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ĕre, 3. v. a. [ăd, "to"; mittc, "to allow to go"] (" To allow to go to"; hence) To admit.-Pass.: ad-mittor, missus sum, mitti. ad-monĕo, mõnŭi, monitum, monere, 2. v. a. [ăd, "without force"; monĕo, "to admonish"] To admonish, warn.

ad-no, nāvi, nātum, nāre, 1. v. n. [ăd," to or towards"; no, "to swim"] With Dat. [§ 106, a]: To swim to or towards.

ad-ŏrior, ortus sum, orīri, 3. and 4. v. dep.: 1. [ad," up to'; Ŏrior, "to rise"] ("To rise up to"; hence) To undertake, to take in hand, attempt.

ǎdortus, a, um, P. perf. of ǎdōrior.

Adrastus, i, m. Adrastus; a king of Argos [Αδραστος, "He who runs not away"].

ad-sum, af-fùi, ǎd-esse (Imperf. Subj. afforem (= adessem), v. 35), v. n. [ăd, "at"; sum," to be"] ("To be at" a place, etc.; hence) 1. To be present.-2. To arrive, come up.

ădultĕr-fum, fi, n. [ădultĕr-o, "to commit adultery"] Adultery.

adventans, ntis, P. pres. of

advento.

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adven-to, tāvi, tātum, tāre, 1. v. n. intens. [adven-lo, to come to or towards "] To come to, or towards, a person or thing; to come onwards, approach.

adven-tus, tūs m. [id.] ("A coming to" a person or thing; hence) Act regarded as incomplete A drawing near, an approach.

advers-um, adv. [advers-us, "opposite"] Over against, oppos

ite.

adver-sus, sa, sum, adj. [for advert-sus, fr. advert-o, "to turn towards " ("Turned towards " an object; hence) 1. With the front, or face, turned towards one;

in front, opposite, confronting.— 2. Opposing, hostile, adverse.

ad-verto, verti, versum, vertere, 3. v. a. [ad, "towards"; verto, "to turn"] 1. To turn towards. 2. Of a vessel: To steer or direct towards.

ad-volvo, volvi, võlūtum, volvěre, 3. v. a. [ăd, "towards volvo, "to roll"] To roll towards or up; at v. 182 folld. by Abl. of "Separation" [§ 123].

ǎdytum, i, n. The sanctuary, or innermost part of a temple, which none but the priests were allowed to enter [adurov," not to be entered"].

Æăcides, æ, m. An Eacide; i.e. a son or descendant of Æăcus (son of Jupiter and Europa, and king of Ægina, so famed for his justice that he was made judge in the lower regions): 1. Achilles, who was the son of Peleus, the son of Æacus; v. 58.-2. Perseus, king of Macedonia, conquered by Emilius Paulus; v. 839 [Aiakίδης].

1. æm-ŭlus, ŭla, ŭlum, adj. [akin to im-itor, "to imitate"] ("That imitates; that vies with " another; hence) In a bad sense: Envious, jealous, etc.--As Subst.: æmulus, i, m. A rival.

2. æmulus, i, m.; see 1. æmulus.

Eneas, æ, m. Eneas: 1. The mythic son of Anchises and the goddess Venus, and ancestor of the Romans. After death he was worshipped under the title of Jupiter Indiges.--Hence, Enēis, idos, f. The Eneid; an epic poem by Virgil, of which Æneas is the hero.-2. A son of no 1.; named Æneas Silvius; see Silvius [Aiveías].

ǎēnum, i; see ǎēnus.

ǎē-nus (trisyll.), na, num, adj. [for ær-nus; fr. æs, ær-is, "bronze or copper"] (" Pertain

ing to as"; hence) Of bronze or copper; bronze-, copper-. — As Subst.: ǎēnum, i, n. A bronzeor copper-vessel for boiling water, etc.; a caldron.

ÆŎlides, æ, m. An Eolide; a son or descendant of Eolus: 1. At v. 529 this name is given to Ulysses, who is sometimes represented as the son (not of Laertes. but) of Sisyphus, the son of Eolus, god of the winds.-2. At v. 164 Misenus, the trumpeter of Æneas, is called Æolides; but whether as the son of another Eolus (perhaps that one named in Æneid, Bk. XII.), or as a poetical designation of one who was noted for his skill in the management of a wind instrument, is uncertain.

æqu-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. [æqu-us, "equal"] To equal in speed, etc.; to keep up with a per

son.

