2. _Q. Fabius Mâximus_, a famous general opposed to Hannibal,
surnamed _Cunctâtor_, from his caution. He was five times consul,
and died in 203.
#medicâmentum, î# [#medicô#, _to heal_], n., _drug, potion_; _antidote,
cure_.
#medicus, î# [#medeor#, _to heal_], m., _a physician, surgeon, doctor_.
#meditor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to reflect upon, consider_; _plan, devise_.
#medius#, adj., _in the middle, middle, midst of_. As noun, #medium, î#,
n., _the middle, midst, intervening space_; #in mediô#, _in the midst
of, between_; #in medium prôferre#, _to bring out, produce_.
#melior, ius#, gen. #ôris#, adj., see #bonus#.
#melius#, adv., see #bene#.
#Memmius, î#, m., gentile name of _C. Memmius Gemellus_, an opponent of
Julius Caesar.
#memorâbilis, e# [#memorô#], adj., _worth telling, remarkable_.
#memoria, ae# [#memor#, _mindful_], f., _memory_; _record, account_.
#memorô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#memor#, _mindful_], _to bring to mind,
relate_; _say, tell_.
#mêns, mentis#, f., _the mind, intellectual faculties_; _thought,
purpose_.
#mênsa, ae#, f., _table_; _course_ (at dinner).
#mênsis, is#, m., _a month_.
#mentiô, ônis#, f., _mention_.
#mercor, ârî, âtus sum# [#merx#], _to buy, purchase_.
#mereô, êre, uî, itus#, _to earn, deserve, merit_.
#mergô, ere, mersî, mersus#, _to dip, plunge in_; _sink_.
#meritô# [#meritum#, _desert_], adv., _deservedly, justly_.
#merx, mercis#, f., _goods, wares, merchandise_.
#Metellus, î#, m., a Roman cognomen.
1. _L. Caecilius Metellus_, one of the young nobles who, after the
battle of Cannae, proposed to leave Italy.
2. _Q. Caecilius Metellus_, called _Numidicus_, because of the
success with which he carried on the Jugurthine War, till superseded
by Marius.
3. _Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius_, consul B.C. 80. He fought against
Sertorius.
#mêtor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to measure off, mark out_.
#Mettius, î#, m., see #Fûfetius#.
#metus, ûs#, m., _fear, dread, terror_.
#meus#, adj., _my, mine_. As noun, #meî, meôrum#, pl. m., _my friends,
my followers_.
#mî#, vocative sing. of #meus#.
#micô, âre, uî, --#, _to quiver, flash, gleam_.
#migrô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to remove, migrate_.
#con--commigrô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to change one's home, move,
migrate_.
#re--remigrô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to journey_ (back), _return_.
#mîles, itis#, m., _a soldier, fellow-soldier_; as collective noun,
_soldiery_.
#Mîlêtus, î#, f., a city in Asia Minor, near Ephesus.
#mîlitâris, e# [#mîles#], adj., _soldierly, military_; #rês mîlitâris#,
_the art of war, military tactics_.
#mîlitia, ae# [#mîles#], f., _military service, war_; #mîlitiae#, loc.,
_in the field, abroad_, opposed to #domî#, _at home_.
#mîlitô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to be a soldier, serve in war, fight_.
#mîlle#, indecl. adj., _a thousand_; as noun, #mîlia#, pl. n.,
_thousands_.
#mîlliês# [#mîlle#], adv., _a thousand times_.
#mîmus, î#, m., _farce, comedy_.
#minimê# [#minimus#], adv., see #parum#.
#minister, trî#, m., _attendant, servant_.
#minitor, ârî, âtus sum# [freq. of #minor#], _to threaten_.
#minor, us#, gen. #ôris#, see #parvus#.
#minor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to threaten_.
#Minucius, î#, m., _M. Minucius Rûfus, magister equitum_ under Q. Fabius
Maximus.
#Minturnae, ârum#, pl. f., a town between Campania and Latium.
#minuô, ere, î, ûtus# [#minus#], _to diminish, lessen_; _weaken_.
#minus#, adv., see #parum#.
#mîrâbilis, e# [#mîror#], adj., _wonderful, strange, amazing_.
#mîrâculum, î# [#mîror#], n., _a wonder, marvel, miracle_.
#mîrificus# [#mîrus# + #faciô#], adj., _wonderful_.
#mîror, ârî, âtus sum#, _to wonder, marvel at_.
#mîrus#, adj., _wonderful, marvelous_.
#miser, era, erum#, adj., _wretched, unfortunate_.
#misericordia, ae# [#misericors#], f., _pity, compassion, mercy_.
#misericors, cordis# [#misereô#, _to pity_ + #cor#, _heart_], adj.,
_tender-hearted, merciful_.
#missiô, ônis# [#mittô#], f., _release from service, discharge_.
#Mithridâtês#, is, m., surnamed _the Great_, king of Pontus, B.C.
120-63.
#Mithridâticus#, adj., _Mithridatic_.
#mîtigô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#mîtis# + #agô#], _to make gentle, soften,
civilize_.
#mîtis, e#, adj., _mild, gentle, kind_.
#mittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _send, despatch, dismiss_; _throw, hurl,
shoot_.
#ab--âmittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send away, let go, lose_.
#ad--admittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to admit, receive_.
#con--committô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send_ or _bring together,
join_; _entrust, commit, bring_ (it) _about, cause, allow_; #pûgnam#
or #proelium committere#, _to begin battle_.
#dê--dêmittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send_ or _let down, cast down,
let fall_; _put_.
#dis--dîmittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send_ (away), _dismiss_;
_give up, abandon_.
#ex--êmittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send forth_ or _out_; _hurl,
cast_; _utter_; _let loose_.
#in--immittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send in, admit_; _send, hurl_.
#ob--omittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to lay aside_; _neglect, omit_;
_pass over, say nothing of_; _lose sight of, let slip_.
#per--permittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to let pass_; _permit, allow_.
#prô--prômittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to put forward_; _promise_.
#re--remittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send back_; _yield, give up_;
_remit, grant exemption from_.
#re + prô--reprômittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to promise in return_.
#sub--submittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send_ or _let down_; _let
grow_.
#trâns--trânsmittô, ere, mîsî, missus#, _to send_ or _put across_,
_make to cross_; _despatch_; intrans., _to go across, cross_.
#Mitylênae, ârum#, pl. f., capital of Lesbos, an island in the Aegean
Sea.
#moderâtiô, ônis# [#moderor#, _to set bounds to_], f., _self-control,
moderation_.
#moderâtus# [#moderor#, _to check_], adj., _within bounds, moderate,
merciful_.
#modicus# [#modus#], adj., _moderate, modest_.
#modius, î# [#modus#], m., _a measure_; _a peck_.
#modo# [#modus#], adv., _only_; _just now, lately_; #modo . . . modo#,
_at one time . . . at another, now . . . now_; #nôn; modo . . . sed
etiam#, _not only . . . but also_.
#modus, î#, m., _measure, limit, end_; _way, manner_; _measure, strains_
(of music).
#moenia, ium#, pl. n., _defensive walls, city walls, fortifications_.
#môlês, is#, f., _mass, weight, bulk_; _massive structure_.
#molestê# [#molestus#], adv., _with difficulty_ or _vexation_; #aegrê#
or #molestê ferre#, _to take amiss, be vexed_ (at).
#molestia, ae# [#molestus#], f., _trouble, annoyance, burden_.
#molestus# [#môlês#], adj., _troublesome, annoying, vexatious_.
#môlior, îrî, îtus sum# [#môlês#], _to struggle, toil_; _undertake,
attempt_.
#mollis, e#, adj., _soft, tender_; _effeminate, unmanly_.
#molliter# [#mollis#], adv., _effeminately, luxuriously_.
#Molô, ônis#, m., see #Apollônius#.
#mômentum, î# [#moveô#], n., _movement_; _cause, circumstance_;
(sc. #temporis#), _moment, instant_.
#moneô, êre, uî, itus#, _to remind, admonish_; _advise, warn_.
#ad--admoneô, êre, uî, itus#, _to remind, admonish, warn_.
#monitus, ûs# [#moneô#], m., _warning, counsel_.
#môns, montis#, m., _a mountain, height, hill_.
#mônstrum, î# [#moneô#], n., _a warning, omen_; _strange being,
monster_.
#mora, ae#, f., _delay, policy of delay_.
#morbus, î#, m., _sickness, disease_.
#morior, morî, mortuus sum#, _to die_.
#moror, ârî, âtus sum#, _to delay, linger, tarry_; with acc., _to
hinder, impede_.
#dê--dêmoror, ârî, âtus sum#, _to linger, tarry, remain_.
#mors, mortis#, f., _death_.
#morsus, ûs# [#mordeô#, _to bite_], m., _bite_; _pain, sting, agony_.
#mortâlis, e# [#mors#], adj., _mortal, human_; as noun, _mortâlis, is_,
m., _a man, mortal_.
#mortuus# [part. of #morior#], adj., _dead_.
#môs, môris#, m., _a habit, custom_; _manner, fashion_; pl., _customs,
character_.
#môtus, ûs# [#moveô#], m., _movement, agitation, tumult, insurrection_.
#moveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to stir, move, remove_; _affect, arouse_.
#ab--âmoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to take away, remove_.
#ad--admoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to move towards_; _bring near_;
_offer_.
#con--commoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to move thoroughly_; _agitate,
excite_.
#per--permoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to move deeply, excite,
influence_.
#prô--prômoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to move forward, promote,
advance_.
#sub--submoveô, êre, môvî, môtus#, _to thrust aside, remove,
dislodge_.
#mox#, adv., _soon, presently_; _thereupon, next_.
#mûcrô, ônis#, m., _sword-point, sword_.
#muliebriter# [#muliebris#, _womanish_], adv., _like a woman, in
womanish fashion_.
#mulier, ieris#, f., _a woman, wife_.
#muliercula, ae# [dim. of #mulier#], f., a (little, i.e.) _young woman,
girl_.
#mûliô, ônis# [#mûlus#, _a mule_], m., _a mule-driver_.
#multa, ae#, f., _a fine, penalty_.
#multiplex, icis# [#multus# + #plicô#, _to fold_], adj., _manifold,
many_.
#multitûdô, inis# [#multus#], f., _a multitude, throng_.
#multô# [#multus#], adv., _by far, much_.
#multô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#multa#], _to fine, punish_.
#multum# [#multus#], adv., _much_; _greatly, severely_.
#multus#, comp. #plûs#, sup. #plûrimus#, adj., _much, many a_; in pl.,
_many_; #plûrês#, _several_; often used as noun in all three degrees.
#munditia, ae# [#mundus#, _neat_], f., _neatness, elegance, niceness_.
#mûniô, îre, îvî (iî), îtus#, _to fortify, protect_; _open up, build_
(a road).
#con--commûniô, îre, îvî (iî), îtus#, _to fortify strongly,
intrench_.
#mûnus, eris#, n., _service_; _present, gift_.
#muraena, ae#, f., _an eel_.
#mûrus, î#, m., _city wall, wall_.
#Mûsae, ârum#, pl. f., _the Muses_, the goddesses of the liberal arts,
esp. music and poetry.
#Mutina, ae#, f., _Mutina_ (now Modena), a city in Cisalpine Gaul, south
of the Po.
