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adfuturum esse, to be about to be present.

Africa, æ, f., Africa. Africus, i, m., the southwest wind. Agamemnonius, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Greeks in the Trojan war. Agathyrsi, ōrum, m., a Scythian people, living in what is now Hungary.

Agenor, õris, m., a king of the Phœnicians, and son of Belus, and an ancestor of Dido.

Ager, agri, m., a field, land, country. (Synonyms, Ager is said of a field, land admitting of cultivation; campus is an extensive plain, a very large place, either

in town or country; arvum, arable or ploughed land; rus, means all the country, the woods, lands, fountains, in fact all things without cities.)

a.

Agger, ĕris, m. (ad, gero), a heap, a mound; a bank, dike, embankment; (vi. 830) a rampart, a bar- | rier; a raised surface, a causeway. Aggero, āre, āvi, ātum, a. (agger), to heap up, to aggravate. Aggero, ere, gessi, gestum, a., to bear or carry to; to heap upon. Aggloměro, are, avi, atum, (glomus), to wind to, as upon a ball; to gather to, add or join to. Aggredior, i, gressus sum, dep. (gradior), to step, to go to; to approach; to attack; (iii. 358, iv. 92) to accost, address; to begin, attempt, set about; to seize. Agitator, ōris, m., a driver, a char

ioteer.

Agito, are, avi, atum, freq. (ǎgo), to put in constant or frequent motion; to drive, urge forward, pursue; (iii. 609) to trouble, distress, disquiet, agitate; (vi. 727) to ac

tuate.

Agměn, ĭnis, n. (ago), an army marching, a troop, a throng, a company, a herd, a flock, (i. 434) a warm, (ii. 782) a stream; (ii. 212)

a course; (v. 211) motion, impulse. (For Synonyms, see under Acies.) Agna, æ, f. (agnus), a ewe lamb. Agnomen, inis, n. (ad and guō

men, the old form of nōmen), a surname added to the cognomen or family name.

Agnosco, ĕre, nōvi, nitum, a. (ad, nosco), to know, know again, recognize, own.

Agnus, i, m., a lamb. Ago, ère, ēgi, actum, a., to drive, to do, treat or deal with; to pursue; to lead; to guide, steer, conduct; (v. 116) to impel; (iii. 695) to force; (vi. 873) to send forth; (vi. 514 to spend, pass. Imperat., age, agite, come! come on! Agrestis, e, adj. (ager), of the

country, rustic, rural; boorish, clownish; subs., a countryman, a clown.

Agrícòla, æ, m. (ager, colo), a husbandman, a farmer, ploughman, peasant.

Ah! int., ah! alas!

Aio, ais, ait, def., to say, affirm. Ajax, acis, m., the name of two brave Grecian heroes in the Trojan war. The one was called Telamonius, from his father Telamon; and the other Oileus, from his father Oileus.

Ala, æ, f., a wing; the wing of an

army; the cavalry of a legion; mounted horsemen.

Alăcer and alacris, cris, e, adj.,

brisk, eager, courageous, joyful, cheerful.

Alātus, a, um, adj. (ala), winged. Albă, æ. f., and Albă Longa, a city of Latium, near the foot of Mount Albanus, (20 miles S. E. of Rome,) built and fortified by Ascanius, and the mother city of Rome. Albānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alba Longa, Alban. Albesco, ĕre, incep., to dawn. Albus, a, um, adj., white, gray, hoary.

Alcides, æ, m., a descendant of Alceus, i. e. Hercules.

Ales, alītis, adj. (ala), (v. 861) swift-winged. Ales, alitis, com., a bird; Jovis ales, the bird of Joce, i. e. the eagle. Aletes, is, m., a Trojan, captain of a ship, and companion of Eneas.

Aliēnus, a, um, adj. (alius), of an

other, another's, alien, foreign. Aliger, gera, gerum, adj. (alagero), having wings, winged. Aliqui, qua, quod, indef. adj. pron. (alius-qui), some, any. Aliquis, qua, quid, indef. pron. (alius-quis), some one, something, any one, some, any; some other. Sometimes an adj. = aliqui. Aliter, adv. (alius), otherwise, after another manner.

