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auferð, -ferre, abstuli, ablatum, carry | auxiliaris, -e, helpful, helping, assisting. auxilium, -1, n. help, aid, assistance.

off, take off, take away, remove, destroy; carry off as a prize, win.

augeŏ, -ēre, auxí, auctum, increase, cause to grow, multiply, add to. augurium, -1, n. interpretation of omens, prophecy.

auguror, -ārī, -ātus sum, prophesy, in

terpret omens; suppose, infer.

Augustus, -1, m. Augustus, Emperor of

Rome.

aula, -ae, f. court, palace.

Aulis, -idis, f. Aulis, a Boeotian seaport where the Grecian fleet assembled when about to start for Troy.

aura, -ae, f. breeze, wind, air, breath. aurātus, -a, -um, [aurum] gilded, golden, covered or adorned with gold.

aureus, -a, -um, golden, of gold, gold. vis aurea, power of turning things into gold.

avārus, -a, -um, eager, greedy, miserly. a-vello, -ere, -velli or -vulsi, -vulsum, pluck off, tear away.

avēna, -ae, f. oats; straw, reed, out of which the shepherd's pipe (flute) was made.

Avernus, -1, m. Lake Avernus, near Cumae, where there was supposed to be an entrance to the Under World. Hence Avernus sometimes = the Under World, the Lower World.

Avernus, -a, -um, adj. of Avernus, of the Lower World.

aversus, -a, -um, [avertŏ] turned away, fleeing; unfriendly, hostile.

a-verto, -ere, -verti, -versum, turn

away.

avidus, -a, -um, greedy, eager for, desirous of.

aurifer, -fera, -ferum, gold-bearing, gold- avis, -is, f. bird. vēlātur avibus, producing.

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1. aurōra, -ae, f. dawn.

clothes himself with bird-feathers.

avītus, -a, -um, [avus] of one's grandfather, ancestral.

avium, -1, n. unfrequented way, wilder

ness.

2. Aurora, -ae, f. Aurora, the goddess of avus, -1, m. grandfather, ancestor.

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Baccha, -ae, f. Bacchante, a raving priestess or attendant of the wine-god Bacchus. Baccheus, -a, -um, Bacchic, pertaining to Bacchus, of Bacchus.

ausum, -1, n. [audeo] daring deed, bold Bacchiadae, -ārum, m. the Bacchiadae,

undertaking.

aut, conj. or, or else. aut-aut, either—

or.

the founders of Syracuse, formerly a prominent family of Corinth, claiming origin from Bacchus.

autem, conj. but, yet, however, neverthe- bacchor, -ārī, -ātus sum, revel, celebrate

less, on the other hand.

autumnālis, -e, of autumn, autumn. autumnus, -1, m. [augeŏ] autumn, fall. Personified, Autumnus, the god of autumn.

Bacchic rites.

Bacchus, -1, m. Bacchus, the god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele. By Metonymy = wine.

baculum, -1, n. staff, stick.

bālaena, -ae, f. whale.
ballista, -ae, f. ballista, a machine for
throwing large stones and similar projec-

tiles.

barba, -ae, f. beard.

barbaria, -ae, f. barbarism, rusticity; barbarian lands.

barbaricus, -a, -um, barbarian, barbaric,

foreign (not Roman or Grecian). barbarus, -a, -um, barbaric, barbarian,

biforis, -e, having two doors or wings.
biforēs valvae, folding-doors.
biformis, -e, two-formed, two-shaped.
bimaris, -e, on two seas.
bini, -ae, -a, two each, two.
bis, adv. twice.

blaesus, -a, -um, lisping, stammering.
blandior, -iri, -itus sum, flatter, fawn
upon, caress.

foreign. Subst. barbarus, barbara, bar- blanditia, -ae, f. flattery, caressing, blan

barian.

dishment.

Bassus, -1, m. Bassus, a Roman poet, blandus, -a, -um, flattering, fawning, friend of Ovid.

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Battus, -1, m. Battus, a herdsman of
Neleus, King of Pylos.

Baucis, -idis, f. Baucis, wife of Philemon.
beatus, -a, -um, happy, blessed, pros-
perous, wealthy, rich.

