- (as if lacta)

+0], pres. p. (of lacto), milky (ubera).

lacteus, -a, -um, [lact + eus], adj.,

milky: via (the milky way). lacūna, -ae, [lacu + na (f. of -nus)], f., hollow, gap.

lacus, -ūs, [?], m., lake, pool, reservoir, vat.

Lādōn, -ōnis, [Gr. Aádwv], m.: 1. a river of Arcadia and Elis; 2. one of Acteon's dogs.

laedo, -ere, laesi, laesum, [?], v. tr. 3, hurt, injure, wound, violate, outrage, offend (cf. 'hurt '), hack (ferrum), trample on (ignem). Laelaps, -apis, [Gr. Maîλa¥], m., one of Acteon's dogs. Laertēs, -ae, [Gr. Aaéprns], m., the father of Ulysses.

laetābilis, -e, [laeta + bilis], adj., joyful, acceptable.

laetitia, -ae, [laeto + tia], f., joy. -Personified, Joy.

laetor, -ārī, -ātus, [laetŏ- (as if laeta) + o], v. dep. 1, rejoice, take delight, be glad.

laetus, -a, -um, [unc. root + tus], adj., joyful, glad.

laevus, -a, -um, [?], adj., the left

(hand): laeva (on the left). lambo, -ere, lambi, sup. obs., [?, cf. labium, labrum], v. tr. 3, lick. lamentābilis, -e, [lamenta + bilis], adj., lamentable, distressing.

lāmina, -ae, [?], f., plate (of metal),

metal.

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guidus], v. intr. 2, fail, languish,

die out.

languēsco, -ere, langui, no sup., [langue (stem of langueo) + sco], v. intr. 3, languish, die out, die.

languor, -ōris, [langu- (as if root of langueo) + or], m., languor, weakness.

lānificus, -a, -um, [lana-ficus], adj., wool-making, textile: ars (of spinning or weaving).

lāniger, -era, -erum, [lana-ger (for gerus)], adj., wool-bearing,

fleecy. As noun, fleecy sheep. laniō, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, [lania +0], v. tr. 1, tear, rend, mangle, lacerate.

lānūgo, -inis, [?, †lanu- (akin to

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latebra, -ae, [latē- (weakened) + bra], f., lurking-place, hidingplace, den, haunt. — Fig., riddle (as means of concealing meaning). lateo, -ēre, -ui, no sup., [prob. from adj. stem?], v. intr. 2, be hid, lie hid, skulk, lurk, hide, lie buried (fig.).—pres. p., hidden, secret.

lana) + go], f., down. Laomedōn, -ontos, [Gr. Aavμédwv], m., king of Troy, son of Ilus, father of Priam. lapidōsus, -a, -um, [lapid + osus], latex, -icis, [?], m., water, fluid. Often in pl.

adj., stony.

lapillus, -i, [lapid + lus], m., , little Latinus, -a, -um, [Latiŏ- (or simstone, pebble.

lapis, -idis, [?], m., stone.
lāpsus, -ūs, [lab- (as root) + tus],
m., slip, swoop, shoot, descent (by
gliding), course (of a river).
laqueus, -ī, [?, akin to lacio, perh.
orig. of a pit, cf. lacus], m., snare,

noose.

Lār, Laris, [?, orig. las], m., a
household god, a tutelary divinity.
— Usually in the pl., the special
protectors of the household, spirits
of deceased ancestors, or some
deified persons.
· Less exactly,
hearth, home, house, habitation.
largus, -a, -um, [?], adj., bounte-
ous, generous, bountiful.
lascivio, -ire, -i, -itum, [la-
scivo- (as if lascivi-) + o], v.

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pler stem) + inus], adj., Latin, of Rome.

latito, -āre, -āvī, no sup., [†latitŏ

(or kindred stem) + o (cf. lateo)], v. intr. I, hide, lurk. Latius, -a, -um, [†latu- (or -0)

(akin to λarús,) + ius], adj., of Latium, Latin, Roman. Lātōïs, -idis, [Gr. AnTwis], f., daughter of Latona (Leto), Diana. Lātōna, -ae, (Gr. Aŋrw+na (cf. Diana, Neptunus)], f., the mother of Apollo and Diana. Lātōnius, -a, -um, [†Latona (reduced) + ius], adj., of Latona. As subst. f., daughter of Latona (Diana).

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Lātōus, -a, -um, [Gr. Antwos], adj., of Latona.

lātrātus, -ūs, [latrā + tus], m., | lēctus, -ī, [?, √LEG + tus], m.,

barking, baying, bark. lātrõ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [?, prob. from noun stem], v. intr. 1, bark. -pres. p., lātrāns (as noun), barking dog. lātūrus, see fero.

lātus, -a, -um, [?, prob. for †platus], adj., broad, wide: in latum (in width).

latus, -eris, [?], n., side, flank:

omne latus, every side (fig.). laudõ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [†laud +o], v. tr. 1, praise, commend, approve, speak well of, extol. laurea, -ae, [laurò + ea (f. -eus)], f., laurel.

of

laureus, -a, -um, [†laurŏ- (re-
duced) + eus], adj., of laurel.
laurus, -i, [?], f., laurel.
laus, laudis, [?, prob. for †claus],
f., glory. — Pl., creditable acts;
also same sense as sing.
Lāvinium, -ī, [†Lavinŏ- (reduced)
+ius], n., the town in Latium

bed, bier, couch.

