#Iûlius, î#, m., the name of a famous Roman gens. See #Caesar#.
#iungô, ere, iûnxî, iûnctus#, _to join together, unite, bind, fasten,
yoke_.
#ad--adiungô, ere, iûnxî, iûnctus#, _to join_ or _add to, attach_.
#con--coniungô, ere, iûnxî, iûnctus#, _to fasten together, join,
unite_.
#iûnior#, see #iuvenis#.
#Iûnius, î#, m., the name of a famous Roman gens. See #Brûtus#.
#Iuppiter, Iovis#, m., the chief god of the Latins, orig.
a personification of the sky. He controlled thunder, lightning, rain,
and storms.
#iûre#, see #iûs#.
#iûrô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#iûs#], _to take an oath, swear_; _swear to_.
#con--côniûrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to take an oath together, conspire,
plot_.
#iûs, iûris#, n., _right, justice, law_; _court of justice, trial in
court_; abl. #iûre# as adv., _rightly, justly_; #in iûs vocâre#, _to
summon into court, bring to trial_.
#iûsiûrandum, î# [#iûs# + #iûrô#], n., _an oath_.
(#iussus, ûs#) [#iubeô#], m., _order, command_ (found only in abl.
sing.).
#iûstitia, ae# [#iûs#], f., _justice, uprightness_.
#iuvenis, is#, comp. #iûnior#, sup. #minimus nâtû#, adj., _young_. As
noun, #iuvenis, is#, m., _young person, youth_ (between 17 and 45);
#iuvenês# or #iûniôrês#, _the fighting men_.
#iuventa, ae# [#iuvenis#], f., _youth_.
#iuventûs, ûtis# [#iuvenis#], f., _youth_; collectively, _young people_,
esp. _fighting men_. Cf. #iuvenis#.
#K#
#Kalendae, ârum#, pl. f., _the Kalends_, or the first day of the month.
#L#
#labor, ôris#, m., _labor, toil_; _hardship, distress_.
#lâbor, î, lâpsus sum#, _to slip_.
#dê--dêlâbor, î, lâpsus sum#, _to glide down_; _slip_ or _fall down,
fall_.
#ex--êlâbor, î, lâpsus sum#, _to slip away, glide off, escape_.
#prô--prôlâbor, î, lâpsus sum#, _to fall down_; _slip, stumble_.
#re--relâbor, î, lâpsus sum#, _to slip_ or _sink back_; _flow back,
subside_.
#labôriôsê# [#labôriôsus#, _toilsome_], adv., _laboriously, carefully_.
#labôrô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to labor, toil_; _be hard pressed, suffer, be
afflicted_.
#ex--êlabôrô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to labor, toil, endeavor_.
#Lacedaemonius, î#, m., an inhabitant of Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief
city of Laconia, a district of Southern Greece.
#lacerô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to tear to pieces, rend, mutilate, wound_.
#*laciô, ere#, _to entice_.
#ad--adliciô, ere, lexî, lectus#, _to entice, win over, attract_.
#ex--êliciô, ere, uî, itus#, _to draw forth, call down_.
#per--perliciô, ere, lexî, lectus#, _to entice, allure, win over_.
#lacrima, ae#, f., _a tear_.
#lacrimâbundus# [#lacrimô#, _to weep_], adj., _weeping_.
#laedô, ere, laesî, laesus#, _to hurt, injure_.
#ex--êlîdô, ere, lîsî, lîsus#, _to dash out_; _shatter, crush_.
#in--inlîdô, ere, lîsî, lîsus#, _to dash against_.
#Laelius, î#, m., gentile name of _C. Laelius_, a friend of Scipio
Africanus.
#laetitia, ae# [#laetus#], f., _joy, exultation_.
#laetus#, adj., _joyful, glad, cheerful_.
#laevus#, adj., _left_.
#lambô, ere, --, --#, _to lick, lap_.
#lâmenta, ôrum#, pl. n., _lamentations_.
