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ad-sterno, -sternere,

-, adstrātum, | aeger, -gra, -grum, sick, weak; sorrowful.

cast one's self down before. ad-stõ, -stāre, -stiti, stand by, be present. adstrātus, -a, -um, see ad-sterno. adstrictus, -a, -um, partic. adj. [adstringo] congealed, frozen.

ad-stringo, -stringere, -strinxi, -strictum, bind, fasten together, solidify: congeal, freeze. ad-struo, -struere, -strūxi, -structum, build to, add to, acquire in addition to. ad-suēsco, -suescere, -suēvi, -suētum, accustom one's self, become accustomed, be accustomed.

adsuētūdo, -inis, f. custom; familiarity. adsuētus, -a, -um, partic. adj. [adsuēsco] accustomed, customary, usual.

ad-sum, -esse, -fui, be present, be at hand; come; help, assist; be in (annis): tanta simplicitas adfuit puerilibus annis, on account of her youth she was so simple. (Lucifer) adfuit, was present, shone. adulter, -eri, m. adulterer. aduncus, -a, -um, curved, crooked. ad-ūrŏ, -ūrere, -ūssī, -ūstum, burn, singe, destroy with heat or cold.

adūstus, -a, -um, partic. adj. [adūrŏ]

burnt.

ad-veho, -vehere, -vexi, -vectum, bring to. Passive: arrive at, come to. advena, -ae, m. stranger.

adventus, -ūs, m. arrival, approach. adversus, -a, -um, [adverto] turned to, opposite, facing; hostile.

Aegeus, -ei, m. Aegeus, father of The

seus.

Aegyptius, -a, -um, Egyptian.

aelinon (aïdivov), the refrain of a Grecian folk-song of sorrowful character, woe (to me)! alas!

aemulus, -1, m. rival, competitor. Aeneadēs, -ae, m. descendant of Aeneas, especially Julius Caesar.

Aenēās, -ae, m. Aeneas, son of Venus and Anchises. He was a Trojan, and after the destruction of his native city he settled in Italy. His voyages and adventures are related by Vergil. Aenēius, -a, -um, of Aeneas. arma Vergil's Aeneid, of which Aeneas was the hero and which begins with the words: arma virumque canō.

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Aeolidēs, -ae, m. descendant of the Thessalian king Aeolus, especially his son Sisyphus.

Aeolius, -a, -um, Aeolian, of Aeolus, ruler of the Winds.

Aeolus, -i, m. Aeolus, the king of the Winds.

aequalis, -e, equal, of equal size, of equal age. Subst. one of equal age; companion, playmate.

ad-verto, -vertere, -verti, -versum, turn aequo, -are, -āvi, -ātum, equal, make

to, direct towards.

Aeacides, -ae, m. descendant of Aeacus, especially Achilles, the grandson of Aeacus.

Aeacus, -1, m. Aeacus, son of Jupiter

even, make equal, level. solō aequare, level to the ground. aequata (mēnsa), made level.

aequor, -oris, n. [aequus] the level sea, the

sea.

and the nymph Aegina, father of Tela-aequoreus, -a, -um, of the sea, marine; mon, Peleus, and Phocus. Acc. Aeacon.

aedēs (or aedis), -is, f. temple; Pl. house, dwelling.

Aeēta, -ae, m. Aeetes, King of Colchis, father of Medea.

Aeētēs, -ae, see Aeēta.

Aegaeon, -ōnis, m. Aegaeon, a hundredarmed giant, represented as riding a whale.

dwelling on the sea, island-dwelling (Britanni).

aequum, -1, n. level, equality; justice, right. ex aequo, equally. amantior aequi, fonder of justice.

aequus, -a, -um, even, just; friendly, favorable, propitious.

āēr, -eris, m. [ảńp] air, atmosphere; breath (bucina concepit). Acc. āera.

aeripes, -pedis, adj. with feet of bronze, bronze-footed.

aes, aeris, n. bronze, copper; instrument of bronze (trumpet, table of laws, fishhook); the bronze age.

causam agere, plead a case; celebrate (triumphum); express (grātēs); keep (silentia).

agricola, -ae, m. [ager, colo] farmer,

husbandman.

Aesōn, -onis, m. Aeson, the father of Ja- ah (or ā), interj. ah! oh! alas!

son.