Lēda, -ae, [Gr. Anda], f., wife of
Tyndareus, king of Sparta, mother
of Helen, Castor, and Pollux.
legō, -ere, lēgī, lectum, [√LEG],
v. tr. 3, pick out, choose, pick,
gather. Hence, read, thread (a
path, etc.), coast (along a shore).
Lelex, -egis, [Gr. Aéλe§], m., a

sharer in the Calydonian hunt,
from Naryx in Locris.
lēna, -ae, [?], f., procuress.
Lēnaeus, -ī, [Gr. Anvaîos], m. adj.,
(of the winepress), an epithet of
Bacchus. Pater, Bacchus.
lēnio, -ire, -ivī, -itum, [leni + o],
v. tr. 4, soften, appease.
lēnis, -is, [?], adj., gentle, soft,
kindly.

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leniter, [leni + ter], adv., gently. - Comp., lēnius, less violently, less fiercely.

lentē, [old abl. of lentus], adv., slowly.

built by Æneas and named after | lentiscifer, -era, -erum, [lentisco

his wife, Lavinia. lavō, -āre (-ere), -āvi (lāvi),

-ātum (lautum, lōtum), [akin to luo, through noun stem], v. tr. I and 3, wash, bathe.

lea, -ae, [f. of leo, through earlier form], f., lioness.

leaena, -ae, [Gr. λéaiva], f., lioness. Leandros, -ī, [Gr. Aéavdpos], m., Leander (a youth who swam the Hellespont from Abydos to Sestos to visit his mistress, Hero). Learchus, -i, [Gr. Aéapxos], m., a son of Athamas and Ino. Lebinthos, -i, [Gr. Aéßiveos], f., a little island off the southwest coast of Asia Minor.

lector, -õris, [√/LEG+ tor], m., a reader.

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fer], adj., mastic-bearing. lentus, -a, -um, [len (as root of lenis) + tus], adj., pliable, winding, sinuous. Hence (on the one hand), tough; (on the other), sluggish, lingering, slow, dormant. leo, -ōnis, [?, simple stem (cf. lea) +o], m., lion. -So, the Lion (constellation).

lepus, leporis, [?], m., hare. Lerna, -ae, [Gr. Aépvn], f., a lake

and marsh near Argos, where Hercules slew the famous hydra. Lernaeus, -a, -um, [Gr. Aepvaîos]. adj., of Lerna, Lernæan. Lesbius, -a, -um, [Gr. Aéoßios], adj., of Lesbos, Lesbian: Lesbia vates, Sappho (a famous Lesbian poetess).

Lesbos, -i, [Gr. Aéo Bos], f., an libātus, -ūs, [libā + tus], m., liba

island in the Ægean, famous for its wine and as the birthplace of the poetess Sappho and the poet Alcæus.

Lēthaeus, -a, -um, [Gr. Andaîos], adj., of Lethe, Lethaan. — Less exactly, causing forgetfulness: sucus. Lēthē, -ēs, [Gr. Aýơn], f., a river of the lower world, whose waters caused those who drank of them to forget the past. It also flowed past the dwelling of Sleep. lētifer, -era, -erum, [letŏ + fer],

adj., deadly.

lēto, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, [letŏ- (as if leta) + o], v. tr. 1, kill, murder. lētum, -i, [?], n., death. Leucippus, -ī, [Gr. Aeúkɩππos], m., brother of the Messenian king Aphareus, and a sharer in the Calydonian hunt.

Leucōn, -ōnis, [Gr. Acúкwv], m., one of Acteon's dogs. Leucōsia, -ae, [Gr. Aevкwoía], f., an island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum.

Leucothee, -ēs, [Gr. Aevкoléa], f.,

a sea-goddess into whom Ino, daughter of Cadmus, was changed. levis, -e, [?, for †legvis], adj., light (not heavy), slight, thin, unsubstantial, light (swift), airy, bloodless (shades), fickle.

lēvis, -e, [?, cf. λeîos], adj., smooth. levitas, -ātis, [levi-tas], f., light

ness.

levõ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [levi- (as if leva) +o], v. tr. 1, lighten, raise, lift. — Fig., lighten (curam), relieve, assist. — Also, strip. lēx, lēgis, [√LEG, in lego, but conn. unc.], f., law (statute), order, control, condition, terms (of a bargain).

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libet (lubet), -ēre, libuit (libitum est), [prob. †lubŏ- (√LUB +us) + eo], v. intr. imp. 2, it pleases, one would like.— pres. p., libēns, gladly, with joy.

libido, -inis, [?, unc. stem from

√LUB (in libet) + do], f., desire, passion, lust, fancy, inclination. lībŏ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [?, cf. libum], v. tr. 1, pour (as libation), dip up (as sample for libation), take off (a little from a

mass). Hence, skim (arenam). librō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [libra +o], v. tr. 1, (weigh), poise, swing, brandish cursum, wing its flight (of a bird).

lībum, -1, [akin to libo], n., cake (used in sacrifice).

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