æqu-or, oris, n: [æquo, "to make level"] ("That which is made level"; hence) 1. A level surface. 2. Sing. and more freq. Plur.: The waters of the sea; the sea, in any condition.

æquus, a, um, adj. ("Pertaining to one kind, nature," etc.; hence, "equal"; hence) Just [akin to Sans. ekas, "one"]. aĕr, aëris (Acc. aëra, v. 202), m. The air (anp).

ær-I-pes, pedis, adj. [æs, æris, "bronze ; (i) connecting Vowel; pes, "a foot"] Having feet of bronze, bronze-footed.

aer-Ius, la, lum, adj. [āēr, āĕr-is, the air"] ("Of, or belonging to, the air"; hence) Rising aloft in the air, high, lofty.

æs, æris, n. ("Bronze, copper"; hence) Of things made of bronze : 1. A trumpet. 2. Plur.: Statues of bronze; v. 847 [akin to Sans. ayas, "iron"].

æs-tas, tātis, f. ("The burning season"; hence) 1. Summer. -2. The summer-air, summersky [prob. akin to aïow, "to burn or be hot"].

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æstu-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. n. [æstus, uncontr. gen. æstuis, "heat"; also, "a waving or rolling motion" of fire; also, 8 wave or billow" of the sea] Of a whirlpool, etc.: To rise in waves or billows; to surge, boil, etc.

ætern-um, adv. [adverbial neut. of ætern-us, "eternal"] Eternally, for ever, incessantly.

æt-ernus, erna, ernum, adj. [contr. fr. ætat-ernus; fr. ætas, ætat-is] ("Pertaining to ætas"; hence) Eternal, everlasting.

æther, ĕris (Acc. æthera, v: 130), m. ("The burning, or shining, thing"; hence, the upper air or ether"; hence) 1. The sky.-2. Air, atmosphere.— 3: The upper world, the earth as opposed to the abodes of the dead; v. 436 [Gr. aieńp].

æther-fus, la, fum. adj. [æther, æther-is, "the ether or upper air"] ("Pertaining to œther" ; hence) 1. Celestial, etherial.-2. Heavenly, through the heavens; 536.

affatus, a, um, P. perf. of affor.

af-fèro, at-tǎli, al-latum, afferre, 3. v. a. [for ad-fěro; fr. ad, "to"; fero, "to bring"] To bring to or up to; to bring up.

afflātus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of affio.

af-flo, flāvi, flatum, flåre, 1. v. a. [for ad-flo; fr. ăd, “upon "; flo, "to breathe"] ("To breathe upon"; hence) Of a deity: To inspire.

(af-for), fātus sum, fāri (1st and 2nd persons sing. pres. not found), 1. v. dep. [for ad-for; fr. a, "to"; (for), "to speak"] To speak to, address, accost.

affŏret; see adsum. Agamemnon-Ius, la, fum, adj. Agamemnōn, Agamemnonis, Agamemnon"] Of, or belonging to, Agamemnon; — at v. 838, the epithet is applied to Mycenae as having been ruled by Agamemnon.

ǎge, adv.; see ago.

ag-ger, gėris, m. [agger-o, "to bring, or carry, to" a place] ("That which is brought to" a p'ace; hence, "materials" for forming an elevation; hence) Plur. Mountains, heights.

aggredior, gressus sum, grědi, 3. v. dep. [for ad-grådlor; fr. ăd, "to"; grădior, "to step"] ("To step to ; hence) 1. To go to, approach, in order to address, etc.; to address, accost.-2. To undertake, attempt, set about a thing. aggressus, a, um, P: perf: of aggredior.

ǎgitātus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of agito.

ǎg-Ito, Itāvi, Itātum, Itāre, 1. v. a. freq. [ǎg-o, "to put in motion"] 1. To put, or set, in constant motion; to impart motion to.-2. To toss about on the sea; v. 68.

ag-men, minis, n: [id.] ("That which is set in motion"; hence) 1. A crowd, multitude.2. A band of soldiers; a force, etc;-at v. 572 applied to the Furies.

agn-a, æ, f. A lamb [akin to ȧuv-ós].

a-gnosco, gnovi, gnitum, gnoscere, 3. v. a. [for ad-gnosco; fr. ăd, "in relation to"; gnosco (old form of nosco), "to know"] ("To know in relation to one's self"; hence) To recognise, distinguish.