Bēlides, -um, f. the Danaides, the fifty
daughters of Danaus, granddaughters of
Belus, who, with one exception, slew
their husbands at the instigation of their
father and were condemned in the Lower
World to dip water in sieves.
bellator, -ōris, m. warrior.
bellum, -1, n. war, contest, strife.

bēlua, -ae, f. great beast, monster; ele-
phant.

bene, adv. comp. melius, super. optime, well, properly, carefully, completely. benefactum, -1, n. good deed, service, kindness, favor, benefit.

benignus, -a, -um, kind, favorable, friendly, generous; fruitful, productive.

caressing, enticing.

Boeōtia, -ae, f. Boeotia, a district in
Greece.

bonus, -a, -um, comp. melior, super. op-
timus, good, kind, friendly; happy,
contented.

Bōōtēs, -ae, m. Bootes (Ox-driver), a con-
stellation near the Great Bear; the same
as Arctophylax (the Bear-keeper).
boreas, -ae, m. north wind. Personificd,
Boreas, the god of the north wind.
bōs, bovis, m. and f. ox, steer, cow.
bracchium, -1, n. arm, fore-arm.

brac

chia dare ad, reach, stretch out his arms to, seize.

brevis, -e, short, small, narrow, brief. breviter, adv. briefly, shortly.

būbō, -ōnis, m. owl, of a large species; a
bird of ill omen.

bucina, -ae, f. horn, shell, trumpet.
būstum, -1, n. tomb.

buxum, -1, n. wood of the box-tree (buxus),
box-wood, of a whitish color.

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Berecyntius, -a, -um, Berecyntian, from cacumen, -inis, n. head, peak, top, sum

Berecyntus, a mountain in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele. Hence Berecyntius hērōs Midas, the son of Cybele.

bibo, -ere, bibi, drink.

mit.

cado, -ere, cecidi, casum, fall, sink; perish, be destroyed, be killed; (of stars) set, sink.

bicolor, -ōris, two-colored. Of the olive, caducifer, -fera, -ferum, carrying the

green and black.

bicornis, -e, two-horned, two-pronged.

herald's staff (caduceus), wand-bearing. Subst. Mercury.

caecus, -a, -um, blind; unseen, invisible, hidden, dark, obscure.

bidēns, -entis, adj. having two teeth, having two rows of teeth complete. Hence bidēns, f. two-year-old sheep for sacri- caedēs, -is, f. [caedo] murder, slaughter;

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caedo, -ere, cecidi, caesum, cut down, cut | candēsco, -ere, candui, become white hot, off, cut; kill, slay. begin to glow.

caelamen, -inis, n. bas-relief work, carv- candidus, -a, -um, white, fair.

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cāneŏ, -ēre, -ui, be gray, be white.

cānēscă, -ere, become gray, turn white, become parched.

canis, -is, m. and f. dog.

cānitiēs, -ēī, f. whiteness, grayness, hoari

ness.

canna, -ae, f. cane, reed; the shepherd's pipe.

cano, -ere, cecini, sing; relate; prophesy. canere receptūs, give the signal for retreat.

Canopus, -1, m. Canopus, a city in Egypt. canōrus, -a, -um, [canŏ] tuneful, musica!, harmonious. Tritōna canōrum, the trumpeter Triton.

canto, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, sing, sing of, celebrate.

cantus, -ūs, m. song, enchantment, charm.

calamus, -I, m. reed, cane; fishing-rod; cānus, -a, -um, white, gray. cāni, gray

writing pen.

calathus, -i, m. basket.

calco, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, tread, tread upon, step on, especially of treading the grapes in a wine-press.

calēns, -entis, partic. adj. warm, hot. caleŏ, -ēre, -ui, be warm, be hot, burn. calesco, -ere, calui, become warm, grow

hot.

calidus, -a, -um, warm, hot, burning. cālīgo, -inis, f. darkness, obscurity, mist, fog.

callidus, -a, -um, cunning, clever, crafty, skilful. Often to be taken with the verb and translated adverbially.

calor, -ōris, m. warmth, heat, glow. Calvus, -i, m. Calvus (82-47 B.c.), a Roman

poet, friend of Catullus.

