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ablātus, -a, -um, p.p. of aufero. abluo, -ui, -ūtum, -uere, [abluo], 3. v. a., wash off, out, or away: caedem.- — remove filth from any thing by washing, cleanse, purify, wash. ablūtus, -a, -um, p.p. of abluo. abnego, -āvi, -ātum, -āre, [abnego], I. v. a., deny (with accessory notion of refusal), refuse, deny: medicas adhibere manus. abnuŏ, -ui, -uitum or -ūtum, -uere (-uiturus), [ab-nuo], 3. v. a. and n., make a sign with the head in token of refusal, refuse, deny, decline, forbid: omen. aboleo, -ēvi or -ui, -itum, -ēre, [ab-oleo], 2. v. a. (properly, outgrow, but only used in the causative sense), to destroy, cause to perish: monumenta. Pass., die.- Fig., take away, extirpate, blot out, remove, &c.: Sychaeum (from Dido's mind). abolēsco, -ēvi, no sup., -ēscere, [ab-olesco], 3. v. n. (outgrow), be destroyed, decay, waste, vanish, abreptus, -a, -um, p.p. of abripio. abripio, -ripui, -reptum, -ere, [ab-rapio], 3. v. a., snatch from or away, drag off, carry off, tear away or from. abrumpo, -rūpī, -ruptum, -rumpere, [ab-rumpo], 3. v. a. (in causative sense), break off or away from, tear away, rend asunder, break away (clouds). Of discourse, &c., break off: sermonem. - Of law, &c., violate, trample on: fas. Of life, &c., tear or rend away, destroy, put an end to: vitam; invisam lucem (abandon); somnos cura (banish).— abruptus, -a, -um, p.p., steep, precipitous, violent: procellae; abrupto sidere.—in abruptum, precipitously.

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abruptus, -a, -um, p.p. of abrumpo.

abs, fuller form of ab (cf. ex, uls). abscessus, -ūs, [abs-tcessus, Vced+tus], m., a going away, departure.

abscido, -cidi, -cisum, -cidere, [abs-cædo], 3. v. a., cut off or away, destroy. abscindo, -scidi, -scissum, -scindere, [ab-scindo], 3. v. a., cut or tear off or away, tear apart, sever, rend asunder: arva et urbes; tear: flaventes abscissa comas; tear or rend away from one; deprive one of: umeris vestem. abscissus, -a, -um, p.p. of abscindo.

abscondo, -di and -didi, -ditum and -sum, -dere, [abs-condo], 3. v.a., put away, put out of sight, secrete, conceal. Pass. in reflexive force, of the heavenly bodies: hide, disappear, vanish, set: Atlantides abscondantur. Of places as objects, lose sight of, lose (below the horizon), leave behind.

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Fig., conceal, hide: furto fugam. absēns, -entis, p. of absum. absiliō, -ii or -ui, no sup., -ire, [ab-salio], 4. v. n. and a., leap or spring away, fly off: scintillae absisto, -stiti, no sup., -sistere, [ab-sisto], 3. v. n., stand away or apart from; withdraw, depart or go away, fly from. - Fig., desist or cease from, leave off, forbear, refrain (abs. or with inf.): moveri. abstineo, -tinui, -tentum, -tinēre, [abs-teneo], 2. v. a. and n., hold or keep away from; hold or keep off. With reflexive, restrain one's self, refrain, keep off or away. Without reflexive, refrain, abstain (abs. or with abl.): tactu (refuse to touch).

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which the leaf conventionalized appears on Corinthian capitals. — Fem., the acanthus, a thorny evergreen tree in Egypt. Acarnan, -ānis, [Gr.'Akapváv], adj., of Acarnania.-Masc., a native of that country. Plur., the inhabitants, Acarnanians.

absum, -fui, -esse, [ab-sum], (instead of abfui, abforem, etc., afui, aforem, etc., are also found), v. n., be away from, be absent or distant (in place or time): hinc aberat.- absēns, -ntis, p. as adj., absent, away; with adv. force, in one's absence. absūmo, -mpsi, -mptum (better Acarnānia, -ae, [f. of adj. Acarthan -msi, -mtum), -mere, [ab-│_nanius], f., a province of central sumo], 3. v. a., take away (to spend, or by spending, cf. sumptus); devour, consume: mensas

Of persons, kill, destroy, &c.: me ferro. Of property, &c., devour, consume: salus absumpta (gone); absumptae vires (exhausted, all used). absumptus, -a, -um (less correctly

-mtus, etc.), p.p. of absumo. abundāns, -ntis, p. of abundo. abunde [tabundo-(ab-unda+us)], adv., copiously, abundantly, in profusion; in a very great or high degree, amply, in plenty, &c. With gen. =noun or adj., plenty of, sufficient: fraudis. abundo, -āvī, -ātum, -āre, [†abundo-], I. v. n., flow off, away, over

Greece (now Carnia).