#Mutinênsis, e#, adj., _of_ or _at Mutina_.
#mûtô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to change, alter_.
#con--commûtô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to alter, change_; _exchange_.
#per--permûtô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to change throughout, exchange,
interchange_.
#mûtuus# [#mûtô#], adj., _mutual_.
#N#
#nam#, conj. (1) causal, _for, because, inasmuch as_; (2) explanatory,
_you know, indeed_.
#nancîscor, î, nactus sum#, _to get_ (by accident), _happen upon, find,
meet with_.
#nârrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to narrate, tell_.
#nâscor, î, nâtus sum#, _to be born_; _spring from, arise_.
#Nâsîca, ae#, m., cognomen of _P. Cornêlius Scîpiô Nâsîca Serâpiô_,
opponent of Tiberius Gracchus.
#nâsus, î#, m., _the nose_.
#nâtiô, ônis# [#nâscor#], f., _birth, race_; _tribe, nation, people_.
#nâtûra, ae# [#nâscor#], f., _nature, character, disposition_;
personified, _Nature_.
#nâtus# [orig. part. of #nâscor#], adj., lit. _born_; with #annôs#,
_old_.
(#nâtus, ûs#) [#nâscor#], m., _birth, age_ (found only in abl. sing.).
#naufragium, î# [#nâvis# + #frangô#], n., _shipwreck_.
#nâvâlis, e# [#nâvis#], adj., _naval_.
#nâvicula, ae# [dim. of #nâvis#], f., _a small vessel, boat, skiff_.
#nâvigâtiô, ônis# [#nâvigô#, _to sail_], f., _voyage_.
#nâvigium, î# [#nâvigô#, _to sail_], n., _ship, boat_.
#nâvis, is#, f., _a ship_.
#Nâvius, î#, m., see #Attus#.
#nâvô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#(g)nâvus#, _busy_], _to do with zeal_; #operam
nâvâre#, _to render vigorous aid, act with vigor_.
#nê#, (1) adv., _not_; #nê . . . quidem#, _not even, not at all_;
(2) conj., _in order that not, not to, for fear that, lest_.
#ne#, enclitic interrog. particle, used (1) in direct questions, and
then translatable only by the inflection of the voice; (2) as conj. with
indirect questions, _whether_.
#nebulô, ônis# [#nebula#, _mist_], m., _a worthless fellow,
good-for-naught, scamp_.
#nec#, see #neque#.
#necessârius# [#necesse#, _necessary_], adj., _necessary,
indispensable_.
#necessitâs, âtis# [#necesse#, _necessary_], f., _necessity_.
#necô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#nex#], _to kill, slay_.
#nefârius# [#nefâs#, _a crime_], adj., _wicked, impious, nefarious_.
#nefâstus# [#nefâs#, _a crime_], adj., _unhallowed_; #diês nefâstus#,
a day on which no public business could be transacted.
#neglegêns, entis# [orig. part. of #neglegô#], adj., _heedless,
careless_.
#neglegô, ere, lêxî, lêctus# [#nec# + #legô#], _to disregard, despise,
neglect_.
#negô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to say no_; _deny, refuse_.
#dê--dênegô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to say no, deny_; _refuse, reject_.
#nêmô#, gen. #nûllîus#, dat. #nêminî#, acc. #nêminem#, abl. #nûllô#; pl.
not found [#nê# + #homô#], m. and f., _no one, nobody_.
#nemus, oris#, n., _a grove_.
#nepôs, ôtis#, m., _grandson, descendant_.
#neptis, is#, f., _granddaughter_.
#neque# or #nec# [#nê# + #que#], adv. and conj., _and not, but not, nor,
nor yet_; #neque# or #nec . . . neque# or #nec#, _neither . . . nor_.
#nequeô, îre, îvî, --# [#nê# + #queô#, _to be able_], _to be unable_.
#nê . . . quidem#, see #nê#.
#nesciô, îre, îvî (iî), --# [#nê# + #sciô#], _not know, to be ignorant_.
#neuter, tra, trum# [#nê# + #uter#], adj., _neither_.
#nex, necis#, f., _death_; _murder, slaughter_.
#nî#, conj., _if not, unless_.
#niger, gra, grum#, adj., _black_.
#nihil# or #nîl# [#nê# + #hîlum#, _a trifle_], n. indecl., _nothing_;
acc. often as adv., _in no wise, not at all, not_.
#nihilum, î# [older form of #nihil#], n., _nothing_; abl. #nihilô#, as
adv., _not at all_; #nihilô minus#, _none the less_.
#nihildum# [#nihil# + (1) #dum#], n. indecl., _nothing as yet_.
#Nîlus, î#, m., _the river Nile_.
#nîmîrum#, adv., _without doubt, surely, truly, plainly_.
#nimium# [#nimius#], adv., _excessively_.
#nimius#, adj., _beyond measure, excessive, too much, too great_.
#nisi# [#nê# + #sî#], conj., _if not, unless, except_.
#niteô, êre, uî, --#, _to shine, glitter_; _be conspicuous, flourish_.
#ex--êniteô, êre, uî, --#, _to shine forth_; _be distinguished_.
#nîtor, î, nîsus# or #nîxus sum#, _lean_ or _rest upon_; _to exert one's
self, strive_.
#ex--ênîtor, î, nîsus# or #nîxus sum#, _to strive, struggle_.
#in--innîtor, î, nîsus# or #nîxus sum#, _to lean upon, support one's
self by_.
#nô, nâre, nâvî, --#, _to swim_.
#trâns--trânô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to swim across_.
#nôbilis, e# [#nôscô#], adj., _known, noted, famous_; _high-born,
noble_.
#nôbilitâs, âtis# [#nôbilis#], f., _fame, renown_; _high birth_; _the
nobility, nobles_.
#nôbilitô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#nôbilis#], _to make known_ or _famous,
glorify, dignify_.
#noceo, êre, uî, itûrus#, _to hurt, injure_.
#noctû# [abl. of #*noctus# = #nox#], adv., _by night_.
#noctua, ae# [#nox#], f., _night-owl, owl_.
#nocturnus# [#nox#], adj., _of_ or _by night, nocturnal_.
#Nôla, ae#, f., a town of Campania.
#nôlô, nôlle, nôluî, --# [#nôn# + (1) #volô#], _to be unwilling, not
wish_.
#nômen, inis# [#nôscô#], n., _a name_, esp. the gentile name; #nômina
dare# or #profitêrî#, _to volunteer_.
#nôminô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#nômen#], _to name, designate_.
#nôn# [#nê# + #oenum# = #ûnum#], adv., _not, not at all_.
#nônâgintâ#, indecl. num. adj., _ninety_.
#nôndum# [#nôn# + (1) #dum#], adv., _not yet_.
#nônnûllus# [#nôn# + #nûllus#], adj., _some, several_.
#nônnumquam# [#nôn# + #numquam#], adv., _sometimes, at times_.
#nôscô, ere, nôvî, nôtus#, _to come to know, become acquainted with_; in
perf., plup.; and fut. perf., _to know_.
#ad--âgnôscô, ere, gnôvî, gnitus#, _to recognize_.
#con--côgnôscô, ere, cognôvî, côgnitus#, _to learn, perceive,
understand_.
#in--îgnôscô, ere, îgnôvî, îgnôtus#, _to overlook, pardon, forgive_.
#nota, ae# [cf. #nôscô#], f., _a mark, sign_.
#nôtus# [orig. part. of #nôscô#], adj., _well-known, familiar_.
#novâcula, ae#, f., _a razor_.
#novem#, indecl. num. adj., _nine_.
#novus#, adj., _new, fresh, young, recent_.
#nox, noctis#, f., _night_.
#nûbês, is#, f., _a cloud_.
#nûbô, ere, nûpsî, nûptum#, _to veil one's self, be married, wed_.
#nûdô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#nûdus#], _to strip, bare_.
#nûdus#, adj., _naked, lightly clad_.
#nûllus#, gen. #nûllîus#, dat. #nûllî# [#nê# + #ûllus#], adj., _none,
no_; as noun, _no one_.
#num#, interrog. particle, used (1) in direct questions expecting a
negative answer, _not so . . . is it?_ (2) in indir. questions,
_whether, if_.
#Numa, ae#, m., see #Pompilius#.
#numerô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#numerus#], _to count out_ (money), _pay_.
#numerus, î#, m., _number, quantity_.
#Numida, ae#, m., _a Numidian_.
#Numidia, ae#, f., a country of Northern Africa, west of Carthage; now
Algiers.
#Numidicus#, adj., _Numidian_.
#Numitor, ôris#, m., king of Alba Longa, grandfather of Romulus.
#nummus, î#, m., _a piece of money, coin_, esp. the #sêstertius#. See
#sêstertius#.
#numquam# [#nê# + #umquam#, _ever_], adv., _never_.
#nunc#, adv., _at the present moment, now_.
#nûntiô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#nûntius#], _to announce, inform, report_;
_bid, urge, direct_.
#dê--dênûntiô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to announce, declare, proclaim_.
#prô--prônûntiô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to announce, declare_.
#re--renûntiô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to send_ or _bring back word,
report, announce_; with dat., _to refuse, decline_.
#nûntius, î#, m., _a messenger_; _message tidings_.
#*nuô, nuere#, _to nod_.
#ab--abnuô, ere, î, --#, _to refuse_.
#ad--adnuô, ere, î, --#, _to nod assent to, agree to_; _agree,
promise_.
#in--innuô, ere, î, --#, _to signal by a nod, hint, intimate_.
#re--renuô, ere, î, --#, _to nod refusal, refuse_.
#nûper#, adv., _lately, recently_.
#nurus, ûs#, f., _a daughter-in-law_.
#nûsquam# [#nê# + #ûsquam#], adv., _nowhere, in no place_.
#nûtô, âre, âvî, âtum# [freq. of #*nuô#], _to nod_; of an army, _to
waver, be ready to give way_.
#nûtrîx, îcis# [#nûtriô#, _to nourish_], f., _a nurse_.
#O#
#ob#, prep. with acc., _to, towards_; _for, on account of, by reason
of_; in composition, _towards, against, at, before_.
#obeô#, see (1) #eô#.
#obiciô#, see #iaciô#.
#obiûrgô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to berate, scold_.
#oblinô, ere, lêvî, litus# [#ob# + #linô#, _to smear_], _to daub, smear,
defile_.
#oblitus#, see #oblinô#.
#oblîtus#, see #oblîvîscor#.
#oblîviô, ônis# [cf. #oblîvîscor#], f., _forgetfulness_.
#oblîvîscor, î, oblîtus sum#, _to forget_.
#obnoxius# [#ob# + #noxa#, _harm_], adj., _liable to punishment_;
_liable, exposed_.
#obruô#, see #ruô#.
#obsequor#, see #sequor#.
#obses, idis#, m., _a hostage, surety_.
#obsideô#, see #sedeô#.
#obsidiô, ônis# [#obsideô#], f., _a siege_.
#obsistô#, see #sistô#.
#obstrepô, ere, uî, --# [#ob# + #strepô#, _to make a noise_], _to rail
at, roar at_.
#obstupêscô, ere, stupuî, --#, _to become amazed, be struck dumb_.
#obtineô#, see #teneô#.
#obtingô#, see #tangô#.