Alius, a, ud, adj., another, other; plur., others, some. Alius-alius, one another, the one-the other; alii-alii, some— others. Alius atque or ac, other than. Allabor, bi, lapsus, dep., to glide to, to row or sail to, to reach. Alligo, are, avi, ātum, a., to bind to, make fast; to hold, confine. Alloquor, qui, cutus, dep., to speak to, to address, accost, appeal to. Almus, a, um, adj., (alimus, from alo), nourishing, cherishing; bountiful; kind, benignant, indulgent, propitious, genial. Alo, ĕre, ălui, altum, and ǎlitum, a., to nourish, feed, cherish; to encourage; (vi. 726) to animate. Alōidæ, arum, m., two so-called sons of Aloeus, the giants Otus and Ephialtes. They were sons of Neptune, but educated by Aloeus, one of the giants, the husband of Iphimedia, their mother. (See Ind. P. N.) Alpheus, ei, m., a river in Peloponnesus, which flows through Arcadia and Elis, and falls into

the Ionian sea. As it disappears several times under ground, the ancients fancied it went under the sea to join its waters with

those of the fountain of Arethusa.

Alpinus, a, um, adj. (Alpes), of the Alps, Alpine.

Altaria, ium, n. (altus), an altar, esp. a high altar.

Alte, ius, issime, adv. (altus), high, aloft, on high; deep, deeply. Alter, era, ĕrum (gen. alterius), adj., the one, the other of two; another; the second. Alter-alter, the one- -the other. Alterno, āre, āvi. ātum, a. and n. (alternus), to alternate; to waver, hesitate.

Alternus, a, um, adj. (alter), one after the other, by turns, alternate, reciprocal.

Altrix, icis, f. (alo), a (female) nourisher, a nurse. (Fig., of the country that rears one.) Altum, i, m., a height, heaven; a depth, the deep sea, the deep. Altus, a, um, part. used as adj. (alo), grown great by nourishment or support; high, lofty; deep, profound; (altus has regard to distance both up and down);

noble.

Alumnus, i, m. (alo), a nursling,

pupil, foster-child, son.

Alveus, i, m. (alvus), a hollow, a cavity; (vi. 412) the hold of a ship or boat; a river bed. Alvus, i, f. (alo), the belly, the abdomen; the womb. Am. See Ambi.

Amans, antis, part. (amo), loving, affectionate, fond; a lover. mārăcus, i, m., marjoram. Amārus, a, um, adj., bitter; unpleasant, disagreeable. Amazōn, onis, f., plur. Amazones, the Amazons, a warlike race of women, dwelling on the river Thermōdon: allies of Troy. Amazonis, idis, f. (a daughter of the Amazons), poet.. an Amazon. Amazonius, a, um, adj., Amazo

nian. such as Amazons use. Ambages, is. f. in the sing., only in the abl., but the plur. is com

plete), (ambi-ago, "roundabout ways,") windings, intricacies; (vi. 99) mysteries, ambiguous utterances; (i. 342) details, a tedious story, intricate story. Ambědo, ère, edi, ēsum, a. (ambiedo), to eat or gnaw around; to waste, consume. Ambi, abbrev. amb, am or an, prep.

(used only in composition), around, about, on both sides. Ambiguus, a, um, adj. (ambiago), moving both ways; wavering, hesitating, uncertain, obscure, ambiguous, doubtful; treacherous. Ambio, ire, īvi and ii, ītum, a. and n. (amb-eo), to surround, environ, encompass; (iv. 283) to approach (indirectly). Ambo, æ, o, adj. plur., both. Ambrosius, a, um, adj. (ambrosia, 1st, the food of the gods; 2d, an unguent of the gods), perfumed with ambrosia, ambrosial. Amens, entis, adj. (a-mens, out

of one's senses), frantic, mud, distracted, amazed. Amicio, īre, ĭcui or ixi, ictum, a. (am-jacio), to throw around; to wrap about, veil, cover. Amictus, ûs, m., clothing, attire;

a garment, esp. an upper or outer
garment, a mantle; a covering,
envelopment.