Acca, -ae, f., a friend of Camilla.
accedo (ad-), -cēssi, -cēssum,
-cēdere, (perf. ind. accēstis for
accessistis), [ad-cedo], 3. v. n.,
go towards, draw near, approach,
come to, visit (persons or things).
- With acc.: scopulos.
accelero (ad-), -āvī, -ātum, -āre,
[ad-celero], I. v. a. and n. Act.,
hasten, accelerate. - Neut., haste,
hasten, make haste.

accendo (ad-), -di, -sum, -dere,
[ad-tcando (cf. incendo and
candeo)], 3. v. a., set on fire, kin-
dle tantum ignem. - Fig., in-
flame a person or thing, set on fire,
kindle, excite, fire, rouse: quos
merita accendit Mezentius ira.

accendo.

flow, i.e., be very abundant or nu-accēnsus (ad-), -a, -um, p.p. of merous; to be in abundance; overflow with; to have an abundance acceptus, -a, -um, p.p. of accipio. or superabundance.-abundans, accerso, see arcesso. -ntis, p. as adj., abundans lactis. ab usque; see ab. Abydus (-dos), -I, [Gr. 'Aßudos], f. and m., a town in Asia, opposite Sestos (now Avido), famous for its oysters.

āc, reduced form of atque, wh. see. acalanthis, -idis, [Gr. åκaλavis], f., the acalanthis (perhaps the thistlefinch or gold-inch), a small bird (fabled to have been changed from à girl of that name by the Muses, with whom she contended in song). Acamās, -antis, [Gr. 'Akáμas], m.,

a son of Theseus and Phædra, a hero in the Trojan war. acanthus, -i, [Gr. áкavlos], m. and

f. Masc., the plant bear's-breech, bear's-foot, or brank-ursine, of

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accessus (ad-), -ūs, [ad-†cessus,
cf. abscessus], m. Abstr., a going
to or near, an approach, entrance,
access: ventorum. Concr., an
approach, an entrance.
accido (ad-), -cidi, no sup., -ci-
dere, [ad-caedo], 3. v. a., cut into.
- Of food, consume.
Of trees,
hew, cut, fell: ornas.
accinctus (ad-), -a, -um, p.p.
of accingo.
accingo (ad-), -xi, -ctum, -gere,
(inf. pass. accingier), [ad-cin-
go], 3. v. a., gird on, gird around
or about lateri ensem.. - Pass.,
gird one's self about with, gird on,
arm one's self with: accingitur
ense; accingier artes (have re-
course to, as arms).—With abl.

of means, arm, equip, furnish, provide, &c.: paribus armis, gird, i.e. prepare, make ready. With reflexive or in passive, prepare one's self, get ready, make one's self ready, &c.: se praedae accingunt.

acciò (ad-), -ivi, -itum, -ire, [adcio, cf. cieo], 4. v. a., cause to come or go to a person or place; summon, call.

accipio (ad-), -cēpi, -ceptum, -cipere, [ad-capio], 3. v. a., take a person or thing to one's self, &c.; take, receive: te gremio. -receive or entertain as a guest, &c. : Aenean. - Gen., take, get, receive, attain, take in, take up: vulnera tergo; vitam deorum; aequora (of ships); me annus (I enter upon); animum quietum; accipe daque fidem. - Mentally, perceive, hear, observe, learn, receive intelligence of anything: sonitum. take or regard a thing in any way; consider, interpret, explain. - accipere omen; also, without omen: regard a thing as a (favorable) omen, take as an omen. - acceptus, -a, -um, p.p., acceptable, welcome. accipiter, -tris, [stem akin to ocior

stem akin to peto], m., a hawk. accisus, -a, -um, p.p. of accido. accitus (ad-), -ūs, [ad-citus], m. (only in abl. sing.), a summoning, summons, call.

accītus, -a, -um, p.p. of accio. acclinis (ad-), -e, [ad-tclinus (weakened), cf. clino], adj., leaning against or towards, leaning on arboris trunco. acclivis, -e, (-us, -a, -um), [ad+ clivus (weakened)], adj., slanting upwards (opp. to de-clivis); inclining upwards, ascending, up hill. accola (ad-), -ae, [ad-†cola (cf. incola)], comm., a dweller by or near a place; a neighbor, dwelling near by. accolo (ad-), -colui, cultum, -colere, [ad-colo], 3. v. a. and n.,

dwell by or near a place, &c., with or without acc. accommodo (ad-), -āvī, -ātum, -are, [ad-commodo], 1. v. a., fil or adapt; adjust: lateri accommodat ensem. accommodus (ad-), -a, -um, [adcommodus], adj., suitable, fit· fraudi.