Calydōnius, -a, -um, Calydonian. The spear of Diomede is called Calydonian because his grandfather Oeneus was King of Calydon in Aetolia.

Calymnē, -ēs, f. Calymne, a small island southwest of Asia Minor.

campus, -1, m. field, plain.

candeo, -ēre, -ui, be white, be white hot, glow.

hairs.

capella, -ae, f. goat, she-goat; Capella, a star in the constellation Auriga, which rises in the rainy season.

capillus, -1, m. hair of the head, hair. capio, capere, cēpī, captum, take, scize, grasp, catch, capture, captivate; hold, contain; take, receive.

Capitolium,-1, n. [caput] the Capitol, the magnificent temple of Jupiter Capitolinus on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Also = the Capitoline Hill.

captivus, -a, -um, captured, captive. Subst. captive.

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captă, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, try to seize, try to grasp, try to catch; catch.

caput, -itis, n. head; person, life; top, summit; source. caput (iecoris), head, protuberance on the upper part of the liver.

carbasus, -1, f. sail, sailcloth.

carcer, -eris, m. prison, place of confinement; barrier, starting-place (of the race-course).

cardo, -inis, m. door-hinge, hinge. careo, -ēre, -ui, be without, be free from, be deprived of, do without. carendus dempto fine, lost forever.

carica, -ae, f. (Carian) fig, dried fig. cariēs, [-ēl], f. decay, ruin. carīna, -ae, f. keel of a ship; ship. cariōsus, -a, -um, wasting, decaying, rot

ten.

carmen, -inis, n. song, poem; prophecy; incantation, charm; inscription. carnifex, -ficis, m. hangman, executioner. carpo, -ere, carpsi, carptum, pluck, gather; criticize, find fault with. gramen carpere, crop the grass. iter, vias carpere, make one's way, go, advance. trames carpitur, the path is climbed.

cārus, -a, -um, dear, precious, beloved. casa, -ae, f. hut.

caseus, -1, m. cheese.

cassis, -idis, f. helmet (of metal).

cassus, -a, -um, empty, vain, fruitless. Castalius, -a, -um, Castalian, from the Castalian Spring on Mount Parnassus, which was sacred to the Muses. castra, -ōrum, n. camp.

castus, -a, -um, pure, chaste, innocent. cāsus, -ūs, m. [cado] chance, fall, misfortune. cāsū, by chance.

Catullus, -I, m. Catullus (87-54 B.C.), a famous lyric poet of Rome.

periority, be inferior to; pass over into, be transferred to (in amnem). celeber, -bris, -bre, famous, celebrated; thronged with, crowded.

celebră, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, celebrate; crowd, throng, frequent.

celer, -eris, -ere, swift, quick, fleet. celer penna, fleeing swiftly by means of his wings. Often to be taken with the verb and translated adverbially.

cēlă, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, conceal, hide.
celsus, -a, -um, high, lofty.
ire, go too high.

celsiorem

cēnsus, -ūs, m. property-valuation by the censor; wealth, riches, fortune. Cēphisis, -idis, adj. fem. of the Cephisus. Cēphīsus, -1, n. the Cephisus, a river in Phocis, which rises on Mount Parnassus. cēra, -ae, f. wax. The writing-tablets were coated with wax.

Cerealis, -e, of Ceres. Cerealia munera (dōna), the gifts of Ceres = bread. Cerēs, -eris, f. Ceres, goddess of agriculture; by Metonymy, grain.

cernă, -ere, see, distinguish, behold. certamen, -inis, n. contest, strife, battle. tanti certaminis hērēs, the winner of the great prize for which we are contending.

catulus, -I, m. the young of various ani- certatim, adv. emulously, eagerly; vie with mals; especially, puppy, dog.