#obtrêctâtor, ôris# [#obtrêctô#, _to under-rate_], m., _detractor,
traducer_.
#obtruncô, âre, --, âtus# [#ob# + #truncô#, _to maim_; cf. #truncus#],
_to lop off_; _kill, slay_.
#obveniô#, see #veniô#.
#obviam# [#ob# + #via#], adv., _across one's path, in the way, towards_;
#obviam îre, prôgredî# or #venîre#, _to go to meet_; #obviam esse# or
#fierî#, _to meet_.
#obvius# [#ob# + #via#], adj., _in the way, meeting_; with #esse,
fierî#, or #venîre#, _to meet_.
#obvolvô, ere, î, volûtus# [#ob# + #volvô#, _to roll_], _to wrap round,
envelop, cover_.
#occâsiô, ônis# [#occidô#], f., _fitting time, opportunity, chance_.
#occâsus, ûs# [#occidô#], m., _downfall_.
#occidô#, see #cadô#.
#occîdô#, see #caedô#.
#occumbô#, see #*cumbô#.
#occupô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#ob# + #capiô#], _to take possession of,
seize_; _attack_.
#occurrô#, see #currô#.
#Octâvia, ae#, f., _sister of Octavianus_.
#Octâviânus, î#, m., see #Augustus# and #Caesar#.
#octô#, indecl. num. adj., _eight_.
#octôgintâ#, indecl. num. adj., _eighty_.
#oculus, î#, m., _the eye_.
#odium, î#, n., _hatred, grudge, aversion_.
#odor, ôris#, m., _smell, perfume_.
#offendô#, see #*fendô#.
#offênsus# [orig. part. of #offendô#], adj., _vexed, displeased,
offended_.
#offerô#, see #ferô#.
#officiôsus# [#officium#], adj., _courteous, obliging_.
#officium, î# [#opus# + #faciô#], n., _service, kindness, favor_; _duty,
office_.
#ôlim# [#ole#, old form of #ille#], adv., _formerly_.
#omittô#, see #mittô#.
#omnînô# [#omnis#], adv., _in all, altogether_.
#omnis, e#, adj., _each, every, all, the whole_; #omnês ad ûnum#, _all
to a man_.
#opera, ae# [#opus#], f., _work, labor, pains, aid_; #operam dare#, _to
devote pains to_; #operam nâvâre#, see #nâvô#.
#opifex, ficis# [#opus# + #faciô#], m., _workman, artisan_.
#Opîmius, î#, m., _Lûcius_, consul 121 B.C., and opponent of
C. Gracchus.
#opîniô, ônis# [#opînor#, _to think_], f., _opinion, fancy, belief_.
#oportet, êre, uit#, impers., _it is necessary_ or _proper, it befits_.
#oppidum, î#, n., _a walled town, city_.
#oppleô#, see #*pleô#.
#oppônô#, see #pônô#.
#opportûnus#, adj., _fit, suitable, convenient_.
#opprimô#, see #premô#.
#oppûgnâtiô, ônis# [#oppûgnô#], f., _assault, attack, siege, storming_.
#oppûgnô#, see #pûgnô#.
#(ops), opîs#, f., _aid, help_; in pl., _power, influence_; _means,
wealth_.
#optimâtês, um# or #ium# [#optimus#], pl. m., _the aristocrats, the
nobles_.
#optimus#, see #bonus#.
#optiô, ônis# [#optô#], f., _choice, option_.
#optô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to choose, select_; _wish_ or _pray for,
desire_.
#ad--adoptô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to take to one's self by choice,
adopt_.
#opulentus# [#ops#], adj., _rich, wealthy_.
#opus, eris#, n., _work, labor_; _need, necessity_; #opus est# with
abl., _there is need of_; #mâgnô opere#, _greatly_; #tantô opere#, _so
greatly_.
#ôrâculum, î# [#ôrô#], n., _an oracle_; _a prophecy_.
#ôrâtiô, ônis# [#ôrô#], f., _a speech, oration, discourse_.
#ôrâtor, ôris# [#ôrô#], m., _speaker, pleader, ambassador_.
#orbis, is#, m., _ring, circle, orbit_; #orbis terrârum# (or #orbis#
alone), _the world_.
#orbus#, adj., _bereft_ (of parents or children), _parentless,
childless_. As noun, #orbus, î#, m., _an orphan_.
#ôrdinô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#ôrdô#], _to set in order, arrange, adjust,
regulate_.
#ôrdior, îrî, ôrsus sum#, _to begin_.
#ôrdô, inis#, f., _row, series, arrangement, order_; _bank_ or _tier of
oars_; _class, rank_.
#oriêns, entis# [part. of #orior#], m. (sc. #sôl#), _the rising sun_;
_the East, Orient_.
#orior, îrî, tus sum#, _to arise, begin_; _to spring from, be descended
from_.
#con--coorior, îrî, tus sum#, _to arise_.
#ex--exorior, îrî, tus sum#, _to arise, rise, begin_.
#oriundus# [#orior#], adj., _descended, sprung from_.
#ôrnâmentum, î# [#ôrnô#], n., _preparation_; _decoration, ornament,
jewel_.
#ôrnâtus# [#ôrnô#], adj., _fitted out, equipped_; of men,
_distinguished, illustrious_.
#ôrnâtus, ûs# [#ôrnô#], m., _dress, fine attire_; _decoration,
ornament_.
#ôrnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to fit out, equip_; _adorn, decorate,
beautify_.
#ad--adôrnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to equip, provide_; _adorn,
beautify_.
#sub--subôrnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to incite secretly, bribe_.
#ôrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to speak, plead, treat_; _entreat, beseech,
pray_.
#ad--adôrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to supplicate_; _worship, reverence_.
#per--perôrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to speak, plead_.
#ôs, ôris#, n., _mouth, face_.
#ôsculor, ârî, âtus sum# [#ôsculum#, _a kiss_], _to kiss_.
#dê--deôsculor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to kiss_.
#ostendô#, see #tendô#.
#ostentô, âre, âvî, âtus# [freq. of #ostendô#], _to show, exhibit_.
#Ôstia, ae# [#ôs#], f., _Ostia_, a town at the Tiber's mouth, the
sea-port of Rome.
#ôtiôsê# [#ôtiôsus#], adv., _leisurely, idly_.
#ôtiôsus# [#ôtium#], adj., _at leisure, idle_; _in retirement_ (_i.e._,
not in office).
#ôtium, î#, n., _leisure, ease, idleness_.
#ovô, âre, --, --#, _to exult, rejoice_.
#P#
#P.#, abbreviation of the name _Pûblius_.
#pâcâtus# [#pâcô#, _to subdue_], adj., _pacified, subdued, at peace_.
#pacîscor, î, pactus sum#, _to agree together, bargain, stipulate_.
#paene#, adv., _almost, nearly_.
#paenitet, êre, uit, --#, impers., _it grieves, it repents_.
#palam#, adv., _openly, publicly_.
#Palâtium, î#, n., _the Palatine Hill_. Since Augustus had his palace
there, #palâtium# came to mean _palace_.
#pâlor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to roam abroad, scatter, straggle_.
#palpebrae, ârum#, pl. f., _the eyelids_.
#palûdâmentum, î#, n., _a military cloak, cloak_.
#pâlus, î#, m., _a stake, post_.
#palûs, ûdis#, f., _swamp, marsh, pool_.
#pandô, ere, î, passus#, _to spread out, unfold_.
#papâver, eris#, n., _poppy_.
#pâr, paris#, adj., _equal, like, similar_; _well-matched_. As noun, _an
equal, mate_.
#parâbilis, e# [#parô#], adj., _easily obtainable, readily procured_.
#parcô, ere, pepercî#, and #parsî, --#, _to spare_.
#parcus# [#parcô#], adj., _sparing, frugal, temperate_.
#parêns, entis# [part. of #pariô#], m. and f., _a parent, a father_ or
_mother_.
#pâreô, êre, uî, --#, _to appear_ (esp. in answer to a command), _obey_.
#ad--appâreô, êre, uî, --#, _to become visible, appear_; _be plain_
or _evident_.
#pariô, ere, peperî, partus#, _to give birth to, bring forth, produce_;
_acquire, obtain, procure_.
#ab--aperiô, îre, uî, tus#, _to uncover, bare_; _open, disclose_.
#ad# + #op--adoperiô, îre, uî, tus#, _to cover, veil_.
#con--comperiô, îre, î, tus#, _to find out, learn_.
#re--reperiô, îre, repperî, repertus#, _to find_ (again), _meet
with, discover_.
#pariter# [#pâr#], adv., _equally, alike_; _likewise_.
#parô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to make ready, prepare_; _resolve, plan_; _get,
acquire_.
#con--comparô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to prepare, make ready_; _obtain,
procure_.
#parricîdium, î# [#pater# + #caedô#], n., _murder of a father,
parricide_.
#pars, partis#, f., _a part, portion_; _direction_; _a side, faction,
political party_ (both sing. and pl.); _a character, role_ (esp.
in pl.).
#Parthî, ôrum#, pl. m., _the Parthians_, a people in Asia, southeast of
the Caspian Sea. In the second century B.C. they overran the country to
the east of the Euphrates. They were brave warriors and skillful
archers, and successfully resisted the Roman power.
#partim# [#pars#], adv., _partly_.
#partior, îrî, îtus sum# [#pars#], _to distribute, divide_.
#partus, ûs# [#pariô#], m., _a bringing forth, delivery, birth_.
#parum#, adv., _too little, not enough_; comp. #minus#, _less, by no
means, not_; sup. #minimê#, _least of all, by no means, not at all_. As
noun, #parum#, indecl. n., _too little, not enough_.
#parvulus# [dim. of #parvus#], adj., _very small, tiny_. As noun,
#parvulus, î#, m., _a small child, infant_.
#parvus#, adj., _little, small_; comp. #minor#, _smaller, less_;
_younger_ (sc. #nâtû#); sup. #minimus#, _smallest, least_.
#pâscô, ere, pâvî, pâstus#, _to feed_; of animals, _to graze, browse_
(esp. in pass. and supine).
#passim# [#passus#, part. of #pandô#], adv., _in every direction,
everywhere_.
#pâstor, ôris# [#pâscô#], m., _herdsman, shepherd_.
#patefaciô# [#pateô# + #faciô#], _to lay open, disclose, bring to
light_.
#pateô, êre, uî, --#, _to be open_.
#pater, patris#, m., _father_; pl., #patrês# or #patrês cônscrîptî#,
_the senators_. See #cônscrîptus#.
#paternus# [#pater#], adj., _of a father, fatherly, father's_.
#patiêns, entis# [#patior#], adj., _able to endure, long suffering,
patient_.
#patior, î, passus sum#, _to suffer, bear, endure_; _experience_;
_allow, permit_.
#patria, ae# [#pater#], f., _fatherland, native land_.
#patricius# [#pater#], adj., _of fatherly dignity, patrician, noble_. As
noun, #patriciî, ôrum#, pl. m., _the nobles, patricians_, the
descendants of the orig. settlers of Rome.
#patrimônium, î# [#pater#], n., _inheritance, patrimony, property_.
#patrius# [#pater#], adj., _of a father, father's_.
#patrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to carry out, perform, execute_.
#patrônus, î# [#pater#], m., _defender, patron_; _pleader, advocate,
lawyer_.