Aesonides, -ae, m. son of Aeson = Jason. Aesonius, -a, -um, of Aeson; Aesonius hērōs, the heroic son of Aeson = Jason. aestās, -ātis, f. summer; Aestās, Summer (personified), the goddess of summer. aestuŏ, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, boil, glow; burn with love.

AI, [at] marks on the flower hyacinthus, interpreted as the interj. alas! (aî) and also as the first letters of Aiax (Aïas). Aiāx, -ācis, m. Ajax: 1. Son of Telamon, King of Salamis. Of the brave besiegers of Troy, this Ajax was second only to Achilles. 2. Son of Oïleus, King of Locris. He, too, fought at Troy on the Grecian side.

aestus, -ūs, m. heat, burning; warmth, āio, ait, say.

summer.

aetās, -ātis, f. time, age, season, life. aeternus, -a, -um, everlasting, eternal. in aeternum, forever.

Aethaliōn, -ōnis, m. Aethalion, a sailor. aether, -eris, m. [ai0ńp] ether, air, upper air, heavens, sky. aether is higher and lighter than āēr.

ala, -ae, f. wing.

Alastōr, -oris, m. Alastor, a Lycian, ally of the Trojans, slain by Ulysses. albus, -a, -um, white.

Alcander, -drī, m. Alcander, a Lycian, ally of the Trojans, slain by Ulysses. Alcimedōn, -ontis, m. Alcimedon, a sailor.

aetherius, -a, -um, of the sky, etherial, āles, -itis, adj. [āla] winged. Subst. m.

heavenly, celestial.

Aethiops, -opis, m. Ethiopian.

Aethōn, -ōnis, m. Aethon, one of the Sungod's horses.

Aetna, -ae, f. Aetna, volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Aetōlius, -a, -um, Aetolian, from Aetolia,

an inland country of Greece. Aetōlius hērōs Diomede.

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aevum, -1, n. time, lifetime, age, generation; old age (aevo solūti); viridi ab aevō, from early youth. Africa, -ae, f. Africa.

ager, agri, m. field, land; country.

agito, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [freq. of ago]

drive; shake, stir up; brandish (hastam).

āgmen, -inis, n. [agỗ] troop, swarm, army. agmen cōgere, bring up the rear, close the file.

agnōsco, -nōscere, -nōvī, -nitum, recog

nize.

ago, agere, ēgī, āctum, set in motion, drive, lead; do, act; of time: pass; rimās agere, form cracks, be split;

and f. bird.

Alexander, -drī, m. Alexander, the great King of Macedon, conqueror of Asia, founder of Alexandria in Egypt (Alexandri urbs).

aliēnus, -a, -um, [alius] belonging to another, foreign, strange.

alimentum, -1, n. [alŏ] nourishment, food.

alipēз, -pedis, [āla, pēs] wing-footed, swift.

aliqui, -qua, -quod, adj. pron. some, any. aliquis, -qua, -quid, subst. pron. some one, any one. est aliquid, it is something (important).

aliter, adv. otherwise.

alius, -a, -ud, other, another, different.

almus, -a, -um, [alõ] nourishing; benefi

cent, kind, propitious.

alo, alere, alui, altum (or alitum), nourish, support, raise. Passive: feed one's self (avibus).

Alphēias, -adis, f. Arethusa, the bride of the river-god Alpheus. altaria, -ium, n. altar.

altē, adv. high. Comp. altius, higher, too high.

alter, -era, -erum, the other, second. | 2. Amor, -ōris, m. Amor, Cupid, the god

alter-alter, the one-the other.

alterius.

Gen.

altor, -ōris, m. [alŏ] foster-father.
altum, -1, n. the deep, the sea.
altus, -a, -um, [alŏ]: 1. high, elevated.
altissima via, the highest part of the
way. 2. deep, profound (silentia).
alumnus, -1, m. [alỗ] foster-son.
alveus, -1, m. bed (of a stream), channel.

amāns, -antis, partic. adj. [amŏ] fond,
loving. Subst. m. and f. lover.

of love, the son of Venus.

amplector, -plecti, -plexus sum, embrace.

amplexus, -ūs, m. embrace.

amplius, adv. comp. further, longer, more. an, conj. 1. in the second part of a disjunctive question, direct or indirect, or. The first part is usually introduced by utrum or -ne, but these may be omitted. 2. in simple questions, or, whether. 3. after expressions of doubt, whether. ancora, -ae, f. anchor.