Amicus, a, um, adj. (amo), friendly,
benevolent, kind.
Amicus, i, m., a friend.
Amissus, a, um, part. from
Amitto, ĕre, isi, issum, a. (a, mit-

to), to send away; to let go, let slip; to lose, to miss. Amnis (amnh, Celtic), is, m., a stream, a river; a torrent. Amo, are, avi, atum, a., to love; (v. 163) love (i. e. hug close) the shore.

Amœnus, a, um, adj., pleasant,

delightful, charming. Amor, oris, m. (amo), love, affection; fondness; longing, desire; (iv. 516) a love-charm, philter; personified, Love, the god of

love, Cupid. (Synonyms: Amor implies every species of love; caritas, virtuous affection.) Amoveo, ere. movi, mōtum, a., te

move or take away, to remove. Amphrysius, a, um, adj., Amphrysian, an epithet of Apollo, from Amphrysus, a river in the S. part of Thessalia, on whose banks he fed the flocks of Admētus. Amplector, ti, plexus, dep. (plecto, to plait, interweave), to twine around; to surround, embrace. Amplexus, ûs, m., an embrace. Amplius, adv., comp. of ample (amplus), more, longer, further. (Synonyms: Amplius, of extent in time and number; plus, of substantive quantity; magis denotes the comparison of an action or quality; potius, the choice among several things, "rather.") Amplus, a, um, adj., large, spacious, ample; great; noble, magnificent, glorious. (Synonyms: Amplus, spacious, is said of extent; magnus, of any sort of greatness; ingens, of extraordinary greatness.) Amycus, i, m., (v. 373) an ancient king of the Bebrycians, and a renowned boxer; 2d, (i. 221) a companion of Eneas. An, conj. (introducing the second member of a disjunctive or interrogative sentence), or. The first part of the question is often omitted and is to be supplied from the context; in this case an begins the whole interrogation: or, or rather, or perhaps, even; (sometimes we we may omit an in translation.) After expressions of doubt, uncertainty, and ignorance, whether; but that. Anceps, cipitis. adj. (am-căput), having two heads; double, twofold; doubtful, uncertain, undecided, wavering.

Anchises, æ, m., a Trojan prince of the royal line, the father of

Eneas. His genealogy was as

follows: (1) Jupiter; (2) Dardǎnus; (3) Erichthonius; (4) Tros; (5) Assarăcus; (6) Capys; (7) Anchises.

Anchīsēus, a, um, adj., of Anchises, Anchisean.

Anchisiădes, æ, m., the son of Anchises, Eneas.

Anchora (ancora), æ, f., an anchor. Ancus, i, m., Ancus Marcius, the grandson of Numa, and fourth king of Rome.

Androgeos, ō, and -us, i, m., a son of Minos, king of Crete, slain by the Athenians. 2. A Greek captain at the siege of Troy, slain by Eneas and his friends. Andromǎche, es, and a, æ, ƒ.,

daughter of Eëtion and wife of Hector. After the taking of Troy, she was carried away captive by Pyrrhus to Epirus, and afterwards married to Hělěnus, the brother of Hector.

Anguis, is, m. and f., a serpent, a | snake.

Angustus, a, um, adj. (ango, to press together), narrow, close, strait, contracted. Anhelitus, ūs, m. (anhelo), a dif

ficulty of breathing, panting. Anhelo, are, avi, ātum, a. and n. (am-halo, to get breath all around, from all sides), to breathe with difficulty, to pant. Anhēlus, a, um, adj., panting, heaving, throbbing, thick-breathed. Anilis, e, adj. (anus, an old woman), an old woman's, old-womanish, anile.

Anima, æ, f., a breath of air, breath, wind; the breath of life, the animal principle of life, life, the soul, vital power; a living being, a soul; a ghost, spirit, soul, shade. Animal, ālis, n., a living creature, an animal.