#paucus#, adj., _few, little_ (chiefly in pl.).
#paulâtim# [#paulum#], adv., _little by little, by degrees, gradually_.
#paulô# and #paulum# [#paulus#, _little_], adv., _by a little,
somewhat_.
#Paulus, î#, m., _L. Aemilius_, a famous general, consul in 219 and 216
B.C. In the latter year he fell at Cannae, and was hence regarded as a
national hero.
#pauper, eris#, adj., _poor_; _scanty, small_.
#pauperculus# [dim. of #pauper#], adj., _quite poor_.
#pavidus# [#paveô#, _to be afraid_], adj., _trembling, fearful,
frightened_.
#pavor, ôris# [#paveô#, _to be afraid_], m., _terror, fear, dread_.
#pâx, pâcis#, f., _peace_; _treaty_.
#peccâtum, î# [#peccô#], n., _an error, fault, sin_.
#peccô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to do wrong, act amiss, err, sin_.
#pectus, oris#, n., _breast, bosom, heart_.
#pecûnia, ae# [#pecus#], f., _money, property_.
#pecus, oris#, n., _cattle, flock, herd_.
#pedes, itis# [#pês#], m., _a foot-soldier_; collectively,
_foot-soldiers, infantry_.
#pellô, ere, pepulî, pulsus#, _to drive out_ or _away, expel_; _defeat,
rout_.
#ad--#(1) #appellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive towards, steer
for, direct_.
#ad--#(2) #appellô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to call_ (by name), _address_;
_appeal to, call upon_; _name, term, mention_.
#con--#(1) #compellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive together_;
_force, compel_.
#con--#(2) #compellô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to address_.
#dê--dêpellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive out_ or _away, expel,
dislodge_.
#ex--expellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive out, expel, banish_.
#per--perpellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive, force, induce_.
#prô--prôpellô, ere, pulî, pulsus#, _to drive forward_ or _away_;
_incite_.
#re--repellô, ere, reppulî, repulsus#, _to drive back, shake off,
repulse, reject_.
#pendeô, êre, pependî, --#, _to hang, be suspended_; _hang one's self_.
#pendô, ere, pependî, pênsus#, _to weigh, pay_.
#ex--expendô, ere, î, pênsus#, _to weigh_ or _pay out_.
#re--rependô, ere, î, pênsus#, _to pay for, purchase_; used esp. of
buying a thing with its weight in money.
#penitus#, adv., _inwardly, within_; _deeply, completely_.
#per#, prep. with acc.; used (1) of place, _through, across, over,
throughout_; (2) of time, _through, during_; (3) of means or agency, _by
means of, by the agency of, through_; (4) often in adv. phrases, #per
iocum#, _jokingly_, #per ôtium#, _quietly_, #per intervâlla#, _at
intervals_; in composition, _thoroughly, very_.
#peragô#, see #agô#.
#peragrô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#per# + #ager#], _to wander through, roam
over, traverse, scour_.
#peramoenus# [#per# + #amoenus#, _lovely_], adj., _very lovely,
charming_.
#percellô, ere, culî, culsus#, _to smite, strike_; _overturn, upset_;
_dishearten, discourage_.
#percieô, ciêre, cîvî, citus# [#per# + #cieô#, _to stir up_], _to arouse
thoroughly, excite_.
#percitus#, see #percieô#.
#percontor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to ask, question_.
#percussor, ôris# [#percutiô#], m., _murderer, assassin_.
#percutiô#, see #quatiô#.
#perdô#, see #dô#.
#perdûcô#, see #dûcô#.
#peregrînus# [#per# + #ager#], adj., _from foreign parts, foreign_.
#perendiê#, adv., _on the day after tomorrow_.
#perennis, e# [#per# + #annus#], adj., _perennial_; _perpetual,
never-failing_.
#pereô#, see (1) #eô#.
#perferô#, see #ferô#.
#perficiô#, see #faciô#.
#perfidia, ae# [#perfidus#], f., _treachery_.
#perfidus#, adj., _faithless, treacherous_.
#perforô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#per# + #forô#, _to bore_], _to bore through,
pierce_.
#perfruor#, see #fruor#.
#perfuga, ae# [#perfugiô#], m., _a fugitive, deserter, refugee_.
#perfugiô#, see #fugiô#.
#pergô#, see #regô#.
#perîclitor, âri, âtus sum# [#perîculum#], _to try, test_; intrans., _to
be in danger, incur risk_.
#perîculôsus# [#perîculum#], adj., _perilous, dangerous_.
#perîculum, î#, n., _trial_; _danger, peril_.
#perîtus#, adj., _experienced, skilled, expert_. As noun, #perîtus, î#,
m., _an expert_.
#perliciô#, see #*laciô#.
#permittô#, see #mittô#.
#permoveô#, see #moveô#.
#permultus# [#per# + #multus#], adj., _very much, very many_. As noun,
#permultum, î#, n., _a great deal_; #permultî, ôrum#, pl. m., _very
many_ (persons).
#permûtô#, see #mûtô#.
#perniciês, êî#, f., _destruction, ruin, overthrow_.
#perniciôsus# [#perniciês#], adj., _dangerous, destructive_.
#perôrô#, see #ôrô#.
#perpellô#, see #pellô#.
#perpetuô# [abl. of #perpetuus#], adv., _continually, forever_.
#perpetuus#, adj., _continuous, uninterrupted_; #in perpetuum#,
_forever_.
#perrumpô#, see #rumpô#.
#persaepe# [#per# + #saepe#], adv., _very often_.
#perscrîbô#, see #scrîbô#.
#persequor#, see #sequor#.
#perstringô#, see #stringô#.
#persuâdeô#, see #suâdeô#.
#pertaesus# [orig. part. of #pertaedet#, _it wearies, disgusts_], adj.,
_disgusted with, sick of_.
#pertinâciter# [#pertinâx#, _persistent_], adv., _persistently,
stubbornly_.
#pertineô#, see #teneô#.
#pertrahô#, see #trahô#.
#perturbô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#per# + #turbô#, _to disturb_], _to confuse,
disturb, upset_.
#perveniô#, see #veniô#.
#pês, pedis#, m., _the foot_; _a foot_ (in measurements).
#pessimus#, see #malus#.
#pêstifer, fera, ferum# [#pêstis# + #ferô#], adj., _baneful,
destructive_.
#pêstilêns, entis# [#pêstis#], adj., _baneful_.
#pêstilentia, ae# [#pêstilêns#], f., _pest, plague, disease_.
#pêstis, is#, f., _plague, pest_; _curse, bane_.
#petîtiô, ônis# [#petô#], f., _candidacy_.
#petô, ere, îvî (iî), îtus#, _to strive for, seek_; _beg, ask, request_;
_assail, attack_; intrans., _to be a candidate_.
#ex--expetô, ere, îvî, îtus#, _to seek, desire, crave_.
#re--repetô, ere, îvî, îtus#, _to seek again, try to get back,
demand back_.
#phalerae, ârum#, pl. f., _a metal breastplate_ (esp. for horses),
_trappings_.
#Pharnacês, is#, m., _a son of Mithridates_.
#Pharsâlicus#, adj., _of_ or _at Pharsalus_.
#Pharsâlus, î#, f., a city in Thessaly, near which Caesar defeated
Pompey, 48 B.C.
#Philippî, ôrum#, pl. m., a city in Macedonia, near which Brutus and
Cassius were defeated by Octavianus and Antony, B.C. 42.
#philosophia, ae#, f., _philosophy_.
#philosophus, î#, m., _a philosopher_.
#Philus, î#, m., see #Fûrius#.
#pietâs, âtis# [#pius#, _dutiful_], f., _conscientiousness, dutiful
conduct, devotion, piety_; _filial affection, loyalty_.
#piget, êre, uit# and #itum est#, impers., _it pains, grieves,
disgusts_.
#pîgnus, oris#, n., _pledge, security_; _assurance, proof_.
#pilleus, î#, m., _a_ (close-fitting) _cap_.
#pinguis, e#, adj., _fat, sleek_.
#pîrâta, ae#, m., _a sea-robber, pirate_.
#pîrâticus# [#pîrâta#], adj., _of_ or _with_ (against) _the pirates_.
#piscîna, ae# [#piscis#], f., _a fish-pond_.
#piscis, is#, m., _a fish_.
#Pîsô, ônis#, m., a cognomen in the Calpurnian gens.
1. _Cn._ (_Calpurnius_) _Pîsô_, mentioned in XIII, 64, as a type of
excessive rigor and severity.
2. _L. Calpurnius Pîsô Frûgî_, consul 133 B.C.; opponent of
C. Gracchus in 121; author of a historical work called _Annâlês_.
#Placentia, ae#, f., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, on the Po.
#placeô, êre, uî, --#, _to please, be agreeable to_; _seem best to_;
impers., #placet, uit# or #placitum est#, with dat., _to be
resolved by_.
#dis--displiceô, êre, uî, --#, _to displease_.
#placidê# [#placidus#, _calm_], adv., _calmly, quietly_.
#plâcô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to soothe, appease_; _conciliate, reconcile_.
#plâga, ae#, f., _a stroke, blow_.
#Plancus, î#, m., _C. Plôtius Plancus_, proscribed by the Second
Triumvirate.
#plaustrum, î#, n., _a wagon, cart_.
#plausus, ûs# [#plaudô#, _to clap the hands_] m., _applause,
acclamations_.
#plêbêius# [#plêbs#], adj., _plebeian_. As noun, #plêbêî, ôrum#, pl. m.,
_the plebeians_. See #plêbs#.
#plêbs, plêbis#, f., _the common people, rabble_; _the plebeians_, or
the population that grew up round the patricians (see #patricius#) from
such causes as the settlement of foreigners in Rome, or the emancipation
of slaves.
#plectô, ere, --, --#, _to beat, punish_ (usually in pass.).
#plênus# [cf. #*pleô#], adj., _full, full of_.
#*pleô, plêre, plêvî, plêtus#, _to fill_.
#com--compleô, êre, êvî, êtus#, _to fill_ (to the brim): _complete_.
#ex--expleô, êre, êvî, êtus#, _to fill up, fill_.
#in--impleô, êre, êvî, êtus#, _to fill up_.
#ob--oppleô, êre, êvî, êtus#, _to fill_; _cover_.
#re--repleô, êre, êvî, êtus#, _to fill again, refill, fill up_.
#plêrîque, aeque, aque#, adj., _very many, most_.
#Plînius, î#, m., _C. Plînius Secundus_, commonly known as _Pliny the
Elder_, A.D. 23-79. He wrote a sort of encyclopaedia called _Historia
Nâtûrâlis_.
#Plôtius, î#, m., see #Plancus#.
#plumbeus# [#plumbum#], adj., _leaden_.
#plumbum, î#, n., _lead_.
#plûrimus#, see #multus#.
#plûs, plûris#, adj., see #multus#.
#poena, ae#, f., _compensation, punishment, penalty_.
#Poenî, ôrum#, pl. m., _the Phoenicians, Carthaginians_ (see
#Carthâgô#).
#poêta, ae#, m., _a poet_.
#Pôlliô, ônis#, m., _Vedius Pôlliô_, punished by Augustus for cruelty to
a slave.
#Pompêiânus#, adj., _Pompey's, Pompeian_.