amārus, -a, -um, bitter (sūcus); fig. Andraemon, -onis, m. Andraemon, King bitter, painful, sad.

amātor, -ōris, m. [amỗ] lover.
[ambages], -is, f. [amb, ago] going
around by a circuitous route; circumlo-
cution, evasion. falsi positis am-
bāgibus ōris, avoiding deceptive cir-
cumlocutions. In Sing. used only in Abl.
ambiguus, -a, -um, ambiguous, doubtful.
(Proteus) of many forms, capable of
assuming various shapes.

ambitiō, -ōnis, f. going around; can

vassing, soliciting votes or a favor. ambitiōsus, -a, -um, begging, soliciting. ambitiōsa fuit, used earnest entreaty. ambō, -ae, -ō, both. ambrosia, -ae, f. ambrosia, the food of the immortals, eaten also by the Sun's

horses.

of Aetolia, father of Thoas, who fought at Troy.

Andromeda, -ae, f. Andromeda, an Ethiopian princess who was rescued from a sea-monster by Perseus.

anguis, -is, m. and f. 1. serpent, snake. 2. the Dragon, a constellation in the northern sky.

angulus, -1, m. corner.

angustus, -a, -um, narrow, close. rēs angustae, misfortune.

anhēlitus, -ūs, m. breath, breathing, panting.

anhēlỗ, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, breathe, exhale,

emit.

anhēlus, -a, -um, panting, out of breath. anilis, -e, [anus] of an old woman, weak, feeble.

amb-ūro, -ūrere, -ūssī, -ūstum, burn anima, -ae, f. breath, life, soul; Pl. espearound, scorch.

cially, souls of the dead, shades.

āmēns, -entis, adj. [mēns] without sense, animal, -ālis, n. animal.

senseless, beside one's self, mad. amentia, -ae, f. loss of senses, madness. amica, -ae, f. friend, sweetheart, mistress.

amictus, -ūs, m. clothing, dress, veil. 1. amicus, -I, m. friend.

2. amicus, -a, -um, friendly, kind, favorable.

a-mitto, -mittere, -misi, -missum, lose. amnis, -is, m. river, stream; personified, River, River-god.

amŏ, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, love.

1. amor, -ōris, m. love, desire; Sing. and Pl. abstract for concrete love, loved one, darling; amōrēs, love-songs.

animōsus, -a, -um, [animus] spirited.

animus, -1, m. mind, spirit, soul, feeling,
courage, anger. animis nostris (dē-
trahe), from my mind. animum di-
mittit, directs his mind, turns his
attention. quid tibi animi foret, how
would you feel? animis minōra,
humbler than my wrath. animus
suādēbat, my feelings urged me, I felt
an impulse.

annus, -I, m. year, time, time of life, life,
age. crescentēs annōs abstulit,
carried her off in her youth.
anser, -eris, m. goose.

ante: 1. adv. before, in place or time.
antequam, before, sooner than.

ante

of.

(volat), ahead, in advance. 2. prep. | apud, prep. with Acc. with, in the presence with Acc. before, in the presence of, in preference to. ante diem, before the time, prematurely.

ante-eo, -ire, -ii, -itum, go before; sur-
pass, outrank. All forms in Ovid are to
be read with Synizesis, i.e. the e in ante
does not make a separate syllable.
antemna, -ae, f. yard, sail-yard, to which
the sails were fastened.

Antēnōr, -oris, m. Antenor, a prominent
Trojan, in favor of peace.
Antilochus, -1, m. Antilochus, son of Nes-
tor, killed at Troy.

Antinous, -1, m. Antinous, one of Pen-
elope's suitors.

antiquus, -a, -um, [ante] ancient, former, old.

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apertus, -a, -um, [aperio] open, exposed, unprotected; clear.

apex, -icis, m. point, head, summit. apis, -is, f. bee.

Apollo, -inis, m. Apollo, son of Jupiter
and Latona, brother of Diana, the deified
Sun, the god of poetry, music, prophecy,
etc.

1. ap-pello, -pellere, -puli, pulsum,
drive to; especially of a ship, land.
2. appello, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, call, call
upon, address, accost.

aqua, -ae, f. water.

aquilō, -ōnis, m. the north wind; personified, North-wind, Boreas.

aquōsus, -a, -um, [aqua] watery, rain-
bringing.