accubo (ad-), -ui, -itum, -āre, [ad-cubo], I. v. n., lie, lie down or recline, at, by or near: iuxta accubat. Of shade, fall. accumbo (ad-), -cubui, -cubitum, -cumbere, [ad-cumbo], 3. v. n., lay one's self down upon, lie on; recline (at table): epulis divum.

accumulo (ad-), -āvi, -ātum, -āre, [ad-cumulo], 1. v. a., heap upon, heap up, accumulate, load: animam donis.

accurro (ad-), -cucurri and -currī, -cursum, -currere, [ad-curro], 3. v. n., run to, come to by running, hasten to.

acer, -eris, n., the maple. ācer, -cris, -cre, [√ac + ris], adj.,

(sharp, pointed, edged), sharp: sonitus.-Fig., violent, vehement, strong, passionate, lively, bitter, consuming: dolor; metus. - Of intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd. Of moral qualities, in a good sense, active, ardent, spirited, zealous : Orontes; acrior successu (inspired); — in a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, fierce, severe, fiery: equus. Of things: arcus (powerful).

acerbo, no perf., -ātum, -āre, [tacerbo-], I. v. a., to make harsh or bitter, to embitter, augment or aggravate anything disagreeable, &c.: crimen. acerbus, -a, -um, [acer + bus], adj., (pointed, sharp). To the taste, or to the feelings, harsh, biting, salt, bitter. Of persons, rough, repulsive, morose, violent, harsh, rigorous, hostile, severe.—

Neut. plur. as adv., harshly, sourly, morosely, grimly, violently: tuens (furiously, bitterly).- Óf things, | harsh, heavy, disagreeable, bitter, troublesome, rigorous, grievous, sad.-Neut., calamity, misfortune. -Poetic, painful, violent, sad; causing pain (to others), afflictive, distressing.

acernus, -a, -um, [ăcer+nus], adj., made of maple, maple-: trabes. acerra, -ae, [?], f., an incense-box. Acerrae, -arum, f., a town of Cam

pania, near Naples (now Acerra). acervus, -i, [ācer + vus], m., (a pointed mound), a heap. Acesta, -ae, (-ē, -ēs), f., a town of

Sicily, named after King Acestes (earlier Egesta, later Segesta). Acestēs, -ae, [Gr. 'Akéστns], m., a son of the river-god Crimisus by a Trojan woman Egesta, or Segesta. He received Æneas as a kinsman. Achaemenides, -ae, [Gr. 'Axaiμevions], m., a supposed companion of Ulysses, left on the island of Sicily. Achaïcus, -a, -um, [Gr. 'Axaïkós], adj., Achæan, Grecian. Achaïus, -a, -um,[Gr. 'Axaïos], adj., Achæan, Grecian.-Fem. as subst., Achaia, a country in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth. - Less exactly, Greece. Achātēs, -ae, [Gr. 'Axárns], m., the trusty squire of Æneas. Achelōïus, -a, -um,[Gr 'Axeλwïos], adj., belonging to the river Acheloüs in Greece.

Achelōus, -i, [Gr. 'Axeλ@os], m., Acheloüs, a river of central Greece (now the Aspropotamo). Acheron, -ntis, [Gr. 'Axépwv], m., a river in Epirus, which flows through the Lake Acherusia into the Ambracian Gulf (now the Verlichi or Delika). - Hence, a river in the infernal regions. Also, the infernal regions, the world below. Acherūns, -untis, m., the infernal regions, the world below. Achillēs, -is, (-i or -ei), [Dor. Gr.

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'Axiλhs], m., the famous hero of the Iliad, son of Peleus and Thetis. Achillēus, -a, -um,[Gr.'Axíλλetos],

adj., belonging or pertaining to Achilles, of Achilles, Achilles'. Achivus, -a, -um, [Gr. 'AxalFos (not found)], adj., Achæan, Grecian, Greek. Plur., Achivī, -ōrum, m., the Greeks. Acīdālia, -ae, [f. of adj. Acidalius], f., a name of Venus from a fountain (Acidalius) in Bœotia. acidus, -a, -um, [lost stem facior taco- (cf. aciculus, aceo) + dus], adj., (pointed, sharp).—Of taste, sour, hard, acid: sorba. aciēs, -ēi, [ √ac + ies], f., (point), edge, sharp edge of a sword, sickle, &c. acies ferri; falcis.--Of sight, keen look or glance, power of vision, the sight, the eye: geminas flecte acies;-brightness of the heavenly bodies: stellis acies obtusa videtur. line or order of battle, battle-array of land or sea forces; a similar line of boys; an army drawn up in order of battle; the action of troops drawn up in battle-array; a battle: acie certare; an army: eoas acies. aclis, -idis, [Gr. åyêvλís], f., a small javelin.

