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Anguis, is, c. 3. a snake, a serpent. Angustus, a, um, adj. (ango, to press close) strait, narrow, confined.

Anhelitus, ûs, m. 4. (anhelo) hard breathing, panting.

Anhelo, āvi, atum, āre, n. & a. 1. (am, halo) to pant, to gasp. Anhēlus, a, um, adj. (anhelo) puffing, gasping.

Anima, æ, f. 1. (animus) breath, life, the soul.

Animal, ālis, n. 3. (anima) a living being, an animal. Animus, i, m. 2. the mind, the soul, desire, courage. Annāles, ium, m. 3. (annus) yearly records, chronicles, annals; annales audire, to listen to the annals, minute yearly detail. Anne, conj. (an, ne) whether. Annōsus, a, um, adj. (annus) old, aged.

Annuo, ui, ūtum, uĕre, n. 3. (ad,

nuo, to nod) to assent, promise. Annus, i, m. 2. a year, a season. Annuus, a, um, adj. (annus) annual. Ansa, æ, f. 1. a handle, a haft. Ante, prep. & adv. before. Antea, adv. (ante, is) before, formerly.

Antefero, tuli, latum, ferre, comp. irr. (ante, fero) to put before, prefer.

Antēnor, õris, m. 3. a Trojan chief,

founder of Patavium (Padua) in Italy. Antenorĭdæ, ārum, c. 1. descendants of Antenor, Paduans. Antheus, ei, 2. & eos, 3. m. a companion of Æneas.

Antigènes, is, m. 3. a shepherd's

name.

Antiquus, a, um, adj. (ante) old,

ancient.

Antrum, i, n. 2. a cave, grotto.
Aones, um, c. 3. Boeotians.
Aonius, a, um, adj. of Aonia in
Bootia.

Aper, pri, m. 2. a wild boar.
Aperio, ui, tum, īre, a. 4. (ad,

pario) to open, unclose, lay bare. Apex, ícis, m. 3. the top or summit, a helmet, crown. Apis, is, f. 3. a bee. Apium, ii, n. 2. parsley. Apollo, Inis, m. 3. god of the sun, son of Jupiter, brother of Diana. Appareo, ui, Itum, ēre, n. 2. (ad, pareo) to appear, to attend. Appello, uli, ulsuin, ellere, a. & n. 3. (ad, pello) to drive to, force, bring a ship to land.

Appello, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (ad, pello), to call, name, accost. Applico, avi, atum & ui, itum, are, a. 1. (ad, plico) to apply, fix, join to.

Aprīcus, a, um, adj. (aperio) ex-
posed to the sun, sunny.
Apto, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (apo,
obs. to fasten) to fit, adjust.
Aptus, a, um, adj. (apto) fit, proper,
suitable.

Apud, prep. at, near, among.
Aqua, æ, f. 1. water.

Aquila, æ, f. 1. the eagle; poetic,
Jove's lightning-bearer.
Aquilo, onis, m. 3. the north wind,

the north.

Aquōsus, a, um, adj. (aqua) full of
water, rainy, moist.
Ara, æ, f. 1. an altar.
Aracynthus, i, m. 2. a mountain of
Ætolia in Greece.

Arar, ǎris, m. 3. the Saône, a river in Gaul.

Arātor, ōris, m. 3. (aro) a plough

man.

Aratrum, i, n. 2. (aro) a plough. Arbor & os, oris, f. 3. a tree. Arboreus, a, um, adj. (arbor) of a tree, tree-like.

Arbustum, i, n. 2. (arbor) an orchard, a vineyard. Arbutus, i, f. 2. an arbute, or wild strawberry-tree. Arcădes, um, c. 3. the Arcadians, who claimed to be the most

ancient men.

Arcadia, æ, f. 1. a district of the
Morea; adj. -dius.
Arcanus, a, um, adj. (arca, a chest)
secret, hidden.

Arceo, cui, -, cere, a. 2. to shut up or in, keep off, restrain. Arcesso, see Accerso.

Arctos, i, f. 2. the double constellation called the Great and Little Bear.

Arctūrus, i, m. 2. the brightest

star in the constellation Boötes. Arctus, a, um, adj. (arceo) strait, close.

Arcus, ûs, m. 4. a bow, anything curved, the rainbow. Ardeo, si, sum, dēre, n. 2. to burn, blaze, shine. Ardesco,

cere, n. 3. (ardeo) to begin to burn, to gleam or glitter. Arduus, a, um, adj. steep, high, difficult.