#lâmina, ae#, f., _a thin plate_.
#lâna, ae#, f., _wool_.
#lancea, ae#, f., _a spear, lance, dart_.
#lânificium, î# [#lânâ# + #faciô#], n., _spinning, weaving_.
#lanius, î#, m., _a butcher_.
#lapideus# [#lapis#], adj., _of stone, stone_.
#lapis, idis#, m., _a stone_; _milestone_.
#laqueus, î#, m., _noose, halter_.
#Lârentia, ae#, f., see #Acca#.
#largîtiô, ônis# [#largior#, _to bribe_], f., _liberality_; _bribery_.
#latebra, ae#, [#lateô#, _to lie hid_], f., _hiding place_ (usually only
in pl.).
#laterîcius# [#later#, _a brick_], adj., _made of brick, brick_.
#Latînus#, adj., _pertaining to Latium, Latin_; as noun, #Latînus, î#,
m., _an inhabitant of Latium, a Latin_.
#lâtrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bark at_.
#latrô, ônis#, m., _robber, brigand_.
#latus, eris#, n., _side_; _flank_.
#laudâbilis, e# [#laudô#], adj., _praiseworthy, commendable_.
#laudandus# [gerundive of #laudô#], adj., _praiseworthy, commendable_.
#laudô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to praise, extol_.
#con--conlaudô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to praise very highly, extol_.
#laurea, ae# (sc. #corôna#), f., _a laurel wreath_ or _crown_.
#laus, laudis#, f., _praise, fame, glory_; _ability_ (as that which
excites praise). #laudibus ferre#, _to extol_.
#lautus# [part. of #lavô#, _to wash_], adj., _well-washed, neat_;
_elegant, splendid_.
#laxitâs, âtis# [#laxus#, _roomy_], f., _spaciousness, roominess, size_.
#lectîca, ae# [#lectus#], f., _a litter, sedan chair, palanquin_.
#lectulus, î# [dim. of #lectus#], m., _a small couch, bed_.
#lectus, î#, m., _a couch, bed_.
#lêgâtiô, ônis# [#lêgô#, to commission], f., _embassy, legation_.
#lêgâtus, î# [#lêgô#, _to commission_], m., _one specially commissioned,
ambassador, envoy_; _a deputy, lieutenant_, an officer next in command
to the #imperâtor#, who selected him subject to the approval of the
senate. Often several attended the general, serving in turn, acting as
his counsellors, and commanding in his absence.
#legiô, ônis# [#legô#], f., _a legion_, containing from four to six
thousand men; #legiônês#, _the infantry_, as distinct from the cavalry.
#lêgitimus# [#lêx#], adj., _fixed by law, legal_.
#legô, ere, lêgî, lêctus#, _to gather, collect_; _select, appoint,
choose_; _read_.
#con--conligô, ere, lêgî, lêctus#, _to collect, gather_.
#dê--dêligô, ere, lêgî, lêctus#, _to choose, select_; _levy_.
#dis--dîligô, ere, lêxî, lêctus#, _to single out, esteem, love,
prize_.
#ex--êligô, ere, lêgî, lêctus#, _to pick out, choose, select_.
#inter--intellegô, ere, lêxî, lêctus#, _learn_; _perceive,
understand_.
#lêniter# [#lênis#, _soft, gentle_], adv., _softly, mildly, lightly_.
#lênôcinium, î#, n., _excessive finery_ or _nicety in dress_.
#Lentulus, î#, m., _P. Cornêlius Lentulus Dolâbella_, a son-in-law of
Cicero.
#lentus#, adj., _pliant, tough_; _slow, sluggish_.
#Lepidus, î#, m., _M. Aemilius_, consul with Caesar, B.C. 46; a member,
with Octavianus and Antony, of the second triumvirate.
#lêtâlis, e# [#lêtum#, _death_], adj., _deadly, fatal_.
#levis, e#, adj., _light, slight, trivial_.