#Pompêius, î#, m., _Cn. Pompêius_, surnamed _Mâgnus_; born B.C. 106, he
was consul in 70, having fought Sertorius in Spain, 76-71; defeated the
pirates in 67, Mithridates in 66, and formed the First Triumvirate with
Caesar and Crassus in 60. He was defeated by Caesar in 48 at Pharsalus
in Thessaly, and soon after murdered.
#Pompilius, î#, m., #Numa Pompilius#, second king of Rome.
#Pompônius, î#, m., _M. Pompônius_, tribune of the people in 362 B.C.
#Pomptînus#, adj., _Pomptine_; #palûdês Pomptînae#, _the Pomptine
Marshes_ in Latium, southeast of Rome.
#pondus, eris# [#pendô#,], n., _weight_.
#pônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to put down, place, set, deposit_; _serve_
(at meals); _spend_; _set up, build_; #castra pônere#, _to pitch a
camp_; #rudîmentum pônere#, _to lay aside_ (i.e. get through) _the first
steps, to learn_.
#ad--appônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to set before, serve_
(at table).
#con--compônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to arrange, settle_;
_conclude, finish_.
#dê--dêpônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to lay down_ or _aside, put
down_; _stop_; _arrange, establish_.
#dis--dispônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to arrange, array, dispose_.
#ex--expônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to set_ or _put forth_; _land,
disembark_; _expose, abandon_; _relate, explain_.
#in--impônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to place_ or _put upon_ or _in_;
#lêgês impônere#, _to dictate terms_.
#ob--oppônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to put in the way, set against,
oppose_.
#prae--praepônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to set over, put in
charge of_.
#prô--prôpônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to put_ or _set forth_;
_expose to view, submit_; _propose, offer_; _resolve, determine_.
#re--repônô, ere, posuî, positus#, _to put back, replace, restore_.
#pôns, pontis#, m., _a bridge_.
#ponticulus, î# [dim. of #pôns#], m., _a little bridge_.
#Ponticus#, adj., _pertaining to Pontus, Pontic_.
#Pontus, î#, m., _Pontus_, a country in Asia Minor, south of the Black
Sea.
#populâris, is# [#populus#], m., _a fellow-countryman_.
#populor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to lay waste, ravage, plunder_.
#populus, î#, m., _a people, nation_; collectively, _the people, the
citizens_.
#Porcia, ae#, f., a daughter of Cato Uticensis (see #Catô#), and wife of
M. Brutus.
#porrigô#, see #regô#.
#Porsena, ae#, m., _Porsena_, a king of Clusium in Etruria.
#porta, ae#, f., _a city gate, gate_.
#portendô#, see #tendô#.
#porticus, ûs# [#porta#], f., _a colonnade, arcade, portico_.
#portô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bear, carry, bring_.
#re--reportô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bring back_; _carry off or away_.
#portôrium, î# [#portus#], n., _a tax, duty, tariff_.
#portus, ûs#, m., _a harbor, haven_.
#pôscô, ere, popôscî, --#, _to ask, demand_.
#dê--dêpôscô, ere, popôscî, --#, _to demand urgently, claim_.
#ex--expôscô, ere, popôscî, --#, _to demand, claim_.
#re--repôscô, ere, --, --#, _to demand_ (back), _claim_.
#Posîdônius, î#, m., a Stoic philosopher, contemporary with Cicero and
Pompey.
#possum, posse, potuî, --# [#potis#, _able_ + #sum#], _to be able, can_;
_have influence, be strong_.
#post#, (1) adv., _after, later, afterwards_; (2) prep, with acc.,
_after, behind_.
#posteâ# [#post# + #is#], adv., _afterwards_.
#posterus# [#post#], adj., _following, next_; comp. #posterior, us#,
gen. #ôris#, _later_; sup. #postrêmus#, _last, lowest_; #in posterum#,
_for the future_; #ad postrêmum#, _finally_; #postrêmô#, _at last,
finally_. As noun, #posterî, ôrum#, pl. m., _descendants, posterity_.
#posthabeô#, see #habeô#.
#posthâc# [#post# + #hîc#], adv., _hereafter, thereafter, in the
future_.
#postîcum, î# [#postîcus#, _in the rear_], n., _a back door_.
#postis, is#, m., _a door-post, post_.
#postquam# or #post . . . quam# [#post# + #quam#], conj., _after, when_.
#postrêmô#, see #posterus#.
#postrêmus#, see #posterus#.
#postrîdiê# [#posterus# + #diês#], adv., _on the following day, next
day_.
#pôstulâtum, î# [#pôstulô#], n., _a demand, request_.
#pôstulô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to request, demand_.
#potêns, entis# [orig. part. of #possum#], adj., _able, mighty,
influential_.
#potentâtus, ûs# [#potêns#], m., _power, authority, dominion_.
#potentia, ae# [#potêns#], f., _power, might_.
#potestâs, âtis# [#potis#, _able_], f., _might, power_ (esp. that of a
magistrate); _dominion, rule_; _opportunity_.
#potior, îrî, îtus sum#, _to become master of, obtain, acquire, get_.
#prae#, prep, with abl., _before, in front of_; _in comparison with_; in
composition, _before, very_.
#praeacûtus# [#prae# + #acûtus#, _sharp_], adj., _sharp at the end,
pointed_.
#praebeô#, see #habeô#.
#praecêdô#, see #cêdô#.
#praeceptor, ôris# [#praecipiô#], m., _teacher_.
#praeceptum, î# [#praecipiô#], n., _teaching, maxim, rule_; _command,
order_.
#praecîdô#, see #caedô#.
#praecinô#, see #canô#.
#praecipiô#, see #capiô#.
#praecipuê# [#praecipuus#, _special_], adv., _chiefly, principally,
especially_.
#praeclârê# [#praeclârus#], adv., _gloriously, excellently_.
#praeclârus# [#prae# + #clârus#], adj., _very bright_ or _brilliant,
excellent, distinguished_.
#praecô, ônis#, m., _a crier, herald_.
#praeda, ae#, f., _booty, spoil, plunder_.
#praedicâtiô, ônis# [#praedicô#], f., _a public proclamation,
statement_.
#praedicô#, see #dicô#.
#praedîcô#, see #dîcô#.
#praedô, ônis# [#praeda#], m., _one that makes_ (gains) _booty, robber_.
#praefectus, î# [#praeficiô#, _to place in command_], m., _a leader,
commander_.
#praeferô#, see #ferô#.
#praeferôx, ôcis# [#prae# + #ferôx#], adj., _insolent, full of
confidence_.
#praefor, fârî, fâtus sum# [#prae# + #for#, _to speak_], _to say by way
of preface_.
#praelûceô, êre, lûxî, --# [#prae# + #lûceô#, _to shine_], _to shine
before, light the way before_.
#praemium, î# [#prae# + #emô#], n., _reward, prize_.
#praepônô#, see #pônô#.
#praeripiô#, see #rapiô#.
#praesêns, entis# [orig. part. of #praesum#], adj., _present, at hand_;
_face to face_.
#praesidium, î# [#praesideô#, _to defend_], n., _help, aid, defense_;
_defensive force, garrison_; _fort, post, station_.
#praestô#, see #stô#.
#praesum#, see #sum#.
#praeter#, prep, with acc., _past, beyond_; _contrary to, against_;
_besides, except_; in composition, _past, beyond_.
#praetereâ# [#praeter# + #is#], adv., _in addition to this, besides,
moreover_.
#praetereô#, see (1) #eô#.
#praeteritus# [orig. part. of #praetereô#], adj., _past_.
#praetextus# [orig. part. of #praetexô#, _to edge, border_], adj.,
_bordered, edged_. As noun, #praetexta, ae# (sc. #toga#), f., _the toga
praetexta_, or white toga with purple border, worn by magistrates and by
free-born children till the sixteenth or seventeenth year, when they
became of age and assumed the _toga virîlis_, which was wholly white.
#praetor, ôris# [orig. #praeitor#, from #prae# + (1) #eô#], m., _a
leader, commander_; among the Romans, _a praetor_ or magistrate, whose
especial business was the administration of justice. After Sulla's time
eight or more were elected annually. The praetors often served in
command of armies, esp. in the provinces, and after acting as judges in
Rome, were regularly assigned to duty in the provinces with the title of
_prôpraetor_.
#praetôrius# [#praetor#], adj., _of_ or _belonging to the general, the
general's_; _praetorian_. As noun, #praetôrius, î#, m., _a man of
praetorian rank, an ex-praetor_.
#praeveniô#, see #veniô#.
#prandium, î#, n., _lunch_.
#prâtum, î#, n., _a field, meadow_.
#prâvus#, adj., _crooked, wrong_; _perverse, wicked_.
#precor, ârî, âtus sum# [#prex#], _to ask, beg, beseech_.
#dê--dêprecor, ârî, âtus sum#, _to plead against, plead, avert by
prayer_; _decline_.
#prehendô, ere, î, prehênsus#, _to grasp, seize, catch_.
#ad--apprehendô, ere, î, hênsus#, _to lay hold of, seize, grasp_.
#con--comprehendô, ere, î, hênsus#, _to seize, catch, arrest_;
_understand_.
#dê--dêprehendô, ere, î, hênsus#, _to seize, catch_; _surprise,
detect, discover_.
#re--reprehendô, ere, î, hênsus#, _to hold back, check_; _blame,
criticise, reprove_.
#premô, ere, pressî, pressus#, _to press_; _press hard, crush_.
#con--comprimô, ere, pressî, pressus#, _to restrain, check, crush_.
#ex--exprimô, ere, pressî, pressus#, _to press_ or _force out_; _utter,
express_.
#ob--opprimô, ere, pressî, pressus#, _to crush utterly, overpower,
overwhelm, master_.
#re--reprimô, ere, pressî, pressus#, _to press_ or _keep back, check,
restrain_.
#pretiôsus# [#pretium#], adj., _of great value, costly, precious_.
#pretium, î#, n., _money value, price_; _money_; _recompense, reward_;
#operae pretium est#, _it is worth while_.
#prex, precis#, f., _a prayer, entreaty_ (chiefly in pl.).
#prîdem#, adv., _long since, long ago_.
#prîdiê# [#pri(or)# + #diê#], adv., _the day before_.
#prîmô#, see #prior#.
#prîmôrês, um# [#prîmus#], pl. m., _first men, chiefs, nobles_.
#prîmum#, see #prior#.
#prîmus#, see #prior#.
#prînceps, ipis# [#prîmus# + #capiô#], adj., _first, foremost_. As noun,
m., _leading man, chief, leader_.
#prîncipium, î# [#prînceps#], n., _beginning_.
#prior, us#, gen. #priôris#, comp. adj., _foremost, first, prior_; sup.
#prîmus#, _first, foremost_; #prîmô, prîmum#, _at first, first_.
#Prîscus, î#, m., cognomen of _Tarquinius Prîscus_, the fifth king of
Rome.
#prius# [neuter of #prior#], adv., _before, sooner, previously, first of
all_.
#priusquam# or #prius . . . quam# [#prius# + #quam#], conj., _earlier
than, before_.
#prîvâtim# [#prîvâtus#], adv., _individually_; _by one's self,
privately_.
#prîvâtus# [#prîvô#], adj., _personal, private, individual_. As noun,
#prîvâtus, î#, m., _a man in private life, a private citizen_.