Arēna, æ, f. 1. (areo) sand, gravel. Areo, ui, ēre, n. 2. to be dry,

be parched. Arethusa, æ, f. 1. a fountain near Syracuse in Sicily. Argentum, i, n. 2. silver, silver plate, money.

Argīvus, a, um, adj. of Argos, Argive.

Argo, ús, f. 3. the ship in which Jason sailed to obtain the Golden Fleece.

Argolicus, a, um, adj. of Argos, Grecian.

Argos, n. indecl.; pl. Argi, ōrum, m. 2. capital of Argolis in the Peloponnesus.

Argūtus, a, um, adj. (arguo, to prove) shrill, rustling, melodious. Aridus, a, um, adj. (areo) dry, withered.

Aries, ĕtis, m. 3. a ram.

Arion, onis, m. 3. a famous musician of Lesbos.

Arista, æ, f. 1. an ear of corn, corn, a harvest.

Arma, ōrum, n. 2. arms, armour; tackle of a ship.

Armenius, a, um, adj. of Armenia, Armenian.

Armentum, i, n. 2. (aro) a herd of large cattle.

Armiger, ĕri, m. 2. (arma, gero) an armour-bearer.

Armipotens, tis, adj. (arma, potens) powerful in arms, valiant. Armo, āvi, ātum, āre, a. 1. (arma) to arm, equip.

Armus, i, m. 2. the shoulder, the side.

Aro, avi, ātum, āre, a. 1. to plough, to till.

Arrigo, exi, ectum, igĕre, a. 3. (ad, rego) to set up, raise, rouse. Ars, tis, f. 3. art, skill, science. Artifex, icis, m. 3. (ars, facio) an artist, artificer.

Artus, ûs, m. 4. a joint, a limb. Arundo, Inis, f. 3. (areo) a reed or

cane.

Arvisius, a, um, adj. of Arvisium in Chios, famous for its wine. Arvum, i, n. 2. ploughed land, a field, glebe.

Arx, cis, f. 3. a citadel, a tower, an eminence; celsâ sedet Æolus arce, Eolus is seated on the high mountain-top. Ascănius, ii, m. 2. the son of Eneas and Creūsa.

Ascendo, di, sum, děre, a. 3. (ad,

scando) to mount up, ascend. Ascensus, ûs, m. 4. (ascendo) ascent, approach.

Ascræus, a, um, adj. of Ascra, a village near Mount Helicon, birthplace of Hesiod. Asia, æ, f. 1. Asia.

Aspecto, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (aspicio) to look at or towards, to long for.

Aspectus, ûs, m. 4. (aspicio) a

sight, appearance, aspect. Asper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. rugged, cruel.

Aspicio, exi, ectum, icĕre, a. 3. (ad, specio) to look at, behold. Aspiro, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (ad, spiro) to breathe to, to favour, aspire at.

Asporto, avi, ātum, āre, a. (abs, porto) to carry away, bear off.

Assarăcus, i, m. 2. a king of Phrygia, grandfather of Anchises.

Assentio, si, sum, tire, a. & as

sentior, dep. 4. (ad, sentio) to assent, approve.

Asservo, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (ad, servo) to preserve, guard. Assiduus, a, um, adj. (ad, sedeo) constant, continual, assiduous. Assimilis, is, e, adj. (ad, similis) similar, like.

Assuesco, ēvi, ētum, escère, n. 3. (ad, suesco) to be accustomed. Assultus, ûs, m. 4. (ad, salio) a leaping to, an assault, attack. Assurgo, rexi, rectum, gere, n. 3. (ad, surgo) to rise, mount up.

Assyrius, a, um, adj. of Assyria, Assyrian.

Ast, conj. but, but yet.

Asto, ĭti, -, āre, n. 1. (ad, sto) to stand by or near.

Astrum, i, n. 2. a star, a constellation.

Astyanax, ctis, m. 3. son of Hector

and Andromache.

Asylum, i, n. 2. a sanctuary, an asylum.

At, conj. but, but yet.

Ater, tra, trum, adj. black, gloomy. Athămas & Acămās, ntis, m. 3. a Grecian leader.

Atlas, ntis, m. 3. one of the Titans, changed into a mountain. Atque, conj. (at, que) and. Atridæ, arum, m. 1. the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Atrium, ii, n. 2. a fore-court, entrance-hall; pl. a temple. Atrox, cis, adj. (ater) gloomy, fierce, cruel.

Attero, trivi, trītum, terĕre, a. 3. (ad, tero) to wear, waste, impair.