āra, -ae, f. altar; the Altar, a low con-
stellation in the southern sky.
arātor, -ōris, m. [arŏ] plowman,
arātrum, -1, n. [arŏ] plow.
Arātus, -i, m. Aratus, a Greek poet who

flourished about 270 B.C., famous as the author of certain astronomical poems. arbitrium, -1, n. judgment, decision; will,

power.

arbor, -oris, f. tree. Iovis arbor, the oak. Pelias arbor = the ship Argo. arboreus, -a, -um, of a tree, of trees. arbustum, -1, n. trees; a group of trees, plantation, orchard.

arbuteus, -a, -um, of the arbutus or strawberry-tree.

arbutus, -1, f. the arbutus, arbute-tree, strawberry-tree: a small tree or shrub bearing fruit somewhat similar to the strawberry.

arcānum, -1, n. secret.

arcānus, -a, -um, secret, mysterious. arceo, -ēre, -ui, keep off, ward off, hin

der, prevent.

Arcēsius, -1, m. Arcesius, the father of La

ertes, and so the grandfather of Ulysses. Arctos, -1, f. [äρктos, bear] the Bear, especially the Great Bear: a constellation in the northern sky, which to inhabitants of the northern hemisphere never sinks below the horizon, hence inmunis aequoris.

arcus, -ūs, m. bow, e.g. Cupid's bow;
rainbow; zone, district in the sky cor-
responding to a zone on the earth.
ārdeō, -ēre, ārsī, ārsum, burn, glow,
blaze; burn with love.

ap-plico, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, direct to, land. ardor, -ōris, m. glow, burning, passion.

aptē, adv. fittingly.

aptă, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, fit on, put on, place.

arduus, -a, -um, steep, high. in ardua

montis, up the mountain-side, to the top of the mountain.

aptus, -a, -um, fitting, proper, suitable, area, -ae, f. open space, ground, field; adapted.

threshing-floor.

arēna, see harēna, sand. ārēns, entis, partic. adj. [are] dry, parched, withered; ripe. āreč, -ēre, be dry, be parched. Arethusa, -ae, f. Arethusa, a nymph of Elis in Greece, who, being pursued by the river-god Alpheus, prayed for help and was transformed into a spring, which flowed under the sea to Sicily and there reappeared on the Island of Ortygia, a part of the city of Syracuse.

argenteus, -a, -um, of silver, silver.

argentum, -1, n. silver.

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argestēs, -ae, m. the northwest wind, Athenae, -arum, f. Athens, the famous

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city of Greece.

Atlantiadēs, -ae, m. descendant of Atlas,

especially Mercury, his grandson.

Atlantis, -idis, f. daughter of Atlas, espe

cially Maia, the mother of Mercury.

Atlas, -antis, m. Atlas: 1. the giant. 2.

the mountain in Africa.

atque, ac, conj. and, and also; as, than. Atreus, -ei, m. Atreus, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Atrīdēs, -ae, m. son of Atreus, especially Agamemnon (māior Atrīdēs) and Menelaus (minor Atrīdēs).

atrium, -1, n. the atrium, the main hall of a Roman house.

atrōx, -ōcis, adj. fierce, hostile.

attamen, conj. but, yet, nevertheless.

armifer, -fera, -ferum, bearing arms, at-tineo, -ēre, -tinuï, -tentum, pertain

armed; warlike.

armo, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, arm, give arms to. aro, -āre, -āvi, -atum, plow, cultivate. ars, -tis, f. art, science, skill, cunning; trade, profession.

artifex, -ficis, m. [ars, facio] artificer, originator, author, schemer.

to, concern, be of consequence. at-tollo, -ere, raise, lift.

attonitus, -a, -um, thunderstruck, astonished, confused.

at-traho, -trahere, -trāxi, -trāctum, at

tract.

attuli, see adferð.

1. artus, -a, -um, close, close-fitting, nar- auceps, -cupis, m. [avis, capio] birdrow, strait.

catcher, fowler.

2. artus, -ūs, m. limb (of the body), mem- auctor, -ōris, m. and f. author, originator,

ber, body. Usually in Pl.

arundō, see harundō, reed. arvum, -î, n. [arŏ] plowed land, field. arx, -cis, f. citadel, castle, palace; highest point, summit.

Ascraeus, -a, -um, of Ascra, a town in Boeotia where lived Hesiod, the Gre

inventor, giver. sanguinis, ancestor.

auctor generis or

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