#prîvô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to bereave, deprive, rob_.
#prô#, prep. with abl., _in front of, before_; _in behalf of, for_;
_instead of_; _in comparison with, in accordance with_; in composition,
_forth, for_.
#prô#, interj., _O! ah! alas! Heavens!_
#proavus, î# [#prô# + #avus#], m., _great-grandfather_.
#probô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#probus#, _good_], _to test_ (and find good),
_approve, commend_; _show, prove_.
#ad--approbô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to approve fully, favor_; _show,
demonstrate_.
#con--comprobô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to approve, sanction_; _confirm_.
#Proca, ae#, m., a king of Alba Longa, father of Numitor and Amulius.
#prôcêdô#, see #cêdô#.
#procella, ae#, f., _a strong wind_; _storm_.
#prôcêritâs, âtis# [#prôcêrus#, _tall_], f., _height, tallness_.
#prôclâmô#, see #clâmô#.
#prôcônsul, is# [#prô#, _in place of_ + #cônsul#], m., _a proconsul,
governor of a province_. See #cônsul# (end).
#procul#, adv., _in the distance, afar_; with abl., _far from_.
#Proculus, î#, m., a Roman senator who claimed that Romulus appeared to
him after his death.
#prôcumbô#, see #*cumbô#.
#prôcûrô#, see #cûrô#.
#prôdigium, î#, n., _an omen, portent_; _strange being, prodigy,
monster_.
#prôditiô, ônis# [#prôdô#], f., _treason_.
#prôditor, ôris# [#prôdô#], m., _a traitor_.
#prôdô#, see #dô#.
#proelior, ârî, âtus sum# [#proelium#], _to fight, wage war_.
#proelium, î#, n., _a battle, combat_.
#profectô# [#prô# + #factum#], adv., _indeed, in truth, certainly, to be
sure_.
#prôferô#, see #ferô#.
#proficîscor, î, profectus sum#, _to set out, proceed_; _depart_.
#profiteor#, see #fateor#.
#prôflîgô#, see #*flîgô#.
#profugiô#, see #fugiô#.
#profugus, î# [#profugiô#], m., _a fugitive, exile_.
#profundô#, see #fundô#.
#profûsus# [orig. part. of #profundô#], adj., _lavish, extravagant,
profuse_.
#prôgredior#, see #gradior#.
#prohibeô#, see #habeô#.
#prôiciô#, see #iaciô#.
#proinde# [#prô# + #inde#], adv., _hence, therefore_.
#prôlâbor#, see #lâbor#.
#prômineô, êre, uî, --#, _to project, extend, lean out_.
#prômissus# [orig. part. of #prômittô#], adj., _hanging down, long,
flowing_.
#prômissum, î# [#prômittô#], n., _a promise_.
#prômittô#, see #mittô#.
#prômoveô#, see #moveô#.
#prômptê# [#prômptus#], adv., _quickly, readily_.
#prômptus# [#prômô#, _to put forth_], adj., _visible, at hand_; _ready,
alert, prompt_.
#pronepôs, ôtis# [#prô# + #nepôs#], m., _great-grandson_.
#prônûntiô#, see #nûntiô#.
#propâgô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to propagate, increase, prolong_.
#prope#, adv., _near by_; _nearly, almost_ (esp. with numbers): comp.
#propius#; sup. #proximê#, _nearest, next_.
#prôpellô#, see #pellô#.
#properô, âre, âvî, âtum# [#properus#, _quick_], _to speed, hasten_.
#propinquus# [#prope#], adj., _neighboring, near_; as noun, _a
relative_.
#propior# [#prope#], comp. adj., _nearer_; sup. #proximus#, _nearest,
next_; _latest, last_; _next, following_; #in proximô#, _near by_. As
noun, #proximî, ôrum#, pl. m., _bystanders_.
#prôpônô#, see #pônô#.
#prôpositum, î# [#prôpônô#], n., _plan, purpose_.
#propriê# [#proprius#], adv., _peculiarly, especially_.
#proprius#, adj., _own, one's own_; with gen. or dat., _peculiar to,
characteristic of_.
#propter#, prep. with acc., _on account of_.
#prôripiô#, see #rapiô#.
#prôrogô#, see #rogô#.
#prôscrîbô#, see #scrîbô#.
#prôscrîptiô, ônis# [#prôscrîbô#], f., _a notice of sale_;
_proscription, confiscation_.
#prôsequor#, see #sequor#.
#prôsiliô#, see #saliô#.
#prôspectus, ûs# [#prôspiciô#, _to look forward_], m., _view, prospect_.
#prôsperê# [#prôsperus#], adv., _propitiously, successfully_.
#prôsperus# [#prô# + #spês#], adj., _according to one's hopes,
favorable_.
#prôsternô#, see #sternô#.
#prôsum#, see #sum#.
#prôtendô#, see #tendô#.
#prôtinus#, adv., _right on, continuously_; _at once, immediately_.
#prôvehô#, see #vehô#.
#prôvincia, ae#, f., _a province_ (i.e. a territory outside of Italy
under Roman government); _sphere of operations_.
#prôvocô#, see #vocô#.
#proximê#, see #prope#.
#proximus#, see #propior#.
#prûdêns, entis# [orig. #prôvidêns#, part. of #prôvideô#, _to see
ahead_], adj., _fore-seeing, skillful, clever, prudent_.
#prûdentia, ae# [#prûdêns#], f., _foresight, practical wisdom, good
sense_.
#psittacus, î#, m., _a parrot_.
#Ptolemaeus, î#, m., a name borne by the kings of Egypt after the time
of Alexander the Great.
#pûblicê# [#pûblicus#], adv., _in the name of_ (by order of) _the state,
publicly, officially_.
#pûblicô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#pûblicus#], _to open to the public, make
public_.
#pûblicus# [orig. #populicus#: cf. #populus#], adj., _belonging to the
people_ (state), _public_; _official_. As noun, #pûblicum, î#, n., _the
state treasury_.
#Pûblius, î#, m., a Roman praenomen.
#pudor, ôris#, m., _modesty, shame, hesitancy_.
#puella, ae# [dim. of #puer#], f., _a girl_.
#puer, puerî#, m., _a child_; _boy_; _slave_.
#puerîlis, e# [#puer#], adj., _boyish, youthful_.
#pueritia, ae# [#puer#], f., _childhood_; _boyhood, youth_ (extending
usually to the 17th year).
#pugiô, ônis#, m., _a dagger, dirk_.
#pûgna, ae#, f., _a combat, fight, battle_.
#pûgnâx, âcis# [#pûgna#], adj., _fond of fighting, combative_.
#pûgnô, âre, âvî, âtum#, _to fight_; _oppose, resist_.
#ex--expûgnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to take by storm, capture_;
_overpower, prevail upon_.
#in--impûgnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to fight against, oppose, attack_.
#ob--oppûgnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to fight against, assault, besiege_.
#re--repûgnô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to fight back, oppose, resist_.
#pulcher, chra, chrum#, adj., _beautiful_; _excellent, illustrious_.
#Pulcher, chrî#, m., _P. Claudius_, a son of A. Claudius Caecus, consul
249 B.C.
#pullârius, î# [#pullus#], m., _keeper of the sacred chickens_.
#pullus, î#, m., _a young animal_; _chicken_.
#pulvis, eris#, m., _dust_.
#pungô, ere, pupugî, punctus#, _to strike, prick, puncture_; _sting,
torment_.
#Pûnicus#, adj., _Phoenician, Punic_; _Carthaginian_ (see #Carthâgô#).
#pûniô, îre, îvî, îtus# [#poena#], _to punish_.
#pûrgô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#pûrus#, _clean_ + #agô#], _to make clean_;
_clear away, excuse_.
#putô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to cleanse_ (vines by cutting); _consider,
think, suppose_.
#am--amputô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to cut all round, cut away, lop off_.
#con--computô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to sum up, reckon, compute_.
#dis--disputô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to weigh, examine_; _discuss_;
_argue_.
#re--reputô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to think over, reflect on, reflect_.
#Py:rênaeus, î# (sc. #môns#), m., _the Pyrenees_.
#Pyrrhus, î#, m., a king of Epirus, who allied himself with Tarentum,
and invaded Italy, 280-275 B.C.
#Q#
#Q.#, abbreviation of the name #Quîntus#.
#quadrâgêsimus# [#quadrâgintâ#], num. adj., _fortieth_.
#quadrâgintâ#, indecl. num. adj., _forty_.
#quadrîgae, ârum#, pl. f., a _four-horse team_.
#quadringentî, ae, a# [#quattuor# + #centum#], num. adj., _four
hundred_.
#quaerô, ere, quaesîvî, quaesîtus#, _to seek_; _ask_; _get, gain_.
#ad--adquîrô, ere, quîsîvî, quîsîtus#, _to acquire, get, gain_.
#con--conquîrô, ere, quîsîvî, quîsîtus#, _to seek_ or _search fo_;
_hunt up_.
#re--requîrô, ere, quîsîvî (iî), quîsîtus#, _to seek_ or _search
for_.
#quaesô, ere, îvî, --#, _to seek_; _beg, pray_.
#quaestor, ôris# [orig. #quaesîtor#; cf. #quaerô, quaesô#], m.,
_quaestor, quartermaster_, a name given to certain magistrates who had
the care of public monies and military supplies, both at Rome and in the
provinces.
#quaestûra, ae# [#quaestor#], f., _the quaestorship_.
#quâlis, e#, adj., (1) interrog., _of what kind? what sort of?_
(2) rel., _of such a kind, such as, as_.
#quâliscumque, quâlecumque#, adj., _of whatsoever kind, of any kind_.
#quam# [(1) #quis#], adv., _how, how much_; after a comp., _than_; with
a sup., _as possible_; #quam prîmum#, _as soon as possible_; #quamdiû#,
_as long as_; #tam . . . quam#, _as . . . so, not only . . . but also_.
#quamquam#, conj., _although, even if_.
#quamvîs# [#quam# + #vîs#, from #volô#], adv. and conj., _howevermuch,
although_.
#quandôquidem# [#quandô#, _since_ + #quidem#], conj., _since indeed_.
#quantus# [#quam#], adj., (1) interr., _how great? how much?_ (2) rel.,
correl. to #tantus#, _as great as, as_.
#quantum#, adv., _how much? how far?_
#quâpropter# [(1) #quis# + #propter#], adv.; (1) interr., _why?
wherefore?_ (2) rel., _for which reason, wherefore_.
#quâre# [#quâ# + #rê#], adv., (1) interr., _why?_ (2) rel., _for which
reason, wherefore, therefore_.
#quârtâna, ae# [#quârtus#], f. (sc. #febris#, _fever_), a fever or ague
recurring every fourth day.
#quârtus# [#quattuor#], num. adj., _fourth_.
#quasî#, adv. and conj., _as if, just as if, as though, ostensibly_; _on
the ground that_.
#quater#, adv., _four times_.
#quatiô, ere, --, quassus#, _to shake, strike_.
#dê--dêcutiô, ere, cussî, cussus#, _to shake off_ or _down, strike
off_.
#ex--excutiô, ere, cussî, cussus#, _to shake off, fling off_.
#per--percutiô, ere, cussî, cussus#, _to strike through, pierce_;
_smite, strike_; _kill, slay_; _overwhelm, shock_.
