Tacitus Vocab Quiz 2

agmen, agminis, n.

column (of soldiers), procession (from ago 'lead')

domus, domus, f.

home, household

litus, litoris, n.

shore, beach

lūmen, luminis, n.

light

mūnus, muneris, n.

gift

percussor, percussōris, m.

assassin

scelus, sceleris, n.

crime, wickedness

animadvertō, animadvertere, animadvertī, animadversum

to notice (from verto 'turn' and animus 'mind')

comitor, comitārī, comitātus sum

to accompany, attend

imperō, imperāre, imperāvī, imperātum

to command

obstō, obstāre, obstitī, obstātum

to stand in the way, block

occīdō, occīdere, occīdī, occīsum

to kill (note long vowel, from caedo 'cut down')

occidō, occidere, occidī, occāsum

to fall, die, set (note short vowel, from cado 'fall')

proficiscor, proficiscī, profectus sum

to depart, set out

profiteor, profitērī, professus sum

to profess, declare

fore

about to be (short for 'futurum esse')

ātrox, ātrox, ātrox (gen. ātrōcis)

cruel, horrible

quisque, quaeque, quidque

each, whoever (form of qui/quis + -que)

dōnec

while, as long as, until

quamvīs

although