ǎgo, ēgi, actum, ǎgère, 3. v. a. ("To set in motion"; hence) 1. Of animals, a chariot, etc.: To drive.-2. With Personal pron.

in reflexive force: ("To set one's self in motion"; hence) In the poets: To come, go, present one's self, etc.-3. Imperat, as adv.: Age, come, come on.-4. To drive, toss, etc., by or on the waves.-5. Of time: To pass, spend.-6. Mentally To urge on; to compel, constrain, instigate. 7. To do, transact, accomplish.-8. With a subst. as a circumlocution for the action denoted by such subst.: agere gemitus, to utter groans, to groan; v. 873. Pass.: ågor, actus sum, àgi [ãyw].

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aio, v. defect.: 1. To say.-2. To speak [akin to Sans. root aн, "to say "].

ala, æ, f. A wing.

ălăcer, cris, cre, adj. Quick, forward, prompt, eager.

Alb-a, æ, f. [alb-us," white"] ("The white" city) Alba; the mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad rocky margin between the Alban lake (now Lago di Castello Grandolfo) and Mount Albanus (now Monte Cavo). From its length it obtained the designation of Alba Longa, i.e. "Long Alba." - Hence, Albanus, ana, ānum, adj. Of, cr belonging to, Alba; Alban.

Albānus, a, um; see Alba.

Alcides, æ, m. Alcides; ("Descendant of Alceus," the father of Amphitryon; hence, as being the supposed son of Amphitryon) Hercules. In this (the sixth) book of the neid, Virgil refers to four out of the twelve labours imposed upon Hercules by Eurystheus; viz. the capture of the bronze-footed hind, v. 802; the killing of the wild boar of Erymanthus, v. 802; the destruction of the Lernæan hydra, v. 803; and the bringing of Cerberus to the upper world, v. 395. With regard to the latter,

Hercules asked Pluto to allow him to take away the threeheaded monster. Consent was granted on condition that weapons were not used. Hence, as manual force could alone be employed, Virgil's expression, manu petivit; v. 395 ['Aλkeidns]. ǎli-qui, qua, quod (Gen. ǎlicujus; Dat. alicui; Plur. : ali-qui, quæ, qua), indef. pron. adj. [ǎli-us; qui (indefinite pron.)," any "] ("Another be it any"; hence) Some.

all-quis, quid (Gen. alicujus; Dat. alicui; fem. sing. and fem. and neut. plur. not used), indef. pron. subst. [ăli-us; quis] (“ Another be it any one"; hence) Some one, somebody; something; any one, anybody; anything;-at v. 864 aliquis is folld. by prep. de and its case.

ǎl-Iter, adv. [ăl-is, old form of ǎl-ius] In another manner, otherwise.

ǎl-ius, la, lud (Gen. alius; Dat. ǎlli), adj. Another, other of many.-As Subst.: ǎlií, ōrum, m. plur. Others: ǎlli. ǎlli, others [akin to aλ

some

λος].

al-labor, lapsus sum, labi, 3. v. dep. [for ad-labor; fr. ad, "to or up to "; labor, "to glide"] With Dat. [§ 106, a] To glide to or up to; to arrive at, reach, etc.; v. 2.

al-ligo, ligavi, ligatum, lgare, 1. v. a. [for ad-ligo; fr. ad, "without force"; go, "to bind "] ("To bind"; hence) To encompass, surround, hem in, etc.; v. 439....

al-loquor, loquutus sum, loqui, 3. v. dep. [for ad-loquor; fr. ǎd, "to"; loquor," to speak"] To speak to, address.

al-mus, ma, mum, adj. [ǎl-o, "to nourish"]("Nourishing"; hence) Benign, propitious.

ǎl-o, ui, ĭtum and tum, ĕre, 3. v. a. To nourish, foster, nurture, etc. [akin to Gr. aλ-0w, "to make to grow"].

Alōidæ, ārum, m. plur. Sons of Alōeus (trisyll.), ie. Otus and Ephialtes, two of the most powerful of the Titans, who attempted to scale the heavens and dethrone Jupiter. The Aloidæ are t times described as the sons of Neptune and Iphimedia, the wife of Aloeus.