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Acmōn, -onis, [Gr. "Akμwv], m., a companion of Æneas. Acoetēs, -is, [Gr. 'Akolтns], m., an armor-bearer of Evander. aconitum, -i, [Gr. åkóvitov], n., aconite, wolf's-bane or monk's-hood (a poisonous herb). Aconteus, -ei, [Gr. 'Akovтeús], m., a Latin warrior. acquiro, see adquiro. Acragās, -antis, [Gr. 'Akpάyas], m., a mountain and town in Sicily, called also Agrigentum (now Girgenti). Acrisiōnē, -ēs, [Gr. 'Axpioidvn], f., the daughter of Acrisius, i.e. Danaë. Acrisiōnēus, -a, -um, adj., pertaining to Acrisione: coloni. Acrisius, -i, [Gr. 'Akpioios], m., Acrisius, fourth king of Argos,

father of Danae, unintentionally killed by his grandson Perseus. Acrōn, -ōnis, m., an Etruscan warrior slain by Mezentius. acta, -ae, [Gг. ȧктý], f., the sea-shore. Actaeus, -a, -um, [Gr. 'Aктaîos], adj., of Attica, Attic.Masc. pl., Actaei, the Athenians. Actias, -adis, [Gr. 'AKTías], adj. f., Attic, Athenian.

Mere end, purpose, or reference, to, for, in respect to, according to, on ad frena leones (broken to the bit). Of time, at.

adāctus, -a, -um, p.p. of adigo. adamas, -antis, [Gr. åðáμas, unyielding], m., adamant, the hardest of metals, supposed to be steel, used loosely for a hard material: solido adamante columnae. Adamastus, -ī, [Gr. 'AdáμaσTOS], m., father of Achæmenides, and Ithacan.

Actium, -i, (n. of Actius), [Gr. KтLOV, Sea-coast], n., a promontory and town of Greece on the Ambracian Gulf, off which the great vic-adc-, see acc-. tory of Octavius over Antony was adcēdo, see accedo. gained. adcerso, see arcesso. Actius, -a, -um, [Gr. &ктios], adj., addēnseo, no perf., no sup., -ēre, of Actium (prop. same word as [ad-denseo], 2. v. a., thicken, close Actium, but used as adj. from it). up: acies. Others read addenActor, -oris, [Gr. 'AKтwp], m., a sant. Trojan.

actus, -a, -um, p.p. of ago.
actus, -ūs, [Vag+tus], m., a driv
ing, impulse: fertur mons mag-

no actu.

actūtum [n. acc. of tactutus (cf. cornutus)], adv., with speed, hastily, immediately, speedily, instantly.

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acuo, -ui, -ūtam, -ere, [†acu-], 3. v. a., make sharp, sharpen: ferrum. Fig., spur on, incite, drive on, rouse, disquiet: lupos; curis mortalia corda. - Of passions, rouse, excite : iras. — acutus, -a, -um, p.p. as adj., sharpened, sharp (in all senses): saxum; hinnitus (shrill).

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acus, -ūs, [Vac + us], f., (a pointed
thing), a needle: "acu` pingere
(embroider).

acātus, -a, -um, p.p. of acuo.
ad [unc. case-form], prep. with acc.,
to, toward, against (cf. in).—Of
motion, direction, and tendency
in all senses: tendens ad sidera
palmas; respice ad haec; canit
ad auras (on the air); ad unum (to
a man). Of rest, near by, near
to, at, by: ad flumina; ad Troiam;
ad lunam in the moonlight);
ad superos (in the world above).—

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addico, -xi, ctum, -ere, [addico], 3. v. a., (speak in favor of), award, adjudge, — deliver, make over, yield: me huic classi (surrender).

additus, -a, -um, p.p. of addo. addo,-didi,-ditum, -ere, [ad-do], 3. v. a., put near, by, or to, add, attach, join: cognomen (give); se sociam; noctem addens operi (employ in); addere gradum (press the pace). -So: quadrigae addunt se in spatia (consume, cover the space).

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addūcă, -xi, -ctum, -ere, [ad-
duco], 3. v. a., lead to, bring.
To one's self, draw back: arcus
(draw); artus(draw up, contract).
adductus, -a, -um, p.p. of adduco.
adedõ, -ēdi, -ēsum, -edere, [ad-
edo], 3. v. a., eat into, gnaw, eat
up: favos stellio. Of fire, con-
sume, burn up.
ademptus, -a, -um, p.p. of adimo.
ademtus, see ademptus.
adeo, -ii (-ivi), -itum, -ïre, [ad-
eo], v. n. and a., go to or towards,
approach, accost. With hostile
intent, go against, attack, set upon.
-Of things immaterial, enter on,
arrive at, attain, incur : labores;
sales; astra.

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