#quattuor#, indecl. num. adj., _four_.
#que#, conj., enclitic, _and, and yet, but_.
#queror, î, questus sum#, _to complain_.
#con--conqueror, î, questus sum#, _to complain bitterly, lament,
deplore_.
#questus, ûs# [#queror#], m., _complaint, lament_.
(1) #quî, quae, quod#, interr. pron., used adjectively, _which? what?
what kind of?_ See (1) #quis#.
(2) #quî, quae, quod#, rel. pron., _who, which, what, that_; _whoever,
whatever_.
(3) #quî, quae#, or #qua, quod#, indef. pron., used adjectively, _any,
some_.
(4) #quî# [old abl. of (1) #quî#], adv., _how?_
#quia#, conj., _because, since_.
#quîcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque#, indef. rel. pron., _whoever,
whichever, whatever_.
#quîdam, quaedam, quiddam#, and as adj., #quoddam#, indef. pron., _a
certain one, somebody_; _a certain_.
#quidem#, adv., _indeed, in fact, to be sure_; #nê . . . quidem#, _not
even, not at all_.
#quiês, êtis#, f., _rest, sleep, quiet, respite_.
#quiêtus# [orig. part, of #quiêscô#, _to be at rest_], _quiet,
peaceful_.
#quîn# [(4) #quî# + #nê#], conj., _how not? why not_; _that, that not,
but that_; #quîn et# or #etiam#, _nay more_.
#Quîntilius, î#, m., gentile name of _P. Quîntilius Vârus_, an officer
of Augustus, who sustained a severe defeat at the hands of the Germans,
B.C. 9.
#Quîntîlis, is# [#Quîntus#], m. (sc. #mênsis#), _July_, the fifth month
(counting from March. See #December#).
#quîndecemvir, î# [#quîndecem#, _fifteen_ + #vir#], m., _a member of a
board of fifteen men_.
#quîngentî, ae, a# [#quînque# + #centum#], num. adj., _five hundred_.
#quînquâgintâ#, indecl. num. adj., _fifty_.
#quînque#, indecl. num. adj., _five_.
#quînquennium, î# [#quînque# + #annus#], n., _a period of five years_.
#quînquiês# [#quînque#], adv., _five times_.
#quîntus# [#quînque#], num. adj., _fifth_.
#Quîntus, î#, m., a praenomen.
#quîppe#, adv., _indeed, as you see, surely_.
#Quirînâlis, is# (sc. #collis#), m., _the Quirinal_, one of the hills of
Rome.
#Quirînus, î#, m., a name given to Romulus after his death and
deification.
#Quirîtês, ium# [#Curês#], pl. m., orig. _the people of Cures_; later,
the name used to denote the Romans in their civil capacity, hence:
_citizens, Romans_. See #Rômânî#.
(1) #quis, quid#, interr. pron. used substantively, _who? which? what?_
See (1) #quî#.
(2) #quis, qua, quid#, indef. pron. used substantively, _some one, any
one_; _something, anything_. See (3) #quî#.
#quisnam, quaenam, quidnam# [(1) #quis# + #nam#], interr. pron., _who_
or _what in the world? who? which? what?_
#quispiam, quaepiam, quodpiam# and #quidpiam#, indef. pron., _some, any,
some one_.
#quisquam, quaequam, quicquam#, indef. pron., adj. or noun, _any one,
anything, any_.
#quisque, quaeque, quidque# or #quodque#, indef. pron., noun or adj.,
_each, every, each one, every one_.
#quisquis, quicquid#, indef. pron., _whoever, whatever, every one who,
everything which_.
#quô# [#quî#], adv. and conj. As adv., (1) interr., _whither_? (2) rel.,
_whither_; as conj., _in order that, that, that thereby_.
#quôcumque#, adv., _whithersoever_.
#quod#, conj., _because, that, in that_; _as to the fact that, so far
as_; #quod sî#, _but if_.
#quômodo# [(1) #quî# + #modus#], adv., (1) interr., _how?_ (2) rel., _in
the manner that, as_.
#quondam#, adv., _once, formerly_.
#quoniam# [#quom# (= #cum#, _since_) + #iam#], conj., _since, because,
seeing that_.
#quoque#, conj., _also, too_ (placed after the word it emphasizes).
#quôrsum# or #quôrsus# [orig. #quôversus#; #quô# + #vertô#], adv.,
_whither?_
#quotannîs# [#quot# + #annus#], adv., _each year, yearly_.
#quoûsque# [#quô# + #ûsque#, _until_], adv., (1) interr., _until what
time?_ (2) rel., _until_.
#R#
#radius, î#, m., _a staff, rod_; _beam, ray_.
#radîx, îcis#, f., _a root_; _foot, base_.
#rapîna, ae# [#rapiô#], f., _robbery, pillage_.
#rapiô, ere, rapuî, raptus#, _to seize_ and _carry off, drag off_;
_plunder, destroy_; _hasten, hurry_.
#ab--abripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to take away forcibly, drag off_.
#ad--adripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to snatch quickly, seize_.
#con--corripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to seize, catch up_; #morbô
corripî#, _to fall sick_.
#dis--dîripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to tear apart_; _ravage, plunder_.
#prae--praeripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to snatch away, carry off_ or
_away_.
#prô--prôripiô, ere, uî, reptus#, _to fling forth_; with #sê#,
_rush_.
#rârô# [#rârus#], adv., _seldom, rarely_.
#rârus#, adj., _thin_; _scattered, rare_.
#ratiô, ônis# [#reor#], f., _reckoning, calculation, account_; _method,
plan_.
#ratis, is#, f., _a raft, boat, vessel_.
#re# or #red#, insep. prefix, _again, back_.
#rebellô#, see #bellô#.
#recêdô#, see #cêdô#.
#receptus, ûs# [#recipiô#], m., _a retreat_.
#recessus, ûs# [#recêdô#], m., _nook, corner_.
#recidô#, see #cadô#.
#reciperô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to regain, recover_.
#recipiô#, see #capiô#.
#reconciliô#, see #conciliô#.
#recreô#, see #creô#.
#rêctê# [#rêctus# (part. of #regô#), _straight, right_], adv., _rightly,
duly, well_.
#recubô#, see #cubô#.
#recûsô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#re# + #causa#], _to decline, refuse_.
#reddô#, see #dô#.
#redeô#, see (1) #eô#.
#redigô#, see #agô#.
#redimô#, see #emô#.
#redintegrô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#red# + #integer#], _to make whole again,
renew_.
#reditus, ûs# [#redeô#], m., _a going_ (or coming) _back, return_.
#redûcô#, see #dûcô#.
#refellô, ere, î, --# [#re# + #fallô#, _to deceive_], _to prove false,
refute, disprove_.
#referô#, see #ferô#.
#refoveô#, see #foveô#.
#refringô#, see #frangô#.
#refugiô#, see #fugiô#.
#rêgâlis, e# [#rêx#], adj., _kinglike, royal_.
#rêgia, ae# [#rêgius#], f. (sc. #domus#), _a palace_.
#rêgîna, ae# [#rêx#], f., _a queen_.
#regiô, ônis# [#regô#], f., _district, region_.
#rêgius# [#rêx#], adj., _kingly, royal, king's_.
#rêgnô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#rêgnum#], _to be king_; _rule, govern_.
#rêgnum, î# [#rêx#], n., _kingly government, sovereignty, sway_; _a
kingdom_.
#regô, ere, rêxî, rêctus#, _to keep straight, guide, conduct, rule_.
#con--corrigô, ere, rêxî, rêctus#, _to straighten, correct,
improve_.
#dis--dîrigô, ere, rêxî, rêctus#, _to guide, steer, direct_.
#ex--êrigô, ere, rêxî, rêctus#, _to raise_ or _lift up_; _stir up,
arouse_.
#per--pergô, ere, perrêxî, perrêctus#, _to go straight on, proceed,
hasten_; with acc., _pursue with vigor, perform_; #partês pergere#,
_to play the rôle_.
#por# (= #prô#)#--porrigô, ere, porrêxî, porrêctus#, _to spread_ or
_stretch out_; _hold forth, offer, present_.
#regredior#, see #gradior#.
#Rêgulus, î#, m., _M. Atîlius_, consul in 256 B.C.; defeated in Africa
and taken prisoner by the Carthaginians, 255.
#rêiciô#, see #iaciô#.
#relâbor#, see #lâbor#.
#relêgô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#re# + #lêgô#, _to send_], _to send out of the
way, remove_.
#religiô, ônis#, f., _sense of duty_; _religion, devotion to the gods_;
_scruple_.
#religiôsus# [#religiô#], adj., _careful, scrupulous_; _sacred, holy_.
#religô#, see #ligô#.
#relinquô, ere, lîquî, lîctus# [#re# + #linquô#, _to leave_], _to leave
behind, leave_; _bequeath_; _appoint by will_.
#reliquiae, ârum# [#relinquô#], pl. f., _remainder, remnant, residue_.
#reliquus# [cf. #relinquô#], adj., _remaining, rest_.
#remaneô#, see #maneô#.
#remedium, î# [#re# + #medeor#, _to cure_], n., _a cure, remedy_.
#remigrô#, see #migrô#.
#remittô#, see #mittô#.
#remûneror, ârî, âtus sum# [#re# + #mûnerô#, _to reward_], _to reward,
repay_.
#Remus, î#, m., the brother of Romulus.
#renovô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#re# + #novus#], _to renew, restore, revive_.
#renûntiô#, see #nûntiô#.
#renuô#, see #*nuô#.
#reor, rêrî, ratus sum#, _to reckon_; _think, suppose_; #ratus#,
_thinking_.
#repellô#, see #pellô#.
#rependô#, see #pendô#.
#repente# [#repêns#, _sudden_], adv., _suddenly, unexpectedly_.
#repentînus# [#repêns#, _sudden_], adj., _sudden, unexpected_.
#reperiô#, see #pariô#.
#repetô#, see #petô#.
#repleô#, see #*pleô#.
#repônô#, see #pônô#.
#reportô#, see #portô#.
#repôscô#, see #pôscô#.
#reprehendô#, see #prehendô#.
#reprimô#, see #premô#.
#reprômittô#, see #mittô#.
#repudiô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to cast off, divorce_; _reject, scorn_.
#repûgnô#, see #pûgnô#.
#repulsa, ae# [#repellô#], f., _rejection, repulse_; _a defeat at the
polls_.
#reputô#, see #putô#.
#requîrô#, see #quaerô#.
#rês, reî#, f., _thing, matter_; _affair, deed, exploit, event_;
_circumstance_; _a story_; _property, fortune_; _trouble_; #rês
familiâris#, _private property_; #rês pûblica#, _the commonwealth,
state_; #rês gestae#, _exploits_; #rês repetundae#, _extortion_; #rê
vêrâ#, _in reality, in truth_.
#resecô#, see #secô#.
#reserô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#re# + #sêrô#, _to bolt_], _to unlock, open_.
#resîdô#, see #sîdô#.
#resistô#, see #sistô#.
#resolvô#, see #solvô#.
#respergô, ere, spersî, spersus# [#re# + #spargô#, _to strew,
sprinkle_], _to besprinkle, bespatter_.
#respiciô#, see #*speciô#.
#respîrô#, see #spîrô#.
#respondeô#, see #spondeô#.