#leviter# [#levis#], adv., _lightly, slightly_.
#lêx, lêgis#, f., _law, decree_; _term, condition_.
#libêns, entis# [#libet#, _it pleases_], adj., _willing_; _with good
will_ or _pleasure, gladly_.
#libenter# [#libêns#], adv., _gladly, willingly_.
#lîber, lîbera, lîberum#, adj., _free_; _generous_; _outspoken, frank_.
#liber, librî#, m., _a book_.
#lîberâlitâs, âtis# [#lîberâlis#, _generous_], f., _generosity,
kindness_; _a gift_.
#lîberâliter# [#lîberâlis#, _generous_], adv., _kindly, generously,
graciously_.
#lîberî, ôrum# [#lîber#], pl. m., _children_; properly the free persons
of the family as distinct from the slaves.
#lîberô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#lîber#], _to set free, free_; _acquit,
absolve_.
#lîbertâs, âtis# [#lîber#], f., _freedom, independence_.
#lîbertus, î# [#lîber#], m., _a freedman_.
#libîdô, inis# [#libet#, _it pleases_], f., _pleasure_; _lust,
wantonness, passion_.
#lîbrô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#lîbra#, _a balance_], _to balance, poise,
brandish_.
#licentia, ae# [#licet#], f., _freedom, license_.
#licet, êre, uit# or #itum est#, impers., _it is allowed_ or
_permitted_.
#lîctor, ôris#, m., _a lictor_, a Roman officer. The lictors were orig.
attendants of the kings, but later were granted to dictators, consuls,
and praetors. They accompanied these magistrates whenever they appeared
in public, and cleared the way before them. They also carried the
fasces, and executed criminal sentences.
#lîgneus# [#lîgnum#, _wood_], adj., _wooden_.
#ligô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bind_.
#ad--adligô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bind to, bind fast, bind_.
#dê--dêligô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bind to, tie, fasten_.
#re--religô, âre, avî, âtus#, _to bind, fasten_.
#lîmen, inis#, n., _threshold, doorstep_.
#lîneâmentum, î# [#lînea#, _a line_], n., _a line_; _feature,
lineament_.
#lingua, ae#, f., _tongue_; _language_.
#liquefaciô, ere, fêcî, factus# [#liqueô#, _to be liquid_ + #faciô#],
_to melt, dissolve_.
#Lîternînus#, adj., _at Literum_, a town of Campania. As noun,
#Lîternînum, î# (sc. #praedium#, _an estate_), n., an estate of Scipio
Africanus Maior at Liternum.
#lîtigâtor, ôris# [#lîs#, _lawsuit_ + #agô#], m., _a party to a lawsuit,
litigant_.
#littera, ae#, f., _a letter_ (of the alphabet); in pl., _a letter,
epistle_; _literature_.
#litterâtus# [#littera#], adj., _lettered, educated, learned_.
#lîtus, oris#, n., (sea)_shore, beach, strand_.
#Lîvius, î#, m., gentile name of _M. Lîvius Salînâtor_, who commanded
the garrison of Tarentum during the second Punic War.
#locô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#locus#], _to place, put_; _contract for, let,
lease_.
#con--conlocô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to place, arrange, station,
establish_.
#locuplês, êtis# [#locus# + #plênus#], adj., _rich in lands, rich_.
#locus, î#, m. (pl., #locî# and #loca#), _a place, spot_; _locality,
region_; _position, station, post_; _room, opportunity_.
#longê# [#longus#], adv., _a long way_ or _distance, at a distance_;
_far, by far_.
#longinquus# [#longus#], adj., _remote, distant_.
#longus#, adj., _long_; _distant_.
#loquor, î, locûtus sum#, _to speak, talk, say_.
#ad--adloquor, î, locûtus sum#, _to speak to, address_.
#con--conloquor, î, locûtus sum#, _to talk with, converse, confer_.
#lôrîca, ae# [#lôrum#], f., _a corselet_ of leather, _coat of mail_;
#squâmârum lôrîca#, _armor-like covering of scales_.