Ănĭmus, i, m., the principle of ra

tional or intellectual life, the spirit, mind; the faculty of the soul that wills, will, purpose, intention, design; the emotional faculty,

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the heart, spirit, inclination, passion, feeling, disposition, affection; of single dispositions of the mind, spirit, heart, courage, pride, anger, rage; the thinking faculty, the mind, or its separate faculties, as memory, consciousness, judg

ment.

Ănius, ii, m., a king at Delos, son and priest of Apollo, who hospitably received Eneas.

Anna, æ, f., the sister of Dido. After the death of Dido, she is said to have fled from Carthage to Italy, where she was kindly received by Eneas. Alarmed, however, by the jealousy of Lavinia, she threw herself into the river Numicius, as a nymph of which river she was henceforth worshipped: (so Ovid tells the story, identifying her with Anna Perenna, an interesting old Italian divinity.)

Annālis, e, adj. (annus), relating to years or age; m. most com. as a subs. in plu., Annāles, ium, m. (sc. libri), annals, chronicles, history. An ne or anne, pleonastic for an. Annitor, i, nīsus or nixus, dep. n.

(nitor), to strive against; to lean upon; to strive; (i. 144) to shove, press against. Anno. See Adno.

Annōsus, a, um, adj. (annus), aged, old, full of years.

Annuo, ĕre, ui, a. and n. (ad and obs. nuo, to nod), to give assent to by a nod; to (nod) assent; to promise.

Annus, i, m., a year; a season. Annuus, a, um, adj., annual, yearly. Antandros, i, f., a town in Mysia at the foot of Mount Ida. Ante, prep. w. acc., before, both in space and time; above, beyond, in comparison or rank. (Synonyms: Ante, before, is said of place, time, and persons; coram, in presence of, by word of mouth; præ denotes proximity, immediately before; pro, immediately

before, but confined to inanimate | Appello, āre, āvi, ātum, a., to call. to name; to declare, proclaim, salute as.

objects.)

Ante, adv., of space, before, in front; of time, before, previously, formerly, first; followed by quam, (with which it is sometimes united.) sooner than, before. Antěfĕro, ferre, tuli, latum, a., to carry, bear, or say before; to prefer.

Antenna, æ, f., a sail-yard. Antenor, oris, m., a grandson of Priam, who after the fall of Troy went to Italy and founded Patavium (Padua).

Anténŏrides, æ, m., a son or descendant of Antēnor. Antequam, or ante quam, before (that).

Antheus (dissyllable), čos, m., a companion of Eneas. Antiquus, a, um, adj. (ante), old; ancient; former (opposed to novus); venerable; noble. Antrum, i, n., a cave, cavern, den, grotto. Aornos, i, m. (ǎorvos, without birds),

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Apex, icis, m., the top or summit of a thing; a pointed piece of olivewood at the top of a flamen's cap; (ii. 683) a tapering flame. Apis, is, f., a bee.

Apollo, inis, m., Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona, twin brother of Diana, and god of prophecy, music, archery, poetry, and medieine; also, with later writers, the god of the sun. The noblest of heathen gods.

Appāreo, ēre, ui, ĭtum, n., to appear, come in sight; to be disolosed, to be or become visible.

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Appello, ĕre, půli, pulsum, a., to drive or bring to.

Applico, are, avi and more freq. ui, atum or ĭtum, a., to join or attach to; to drive, bring. Apricus, a, um, adj. (aperio), open, uncovered; hence, open to the sun, sunny; poet., (v. 128) sun-loving. Apto, are, avi, ātum, a. (aptus), (ii. 390) to fit on, to put on; to fit out, to furnish, to refit.

Aptus, a, um, part. (from obs. verb apo), fitted, joined to; (vi. 797) studded, or ornamented with; adapted, fit.

Apad, prep. w. acc., at, by, near; with, among; at the house of; (iv. 539) with, i. e. in the hearts of.

Aqua, æ, f., water.

Aquilo, onis, m., the north wind; poet., the wind in gen. Aquōsus, a, um, adj. (aqua), wa

tery, rainy; bringing rain. Ara, æ, f., an altar; a pile shaped

like an altar.

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