#respônsum, î# [#respondeô#], n., _answer, reply_, esp. of an oracle;
_warning_.
#rês pûblica#, see #rês#.
#restinguô#, see #stinguô#.
#restituô#, see #statuô#.
#retineô#, see #teneô#.
#retrahô#, see #trahô#.
#reus, î#, m., _defendant, accused person, prisoner_.
#revertor#, see #vertô#.
#revîvîscô, ere, --, --# [#re# + #vîvêscô#, inceptive of #vîvô#], _to
come to life again_.
#revocô#, see #vocô#,
#rêx, rêgis# [cf. #regô#], m., _king, monarch_.
#Rhêa, ae#, f., _Rhêa_, also called _Rhêa Silvia_, mother of Romulus and
Remus.
#Rhênus, î#, m., the river Rhine.
#rhêtor, oris#, m., _a teacher of oratory, rhetorician_; _orator_.
#Rhodus, î#, f., _Rhodes_, a large island off the coast of Asia Minor,
famous for its schools of rhetoric (see #Apollônius#), its colossal
statue of Apollo, and for the skill of its people in navigation.
#rîdeô, êre, rîsî, rîsus#, _to smile, laugh_; _laugh at, mock_.
#dê--dêrîdeô, êre, rîsî, rîsus#, _to laugh at, mock, deride_.
#in--inrîdeô, êre, rîsî, rîsus#, _to jeer at, mock, ridicule_.
#rigô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to wet, moisten_.
#rigor, ôris#, m., _severity, rigor_.
#rîpa, ae#, f., _a bank_ (of a river).
#rîsus, ûs# [#rîdeô#], m., _laughter_.
#rîtê# [cf. #rîtus#], adv., _with due ceremonies, duly, fitly,
properly_.
#rîtus, ûs#, m., _religious ceremony, rite_.
#rixa, ae#, f., _a quarrel_ (of blows), _brawl_.
#rôbur, oris#, n., _hard wood, oak_; _strength, vigor, power_.
#rogô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to ask, inquire_; _request, implore_.
#ab--abrogô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to repeal, annul_.
#inter--interrogô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to ask, question_.
#prô--prôrogô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to prolong, extend_.
#Rôma, ae#, f., _Rome_.
#Rômânus#, adj., _Roman_; as noun, #Rômânus, î#, m., _a Roman_; #Rômânî,
ôrum#, pl. m., _the Romans_, the name given to the Romans in their
military capacity.
#Rômulus, î#, m., _Romulus_, founder and first king of Rome, son of Rhea
and Mars.
#Rôscius, î#, m., _Sextus Rôscius_, defended by Cicero on a capital
charge.
#rôstrum, î# [#rôdô#, _to gnaw_], n., _the beak_ or _ram of a ship_;
pl., _the Rostra_, or speaker's platform in the Forum (adorned with
beaks of captured ships).
#Rubicô, ônis#, m., _the Rubicon_, a river in the northeastern part of
Italy.
#rudîmentum, î# [#rudis#], n., _first attempt, beginning_. See #pônô#.
#rudis, e#, adj., _uncouth, unpolished_; _ignorant, rude_.
#ruîna, ae# [#ruô#], f., _downfall, ruin, destruction_; pl., _a fallen
building, ruins_.
#rûmor, ôris#, m., _a story, report, rumor_.
#rumpô, ere, rûpî, ruptus#, _to break, destroy_.
#con--corrumpô, ere, rûpî, ruptus#, _to destroy_; _seduce, bribe,
corrupt_.
#ex--êrumpô, ere, rûpî, ruptum#, _to break forth_ or _out, burst
forth_.
#per--perrumpô, ere, rûpî, ruptus#, _to break through, force a way
through, get across_.
#ruô, ere, î, tus#, _to fall_; _rush, hasten_; with acc., _to cause to
fall, overthrow_.
#con--corruô, ere, î, --#, _to fall_ (in battle).
#dis--dîruô, ere, î, tus#, _to tear apart, overthrow, destroy_.
#ex--êruô, ere, î, tus#, _to cast out_; _dig up, destroy utterly_.
#in--inruô, êre, î, --#, _to rush in, make an attack_.
#ob--obruô, ere, î, tus#, _to overwhelm, hide, bury_.
#rûpês, is# [#rumpô#], f., _a rock, cliff_.
#rûrsus# or #rûrsum# [orig. #revorsus#; cf. #revertô#], adv., _back_;
_again_.
#rûs, rûris#, n., _the country_; pl., _the fields_; #rûrî#, _in the
country_.
#rûsticor, âri, âtus sum# [#rûs#], _to live in the country_; _take a
vacation_.
#rûsticus# [#rûs#], adj., _rural, rustic_.
#S#
#Sabînî, ôrum#, pl. m., _the Sabines_, a race in central Italy,
adjoining Latium on the north.
#sacer, cra, crum#, adj., _holy, sacred_; as noun, #sacrum, î#, n., _a
holy thing, sacred vessel_; pl., _religious rites, sacrifices_.
#sacerdôs, ôtis# [#sacer#], m. and f., _priest, priestess_.
#sacrârium, î# [#sacer#], n., _sanctuary, shrine_.
#sacrificium, î# [#sacer# + #faciô#], n., _a sacrifice_.
#sacrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to set apart_; _bless_; _curse_.
#con--cônsecrô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to dedicate, consecrate, devote_.
#ex--exsecror, ârî, âtus sum#, _to curse, abhor_.
#saeculum, î#, n., _a race_; _generation, age, time_.
#saepe#, adv., _frequently, often_.
#saeviô, îre, îvî (iî), îtum# [#saevus#], _to be fierce_ or _cruel,
rage_; #saevîre in aliquem#, _to treat any one cruelly_.
#saevitia, ae# [#saevus#], f., _fury, cruelty_.
#saevus#, adj., _raging, fierce, cruel_.
#sagînô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#sagîna#, _stuffing_], _to fatten_.
#sagulum, î#, n., _a short military cloak_.
#Saguntus, î#, f., and #Saguntum, î#, n., _Saguntum_, a town on the east
coast of Spain.
#Salernitânus#, adj., _of_ or _near Salernum_ (modern Salerno), a town
in Campania.
#Saliî, ôrum# [#saliô#], pl. m., _the Salii_ or _Leapers_, the dancing
priests of Mars.
#Salînâtor, ôris#, m., see #Lîvius#.
#saliô, îre, uî, tus#, _to leap_.
#dê--dêsiliô, îre, uî, sultum#, _to leap down_.
#in--însiliô, îre, uî, --#, _to leap up_ or _on, mount_.
#prô--prôsiliô, îre, uî, --#, _to leap_ or _spring forward_.
#trâns--trânsiliô, îre, uî, --#, _to leap across, jump over_.
#saltem#, adv., _at least, at all events_.
#saltô, âre, âvî, âtus# [freq. of #saliô#], _to dance, leap_.
#ex--exsultô, âre, âvî, --#, _to leap, dance_ (esp. with joy),
_exult, rejoice_.
#saltus, ûs# [#saliô#], m., _a leap, bound_; _leaping, jumping_.
#saltus, ûs#, m., _a forest pasture, mountain glen, ravine, pass_.
#salûbris, e# [#salûs#], adj., _health-giving, wholesome, healthy_;
_beneficial_.
#salûs, ûtis#, f., _health, vigor_; _safety_.
#salûtâtiô, ônis# [#salûtô#], f., _greeting, salutation_.
#salûtâtor, ôris# [#salûtô#], m., _saluter, visitor_.
#salûtô, âre, âvî, âtus# [#salûs#], _to wish one health, greet, salute,
visit_.
#con--cônsalûtô, âre, âvî, âtus#, _to greet_ or _salute warmly_.
#salveô, êre, --, --# [#salvus#], _to be well_; imperative, #salvê,
salvête#, _hail! greetings!_
#salvus#, adj., _well, sound, safe_.
#sambûceus# [#sambûcus#, _an elder-tree_], adj., _of elder, elder_.
#Samnîtês, ium#, pl. m., _the Samnites_, a branch of the Sabine race
inhabiting the mountains southeast of Latium.
#sânê# [#sânus#, _sound_], adv., _indeed, truly, by all means_;
_certainly_.
#sanguinolentus# [#sanguis#], adj., _bloody_.
#sanguis, inis#, m., _blood_.
#sapiô, ere, îvî, --#, _to taste_; _to have taste_ or _understanding_;
_be wise_.
#dê--dêsipiô, ere, --, --#, _to be foolish_ or _crazy_.
#sapiêns, entis# [orig. part. of #sapiô#], adj., _wise, sensible,
discreet_.
#sapientia, ae# [#sapiêns#], f., _wisdom_.
#Sardinia, ae#, f., an island between Italy and Spain.
#sarmentum, î# [#sarpô#, _to prune_], n., _a twig_; pl., _brushwood,
fagots_.
#satis#, adv., _enough_; _tolerably, quite_; as noun, n., _enough,
sufficiency_.
#satisfaciô, ere, fêcî, factum# [#satis# + #faciô#], _to satisfy, make
reparation_.
#saucius#, adj., _wounded, hurt_.
#saxum, î#, n., _a stone, rock, boulder_.
#scamnum, î#, n., _a bench, stool_.
#scandô, ere, --, --#, _to climb, mount_.
#ad--âscendô, ere, î, scênsus#, _to climb up, mount, ascend_.
#con--cônscendô, ere, î, scênsus#, _to mount, ascend_; _go on
board_.
#dê--dêscendô, ere, î, scênsum#, _to climb_ or _come down, descend_;
_dismount_.
#ex--êscendô, ere, î, scênsus#, _to mount, ascend_.
#trâns--trânscendô, ere, î, scênsus#, _to climb_ or _pass over,
cross_.
#scapha, ae#, f., _a light boat, skiff_.
#scelerâtus# [#scelus#], adj., _wicked, impious, accursed_.
#scelestê# [#scelestus#, _impious_], adv., _wickedly, impiously_.
#scelus, eris#, n., _wicked deed, sin, crime_.
#schola, ae#, f., _leisure, leisure for learning_; _place of learning,
school_.
#scîlicet# [#scîre# + #licet#], adv., _plainly, of course, doubtless_.
#scindô, ere, scidî, scissus#, _to cut, tear, rend, split_.
#ab--abscindô, ere, scidî, scissus#, _to cut_ or _tear off, hew
off_.
#sciô, îre, scîvî, scîtus#, _to know, understand_; with infin., _to know
how_.
#Scîpiô, ônis#, m., the name of one of the most illustrious families of
Rome, belonging to the Cornelian gens.
1. _P. Cornêlius Scîpiô_, consul 218 B.C.; defeated by Hannibal at
the Ticinus and the Trebia; killed, with his brother Cn., in Spain,
in 212.
2. _P. Cornêlius Scîpiô Âfricânus Mâior_, son of (1), born B.C. 237;
commanded in Spain 210-206; consul in 205; defeated Hannibal at Zama
in 202. He died about 183 B.C.
3. _L. Cornêlius Scîpiô_, brother of (2), consul in B.C. 190. After
defeating Antiochus at Magnesia, he received the cognomen
_Asiâticus_.
4. _P. Cornêlius Scîpiô Âfricânus Minor_, captured Carthage, B.C.
146; took Numantia, in Spain, 133; died in 129.