#lôrum, î#, n., _a leather thong_ or _strap_.
#Lûcius, î#, m., a Roman praenomen.
#Lucrêtia, ae#, f., the wife of Collatinus, a type of the Roman matron
of the olden time.
#luctor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to wrestle, struggle_.
#lûctus, ûs# [#lûgeô#], m., _grief, sorrow, mourning_.
#Lûcullus, î#, m., _L. Licinius_, born about 110 B.C., consul 74;
conducted the war against Mithridates 74-67, after which he gave himself
to a life of luxury, dying in 57 or 56.
#lûcus, î#, m., _a sacred grove, grove_.
#lûdibrium, î# [#lûdus#], n., _laughing-stock, jest_; _mockery,
derision_.
#lûdicer, cra, crum# [#lûdus#], adj., _playful, sportive_.
#lûdus, î#, m., _play, sport_; _a game_, esp. (in pl.) _the public
games_, consisting of chariot races, gladiatorial combats, and
theatrical performances.
#lûgeô, êre, lûxî, lûctus#, _to grieve_; _grieve for, mourn, lament_.
#lûgubris, e# [#lûgeô#], adj., _mournful_.
#lûmen, inis# [cf. #lux#], n., _light_.
#lûna, ae# [cf. #lûx#], f., _the moon_.
#lupa, ae#, f., _a she-wolf_.
#lûstrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to purify, cleanse_; _to review, inspect_.
#lûx, lûcis#, f., _light, daylight, day_; #prîmâ lûce#, _at dawn_.
#lûxuria, ae# [#lûxus#], f., _luxury, excess_.
#lûxus, ûs#, m., _excess, luxury, self-indulgence_.
#M#
#Macedô, onis#, m., _a Macedonian_.
#Macedonia, ae#, f., _Macedonia_, an extensive country north of Greece.
Its inhabitants were not generally reckoned as Greeks. Under Alexander
the Great it became the chief power of the ancient world.
#mâchina, ae#, f., _machine_ or _engine of war_; _a contrivance, trick_.
#mactô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to offer as sacrifice, kill, slaughter_.
#mactus#, adj., _worshiped, glorified_.
#Maecênâs, âtis#, m., _C. Cilnius_, the close friend of Augustus and his
chief adviser in civil affairs.
#maestus#, adj., _sad, gloomy, mournful_.
#magis#, comp., adv., _in a greater degree_; _more, rather_; sup.
#mâximê# [#mâximus#], _in the highest degree, particularly_;
_exceedingly, very_.
#magister, trî#, m., _master, chief_; _teacher_; #magister equitum#,
_Master of the Horse_, an officer appointed by a dictator as his
lieutenant. The name perhaps indicates that he had especial command of
the cavalry.
#magistrâtus, ûs# [#magister#], m., _civil office, magistracy_.
#mâgnificê# [#mâgnificus#], adv., in good sense, _grandly_; in bad
sense, _in lordly fashion, haughtily, proudly_.
#mâgnificentia, ae# [#mâgnificus#], f., _splendor, grandeur_.
#mâgnificus# [#mâgnus# + #faciô#], adj., _splendid, magnificent_.
#mâgnitûdô, inis# [#mâgnus#], f., _greatness, size_.
#mâgnus#, comp. #mâior#, sup. #mâximus#, adj., _great, large_; #mâior#
or #mâximus# (sc. #nâtû#), _elder, eldest_. As noun, #Mâgnus, î#, m.,
_the Great_, cognomen of Pompey; #mâiôrês# (sc. #nâtû#), pl. m.,
_ancestors_.
#Maharbal, alis#, m., _a Carthaginian general_.
#mâiestâs, âtis# [cf. #mâior#], f., _greatness, dignity_.
#mâior, mâius#, gen. #mâiôris#, see #mâgnus#.
