AP Latin 3.4 Vocab

aetas, -atis (f.)

life of a man, age, lifetime, years

Alexandrinus, -a, -um

Alexandrian, pertaining to Alexandria (a city in Egypt)

ante

(with acc.) (of space) before, in front, forwards; (of time) before, previously

appello (adp-), -are, -avi, -atum

to call, address, name; request, implore, demand

architectus, -i (m.)

architect; inventor, designer

arcus, -us (m.)

bow, arc, arch; rainbow; anything arched or curved

autem

but, on the other hand, on the contrary, however

beneficium, -i (n.)

favor, benefit, service, kindness

civitas, -atis (f.)

city, state; citizenship

defendo, -ere, -i, defensum

to defend, guard, protect, look after; repel, ward off, prevent; support, preserve

dominus, -i (m.)

master, possessor, ruler, lord, owner; male slave-owner

exercitus, -us (m.)

disciplined body of men, army

facilis, -e

easy to do, easy, without difficulty

flumen, -inis (n.)

a flowing, flood, stream, running water, river

fortasse

perhaps, possibly; it may be

forum, -i (n.)

forum, market; the Forum (in Rome); court of justice

frustra

in vain; for nothing, to no purpose

genus, -eris (n.)

race, family, birth, descent, origin, sort, kind

Harpocras, -tis (m.)

a Greek male name

iatraliptaor-es, -ae (m.)

doctor, especially one who uses massage and ointments

imperator, -oris (m.)

commander, leader, chief, director, ruler, general, emperor

itaque

and so, and thus, and accordingly

ius, iuris (n.)

right, justice, duty, law

leo, leonis (m.)

lion

liberta, -ae (f.)

freedwoman, freed person, formerly enslaved woman

mille (pl. milia or millia) or M (n.)

a thousand, ten hundred

mitto, -ere, misi, missum

to send, cause to go, let go, send off, dispatch

mollis, -e

yielding, flexible, supple, soft, tender, delicate, gentle, mild, pleasant

notus, -a, -um

known, well known

paene

nearly, almost; mostly

par, paris

equal

patrona, -ae (f.)

protectress, patroness, female patron

paucus, -a, -um

few, little

pauper, -eris

poor, meager, unproductive; cheap, of little worth

perdo, -ere, -didi, -ditum

to destroy, make away with, ruin, squander, throw away, waste, lose

pervenio, -ire, -veni, -ventum

to come up, arrive, reach

potestas, -atis (f.)

power, rule, force; strength, ability

princeps, -cipis (m.)

first man, first person; chief, leader, ruler, emperor

pro

(with abl.) before, in front of, for

quando

when, since, because

quomodo

how, in what way; just as

recipio, -ere, -cepi, -ceptum

to take back, bring back, regain, recover; to receive, accept

redeo, -ire, -ii, -itum

to go back, turn back, return, turn around

Romanus, -a, -um

of Rome, Roman

saeculum or saeclum, -i (n.)

generation, age, people of any time

saepe

often, oft, oftentimes, many times, frequently

sentio, -ire, sensi, sensum

to discern by sense, feel, hear, see, perceive, be sensible of

sine

(with abl.) without

sustineo, -ere, -tinui, -tentum

to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain

tantum

so much, so greatly; only, merely, but

tardus, -a, -um

slow; deliberate; late

tempestas, -atis (f.)

storm; period of time, season, weather

tempto (tento), -are, -avi, -atum

to handle, touch, feel; try, prove, test, attempt

Traianus, -i (m.)

Trajan, a Roman emperor

-ve

or, or if you will, or as you please

vel

or; either…or (vel…vel)

vester, -tra, -trum

your, yours, of you (pl.)