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certē, adv. certainly, surely; at least. certo, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, strive, contend,

endeavor.

certus, -a, -um, sure, certain, fixed, clear, unerring. certum mihi est, I am resolved. certum facere, certiōrem facere, inform. certiorem esse, be informed, learn. certus amor, true love.

cerva, -ae, f. hind, deer. cervix, -icis, f. neck. cervus, -i, m. stag, deer.

cēsso, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, delay, loiter, stop, lose time, rest, be idle, be negligent. cēssare prō, not take an interest in.

Cecropius, -a, -um, Cecropian = Athe- [cēterus], -a, -um, remaining, rest of. cēnian.

cēdo, -ere, cēssi, cēssum, go, proceed, go away; yield, give way, acknowledge su

tera via, the rest of the way. cetera, all else, the rest.

ceu, adv. as, just as, like, as if.

chaos, (no Genitive) n. chaos, empty space, | civis, -is, m. citizen, inhabitant, fellowconfusion. By Metonymy, the Under

World.

citizen.

clādēs, -is, f. loss, disaster, misfortune.

Charops, -opis, m. Charops, a Trojan, slain clam, adv. secretly.

by Ulysses.

charta, -ae, f. paper, leaf of papyrus.

clāmŏ, -āre, -āvi, -ātum, cry, shout, exclaim, call aloud.

Charybdis, -is, f. Charybdis, a whirlpool clamor, -ōris, m. cry, shout, call, applause,

between Italy and Sicily.

Chersidamas, -antis, m. Chersidamas, a
Trojan, slain by Ulysses.

Chius, -a, -um, Chian, of Chius, an island
on the coast of Asia Minor.
chorda, -ae, f. chord, string.
chorus, -1, m. dance, choral dance; band,
troop. in chori speciem, in a dance-
like manner.

Chromius, -I, m. Chromius, a Lycian, ally

of the Trojans, slain by Ulysses.

Chrysē, -ēs, f. Chryse, a city in the Troad, with a temple to Apollo.

chrysolithus, -1, f. chrysolite, a precious

stone.

cibus, -I, m. food.

uproar, noise.

clārus, -a, -um, clear, distinct, loud, bright, shining, resplendent, famous, illustrious.

classis, -is, f. fleet; ship.

claudo, -ere, clausi, clausum, close, shut, shut up; shut off, cut off; shut in, surround; finish, end.

clāvus, -I, m. a purple stripe on the tunic. The narrow stripe (clāvus angustus) indicated equestrian rank, the broad (clavus latus) the senatorial. The broad stripe was also worn by the sons of knights of the highest rank if they intended to enter the service of the state and ultimately become senators.

clēmēns, -entis, adj. mild, kind, merciful.

Cicones, -um, m. the Cicones, a people of clipeus, -I, m. shield (large and round).

Thrace.

cicuta, -ae, f. hemlock, a violent poison used in executions.

Cilla, -ae, f. Cilla, a city in the Troad,
with a temple to Apollo.

cingo, -ere, cinxi, cinctum, gird, gird
on, gird up; surround, enclose.
cinis, -eris, m. ashes. in cinerem
vertere, turn to ashes.

Cinyphius, -a, -um, Cinyphian, from the
River Cinyps in Libya; hence, Libyan,
African.

circa, prep. with Acc. around, about.
circum-do, -dare, -dedi, -datum, sur-
round, put around, encircle. circum-
datus ūvis, wearing a wreath of grapes.
circum-lino, -linere, -litum, smear over,

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clīvus, -i, m. hill, slope, incline, slant. Clymenē, -ēs, f. Clymene, mother of Phaethon.

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coactus, sce cô gỗ.
coctilis, -e, [coquo] burnt. mūri coc-
tilēs, walls made of burnt bricks, brick
walls.

co-eŏ, -īre, -ii, -itum, go together, come to-
gether, meel, assemble. taedae iure
coissent, would have united in mar-
riage.

coepi, coepisse, coeptum, have begun, commenced, began. coeptus, begun, incomplete.

coeptum, -1, n. beginning, undertaking, work.

Coeranus, -1, m. Coeranus, a Lycian, slain by Ulysses.

co-erceo, -ere, -ui, -itum, check, restrain, hold back.

cōgnātus, -a, -um, kindred, akin. cognitor, -ōris, m. advocate, attorney.

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