Alp-inus, ina, inum, adj. (Alp-es, The Alps," i. e. "the high things," or "the white things," the lofty mountainrange between Italy, France, and Switzerland) Of, or belonging to, the Alps; Alpine [Alpes is akin either to Celtic Alp," a height"; or to Gr. aλp-ós, "white"].

alt-e, adv. [alt-us, "high"] ("After the manner of the allus"; hence) On high, al ft.

al-ter, těra, těrum (Gen, altĕrius; Dat. altĕri), adj. [akin to ǎl-ius] 1. Another; the other of two;-at v. 143, supply ramus with alter. As Subst.: alter, ĕrius, m. Another 1 erson, another; v. 164.-2. Repeated: alter... alter, the one... the other;-at v. 893 altera is folld. by Gen. of "thing distributed" [§ 130].

alter-nus, na, num, adj. [alter, "another"] ("Pertaining to alter" ; hence) Alternate, by turns.

al-tus, ta, tum, adj. [ăl o, "to nourish"] ("Nourished; grown great by nourishment" hence) 1. c. High, being on high, lofty.-b. Of the gods, etc.: Lofty, noble, august, etc.-2.: a. Deep.-b. Of rest, etc.: Profound, deep.-c. Of descent, etc.: Ancient, old, remote.

ǎl-umnus, umni, m. [id.] ("He that is nourished or rear

ed"; hence) A foster-son, fosterchild.

alv-ĕus, či, m. [alv-us," the belly"]("The thing pertaining to, or resembling, an alvus " hence," a hollow, cavity "; hence, "the hull, or hold," of a ship; hence) A bark, boat; - alveo at end of v. 412 is to be pronounced as a dissyllable.

alvus, i, f. The belly.

(tauri); and at v. 28 with a Subjective Gen. (reginæ). - 2. An eager desire; a longing;-at v. 133 with Inf. this is a poetic construction.

Amphrys-Ius, la, fum, adj. [Amphrys-us," the Amphrysus "; a small river of Phthiotis, where, according to the myth, Apollo, during his banishment from heaven, fed the flocks of king ǎmans, ntis, P. pres. of amo. Admetus] Of, or belonging to, the -As Subst. m. A lover; v.526. Amphrysus; Amphrysian.-This ambage; see ambages. epithet strictly belongs to Apamb-ag-es, um, f. plur. (in ollo, but is transferred by Virgsing. found only in Abl. am- il to the Sibyl, who was Apolbage): 1. A round-about way, a lo's priestess; hence it is equivalwinding, winding-passage, etc.-ent to " Of Apollo, Apollo's." 2. Obscurity, ambiguity; obscure or dark sayings of the Sibyl; V. 99 [amb, "around"; the second part of the word is usually assigned to ago, but this is doubtful].

amb-lo, Ivi or Ii, Itum, īre, v. a. [for amb-eo; fr. amb, "around"; eo, "to go"] ("To go around"; hence) To surround, encompass, encircle.

ambo, æ, o, plur. adj.: 1. Both.-2. Two: v. 540 [aμpw]. ămic-tus, tūs, m.[ămic-lo," to throw around one "] ("A throwing around" one of a dress, etc.; hence," mode of dress"; hence) Clothing, dress, garment.

one

ăm icus, ii, m. [ăm-o, “ to love"] ("A loved one or a loving ; hence) A friend. amnis, is, m. ("Water-conductor"; hence) A stream, river [akin to Sans. apnas; fr. ap, "water"; root NI, "to conduct "1.

ăm-œnus, cena, cenum, adj. [perhaps ǎm-o, "to love"] ("Loved"; hence) Delightful, pleasant, charming, etc.

ăm-or, ōris, m. fam-o," to love"] 1. Lore, affection; at v. 24 with an Objective Gen.

amplexus, ūs, m. [for amplect-sus; fr amplect-or, "to embrace"] ("An embracing"; hence) A loving embrace, caress, etc.

am-pl-us, a, um, adj. [am, "around"; pl-čo, "to fill"] ("Filled around ; hence) Of large extent, extensive, spacious.

an, conj. [prob. a primitive word] 1. Whether.-2. Or:-an ... an, whether... or whether.3. Strengthened by ne (or as one word, anne) In interrogations: Or.

Anchises, æ (Abl. Anchisā, v. 331), m. Anchises; a Trojan prince, son of Capys and father of Eneas. He was borne from the flames of Troy on the shoulders of his son.-Hence, AnchisIǎdēs, lãdæ (Voc. Anchisiădā, vv. 126, 348), m. Son of Anchises, i.e. Æneas ['Ayxions].

ancora, æ, f. An anchor [ἄνκυρα).

Ancus, i, m. Ancus (Martius), the fourth king of Rome ;-at v. 815 Virgil styles him jactantior ("too boastful or vain-glorious"), as having been too fond of popular applause. The char、 acter thus assigned him by the

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