Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

LESSON LIX, Sec. 337

  agmen, agminis\, n., _line of march, column_;
    
pri:mum agmen\, the van;
    novissimum agmen\, _the rear_
  
atque\, ac\, conj., _and_; atque is used before vowels and
    consonants, ac before consonants only.  Cf. et and -que
  
concilium, conci’li:\, n., council, assembly
  Helve:tii:, -o:rum\, m., _the Helvetii_, a Gallic tribe
  
passus, passu:s\, m., a pace, five Roman feet;
    mi:lle passuum\, _a thousand (of) paces_, a Roman mile
  
qua:  de:  causa:\, for this reason, for what reason
  va:llum, -i:\, n., _earth-works, rampart_

  cado:, cadere, cecidi:, ca:su:rus\, _fall_ (decadence)
  
de:do:, de:dere, de:didi:, de:ditus\, surrender, give up;
    with a reflexive pronoun, surrender one’s self, submit, with the
    dative of the indirect object
  premo:, premere, pressi:, pressus\, _press hard, harass_
  
vexo:, vexa:re, vexa:vi:, vexa:tus\, annoy, ravage (vex)

LESSON LX, Sec. 341

  aut\, conj., _or_; aut ... aut, _either ... or_
  
causa:\, abl. of causa, for the sake of, because of.  Always stands
    after the gen. which modifies it
  fere:\, adv., _nearly, almost_
  
opi:nio:, -o:nis\, f., opinion, supposition, expectation
  re:s fru:menta:ria, rei:  fru:menta:riae\, f. (lit. _the grain
    affair_), _grain supply_
  
timor, -o:ris\, m., fear.  Cf. timeo: 
  undique\, adv., _from all sides_

  co:nor, co:na:ri:, co:na:tus sum\, _attempt, try_
  
e:gredior, e:gredi:, e:gressus sum\, move out, disembark;
    pro:gredior\, _move forward, advance_ (egress, progress)
  
moror, mora:ri:, mora:tus sum\, delay
  orior, oriri:, ortus sum\, _arise, spring; begin; be born_
    (_from_) (origin)
  
profici:scor, profici:sci:, profectus sum\, set out
  revertor, reverti:, reversus sum\, _return_ (revert).  The forms of
    this verb are usually active, and not deponent, in the perfect
    system.  Perf. act., reverti: 
  
sequor, sequi:, secu:tus sum\, follow (sequence).  Note the
    following compounds of sequor\ and the force of the different
    prefixes: 
    
co:nsequor\ (follow with), overtake;
    i:nsequor\ (_follow against_), _pursue_;
    
subsequor\ (follow under), follow close after

LATIN-ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Translations inclosed within parentheses are not to be used as such; they are inserted to show etymological meanings.

  [Transcriber’s Note: 
  The “parentheses” were originally printed as [square brackets].  They
  are rendered here as [[double brackets]].]

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