#male# [#malus#], comp. #pêius#, sup. #pessimê#, adv., _badly, ill,
unsuccessfully_; _feebly, barely, scarcely_.
#maledictum, î# [#male# + #dîcô#], n., _a curse_.
#mâlô, mâlle, mâluî# [#magis# + (1) #volô#], _to prefer_.
#malus#, comp. #pêior#, sup. #pessimus#, adj., _bad, wicked_; _evil,
unfortunate_. As noun, #malum, î#, n., _evil, misfortune, trouble_.
#Mâmurius, î#, m., a Roman smith of the time of King Numa.
#mandâtum, î# [#mandô#], n., _an order, command_.
#mandô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#manus# + #dô#], _to hand over, commit,
entrust_; _order, command_; #lîtterîs mandâre#, _to write_.
#con--commendô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to commit, entrust_; _assist,
defend_.
#mâne#, adv., _early in the morning_.
#maneô, êre, mânsî, mânsûrus#, _to remain, stay, tarry_.
#re--remaneô, êre, mânsî, mânsûrus#, _to stay behind, remain_.
#Mânês, ium#, pl. m., _the deified spirits of the dead_, to whom
sacrifice was regularly made.
#manifêstus# [#manus# + #*fendô#], adj., _clear, manifest, evident_;
_exposed_.
#manipulus, î# [#manus# + #*pleô#] m., _a company of soldiers, maniple_
(one third of a cohort). The standard of the maniple orig. bore (it is
said) a _handful_ of hay.
#Mânius, î#, m., abbreviated #M'.#, a Roman praenomen.
#Mânliânus#, adj., _Manlian_.
#Mânlius, î#, m., the name of a Roman gens. See #Torquâtus#.
#mânô, âre, âvî, --#, _to flow, trickle_; _to flow_ or _stream abroad,
spread_.
#mânsuêtûdô, inis# [#mânsuêtus#, _tame_], f., _mildness, gentleness_.
#manubiae, ârum# [#manus#], pl. f., _prize-money, booty, plunder_.
#manûmittô, ere, mîsî, missus# [#manus# + #mittô#], _to set free,
emancipate_.
#manus, ûs#, f., _hand, arm_; #ferreae manûs#, _grappling irons_ (see
#corvus#); _force, strength, prowess_; _band, troop_; #manûs cônserere#,
_to join battle_.
#Mârcus, î#, m., a common praenomen.
#Mârcius, î#, m., see #Ancus#.
#mare, is#, n., _the sea_; #Mare Superum#, _the Upper_ or _Adriatic
Sea_.
#margarîta, ae#, f., _a pearl_.
#maritimus# [#mare#], adj., _pertaining to the sea, sea, maritime_.
#marîtus, î#, m., _husband_.
#Marius, î#, m., _C._, born near Arpinum in Latium, 107 B.C.; conquered
Jugurtha, 106; was seven times consul; defeated Teutones in 102, Cimbri
in 101; died in 86.
#marmor, oris#, n., _marble_.
#marmoreus# [#marmor#], adj., _marble, of marble_.
#Mârs, Mârtis#, m., _Mars_, the Roman god of war; _war, battle_.
#Mârtius# [#Mârs#], adj., _of March_.
#Masinissa, ae#, m., king of Numidia, ally of Scipio Africanus Maior, in
Africa, B.C. 202. He reigned till 148.
#Massîva, ae#, m., nephew of Masinissa.
#mâter, mâtris#, f., _mother_.
#mâternus# [#mâter#], adj., _of a mother, mother's_; _maternal, on the
mother's side_.
#mâtrimônium, î# [#mâter#], n., _marriage_.
#mâtrôna, ae# [#mâter#], f., _a married woman, wife, matron_.
#Maurî, ôrum#, pl. m., _Moors_, inhabitants of Mauretania, the modern
Morocco.
#mâximê# [#mâximus#], adv., see #magis#.
#mâximus#, adj., see #mâgnus#.
#Mâximus, î#, m., a Roman cognomen.