Attii, ōrum, m. 2. name of a Roman family.

Attingo, igi, actum, ingĕre, a. 3. (ad, tango) to touch, reach, attain. Attollo, , ĕre, a. 3. (ad, tollo) to lift up, raise, sustain. Attondeo, di, sum, dēre, a. 2. (ad, tondeo) to clip, shear, crop. Attono, ui, ĭtum, are, a. 1. (ad, tono) to thunder at, stun, astonish. Attrecto, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (ad, tracto) to touch, handle. Atys, yos, m. 3. a companion of Eneas.

Auctor, ōris, m. 3. (augeo) a maker, progenitor, founder.

Audax, cis, adj. (audeo) bold, spirited, rash.

Audeo, sus, dere, n. p. 2. to dare, attempt; auso potiti (sunt), accomplished their enterprise. Audio, īvi, ītum, īre, a. 4. to hear, attend to, obey.

Aufero, abstuli, ablatum, auferre, comp. irr. (ab, fero) to take away, remove, destroy; quos abstulit atra dies, whom the dark day (ie. the day of their death) snatched away.

Augeo, xi, ctum, gēre, a. 2. to increase, augment, improve. Augurium, ii. n. 2. (augur, a soothsayer) augury, divination. Augustus, i, m. 2. (Cæsar Octavianus) title conferred on the first Roman emperor.

Aula, æ, f. 1. a hall, palace. Aulæum, i. n. 2. tapestry, a curtain, canopy.

Aura, æ, f. 1. a breeze, breath, a gale; auraï simplicis ignem, fire of pure glow, i. e. the pure element of fire.

Aurātus, a, um, adj. (aurum) adorned with gold, gilded. Aureus, a, um, adj. (aurum) of gold, golden.

Auricomus, a, um, adj. (aurum, coma) with golden hair. Auriga, æ, m. 1. (aurea, a bridle, ago) a charioteer. Auris, is, f. 3. the ear.

Aurora, æ, f. 1. goddess of the morning, morning, dawn.

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Autem, conj. but, and yet, now. Automedon, tis, m. 3. the charioteer of Achilles.

Autumnus, i, m. 2. (augeo) autumn, harvest.

Auxilium, ii, n. 2. (augeo) help, aid. Avārus, a, um, adj. (aveo, to covet) avaricious, covetous. Avěho, xi, ctum, here, a. 3. (a, veho) to carry off, bear away. Avello, elli & ulsi, ulsum, ellĕre,

a. 3. (a, vello) to pull or tear off. Avēna, æ, f. 1. a straw, an oaten pipe used by shepherds. Avernus, i, m. pl. a, n. 2. a lake in Campania, the exhalations from which were so deadly that it was called the entrance to Tartarus; adj. -nus.

Averto, ti, sum, tĕre, a. 3. (a, ver

to) to turn away, avert, remove. Avĭdus, a, um, adj. (aveo, to covet) greedy, ravenous, covetous. Avis, is, f. 3. a bird.

Avius, a, um, adj. (a, via) off from

the way, untrodden, pathless. Avus, i, m. 2. a grandfather, forefather, ancestor.

Axis, is, m. 3. an axletree, the earth's axis, north pole, sky.

B

Bacca, æ, f. 1. a berry, also a pearl.

Baccar, aris, n. 3. the herb valerian.

Baccatus, a, um, adj. (bacca) set with pearls.

Bacchor, atus, āri, dep. 1. (Bacchus) to celebrate the feasts of

Bacchus, to revel or rant like his devotees.

Bacchus, i, m. 2. the god of wine; implentur veteris Bacchi, they fill (satisfy) themselves with old

wine. Balteus, i, m. 2. a belt, a girdle. Barba, æ, f. 1. the beard. Barbaricus, a, um, adj. (barbarus) of a barbarian, foreign. Barbarus, a, um, adj. barbarous; subs. a foreigner.

Bavius, ii, m. 2. a stupid poet, disliked by Virgil.

Beatus, a, um, adj. (beo, to bless) happy, blessed.

Bebrycius, a, um, adj. of Bebrycia, in Asia Minor.

Belides, æ, m. 1. a descendant of Belus.

Bellatrix, icis, f. 3. (bello) a female warrior.

Bello, avi, atum, are, n. & bellor, dep. 1. (bellum) to wage war, fight.

Bellua, æ, f. 1. a wild beast, a
monster; bellua Lernæ, the
Lernæan hydra.
Bellum, i, n. 2. war.

Belus, i, m. 2. king of Tyre, and father of Dido.

