Pliny Vocabulary Unit #2 (Letters 7.24 and 9.6)

ā/ab (preposition + ablative)

from; by

abeō, abīre, abiī, abītus

to go away, depart

ac (conj.)

and

accipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus

to receive, accept, get; hear

aetās, aetātis, f.

age, lifetime; years

ait (defective verb: ais, ait, aiunt)

to say, tell (does not begin with "d" or "i")

aliēnus, -a, -um

of another, not one's own, foreign, strange

aliquis, aliquid

some, any

alius, -a, -um

other

amō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to love

amor, amōris, m.

love (noun)

animus, -ī, m.

mind, intellect, intelligence; soul

annus, -ī, m.

year

apud (prep. + accusative)

with, among, at, near, at the house of

ars, artis, f.

skill, art

at (conj.)

but

audīo, -īre, -īvī, -ītus

to hear

aut... aut... (correlatives)

either... or

capiō, capere, cēpī, captus

to catch, capture, take

certāmen, certāminis, n.

competition

cupiō, -ere, -īvī, -ītus

to desire, long for, wish

currō, -ere, cucurrī, cursus

to run

currus, -ūs, m.

chariot

cursus, -ūs, m.

course, running, way

deinde (adv.)

then, next

deus, -ī, m.

god

diēs, diēī, m.

day

dīcō, -ere, dixī, dictus

to say, speak, tell (does not begin with "a" or "i")

domina, -ae, f.

mistress, lady

dominus, -ī, m.

master, lord, ruler

domus, -ūs or -ī, f.

home, house

ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum

to go out, leave

equus, -ī, m.

horse

exigō, -ere, exēgī, exactus

to drive out; demand; (of time) spend

faciō, -ere, fēcī, factus

to do, make

faveō, -ēre, fāvī, fautus (+ dative)

to favor, support; root for

fēmina, -ae, f.

woman

forma, -ae, f.

appearance, looks; shape, form

gaudeō, -ēre, gavīsus sum

to rejoice, be glad, take pleasure, be pleased

gaudium, -ī, n.

joy, gladness, delight

genus, generis, n.

kind, type

gloria, -ae, f.

glory

grātia, -ae, f.

favor, regard, popularity; gratitude

gravis, -is, -e

heavy, weighty, serious, grave

habeō, -ēre, habuī, habitus

to have, hold

hodiē (adv.)

today

homō, hominis, m.

human being, man, person

honor, honōris, m.

honor, esteem, reputation, praise

hūc (adv.)

to this place, hither

illūc (adv.)

to that place, thither

incidō, -ere, -cidī, -cāsus

to happen, occur

inde (adv.)

thence, from that place, from there; for this reason

inquam, inquis, inquit...

to say (does not begin with "a" or "d")

inter (prep. + accusative)

between, among

intrā (prep. + accusative)

(of time) during; (of space) within, inside of

invītus, -a, -um

reluctant, unwilling, against one's will

ipse, ipsa, ipsum

I myself, you yourself, etc.; the very

iūs, iūris, n.

law, justice

iuvenis, -is, m.

young man

levis, -is, -e

light, slight

lībertus, -ī, m.

freedman, a freed slave

littera, -ae, f.

letter (of the alphabet); (plural) letter, epistle; literature

lūdus, -ī, m.

game, play, sport; school

magis (adv.)

more

marītus, -ī, m.

husband

medius, -a, -um

in the middle (of), in the midst (of), mid, middle (of)

mille (plural = mīlia, -ium, n.pl.)

thousand

minor, minus

smaller, less great, less

minus (adv.)

less

mittō, -ere, mīsī, missus

to send, let go; pass over, omit

modus, -ī, m.

measure, extent; manner, way

nihil

nothing

nōmen, nōminis, n.

name

noscō, noscere, nōvī, nōtus

to learn, get to know; (perfect tense) to know

novus, -a, -um

new, fresh, recent

nūllus, -a, -um

no, not any, none

nunc (adv.)

now

nē... quidem...

not even

omnis, -is, -e

all, every

optimus, -a, -um

best, excellent

ōrātor, ōrātōris, m.

speaker, orator

ōtium, -ī, n.

leisure, spare time, free time

parens, parentis, m./f.

father, mother, parent

pars, partis, f.

part, portion; side, direction

parum (adv.)

too little, not enough, insufficiently

paulō (adv.)

a little, slightly

per (+ accusative)

through, along, across

perdō, -ere, perdidī, perditus

to destroy, ruin, squander, waste, lose

pietās, pietātis, f.

duty, devotion, loyalty, piety

plaudō, -ere, -sī, -sus

to clap, applaud

prīmum (adv.)

first, in the first place, for the first time

princeps, principis

foremost, chief, first class

procul (adv.)

from afar, far off, at a distance

proximus, -a, um

nearest, next; most recent, past

puer, -ī, m.

boy

quam (with comparison)

than

quia (conj.)

because, since

quīdam, quaedam, quoddam

certain

quod (conj.)

that, the fact that; because

quō (adv.)

for which reason; to where, where; so that