Bene, adv. (bonus) well, ably ; comp. melius, sup. optime. Benignus, a, um, adj. (bonus, genus) friendly, pleasing, good. Berecynthius, a, um, adj. of Mount Berecynthus, in Phrygia; Berecynthia mater, i.e. Cybele. Beroe, es, f. 1. a matron whose form Iris assumed when she excited the Trojan women to burn the fleet.

Bibo, bibi, bibitum, bibĕre, a. 3. to drink, quaff, inhale. Bibulus, a, um, adj. (bibo) drinking freely, absorbing moisture. Bicolor, ōris, adj. (bis, color) of two colours, two-coloured; albis equus bicolor maculis, a horse of two colours, (dark) with white spots. Bidens, tis, m. 3. (bis, dens) a sheep, an animal for sacrifice, having two teeth longer than the rest.

Biformis, is, e, adj. (bis, forma) two-shaped, double. Bigae, ārum, f. 1. (bis, jugum) a two-horsed chariot. Bijŭgus, a, um, adj. (bis, jugum) yoked two together, drawn by a pair of horses; bijugo certamine, in a contest of two-horsed chariots.

Bilinguis, is, e, adj. (bis, lingua) having two tongues, deceitful; Tyrii bilingues, the treacherous Tyrians.

Bini, æ, a, adj. (bis) two by two, by pairs, two.

Bipatens, tis, adj. (bis, pateo) opening in two ways.

Bipennis, is, e, adj. (bis, penna) two-edged; subs. a double-axe, a battle-axe; correptâ bipenni, having snatched up his battle

axe.

Birēmis, is, e, adj. (bis, remus) two-oared; subs. a galley with two banks of oars.

Bis, adv. twice; bis senos dies, twelve days, one in each month. Bitias, æ, m. 1. a companion of Æneas.

Bitumen, Inis, n. 3. fossil-tar, bitumen.

Blandus, a, um, adj. pleasing, mild, gentle.

Bola, æ, f. 1. an ancient town of Latium.

Bonus, a, um, adj. good, kind, ex

cellent.

Boreas, æ, m. 1. the north wind, the north.

Bos, bovis, c. 3. an ox, cow, bullock.

Brachium, ii, n. 2. the fore-arm, the arm.

Bractea, æ, f. 1. a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf.

Brevis, is, e, adj. short, little; subs. brevia, ium, n. 3. shoals, shallows; in brevia urguet, dashes them on shoals. Breviter, adv. (brevis) shortly, briefly.

Briareus, i, m. 2. a hundredarmed giant.

Britanni, ōrum, c. 2. the Britons.

Bruma, æ, f. 1. the winter solstice, winter.

Brumālis, is, e, adj. (bruma) of the

shortest day, or the solstice. Brutus, i, m. 2. (L. Junius) a noble Roman who expelled the Tarquins.

Bubulcus, i, m. 2. (bos) a herdsman, a ploughman. Bucula, æ, f. 1. (bos) a young cow, a heifer.

Butes, æ, m. 1. a Bebrycian slain at the tomb of Hector. Byrsa, æ, f. 1. the citadel of Carthage.

C

Cacumen, Inis, n. 3. (acuo) the top of anything, point, summit. Cado, cecidi, casum, cadere, n. 3. to fall, happen, fail. Caducus, a, um, adj. (cado) falling, frail, vain; bello caduci, having fallen in war.

Cadus, i, m. 2. a cask, jar, flask. Cæcus, a, um, adj. blind, dark, hidden.

Cædes, is, f. 3. (cædo) slaughter, destruction, death.

Cædo, cecidi, cæsum, cædere, a. 3. to cut, strike down, kill. Cælo, avi, atum, āre, a. 1. (cælum, a chisel) to carve, engrave. Cæneus, i, m. 2. a girl (Cænis) changed by Neptune to a boy. Cæsar, ǎris, m. 3. a surname of the Julian family.

Cæsaries, ei, f. 5. a head of hair. Cæstus, ûs, m. 4. (cædo) a cæstus, boxing-glove, gauntlet.

Cæter & ceter, (not used) ĕra, ĕrum, adj. the rest, the others. Caicus, i, m. 2. a companion of Æneas.

Cajēta, æ, f. 1. a town of Latium, now Gaëta.

Calămus, i. m. 2. a reed, a cane. Calathus, i, m. 2. a basket, a cup. Calcar, aris, n. 3. (calx) a spur. Calchas, ntis, m. 3. a Greek soothsayer.

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