Vocab List: Pliny VI.20 (parts 1 & 2)

aliēnus –a –um

of another, belonging to another, not one’s own, foreign, alien, strange

alter altera alterum

one, another, the one, the other (of two)

āter atra atrum

black, coal-black, gloomy, dark

attonitus –a –um

astonished, fascinated; stupefied, dazed; inspired

dubius –a –um

moving two ways, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain

horrendus –a –um

dreadful, terrible, fearful, horrible

ingēns ingentis

vast, huge, enormous, great, remarkable

intentus –a –um

eager, intent, attentive; strict; intense, strenuous; serious

reliquus –a –um

rest of, remaining, available, left, surviving; future, further

tacitus –a –um

silent, not spoken of, kept secret, secret, hidden

minus

less

ecce

lo! see! behold! there! look!

āgmen āgminis n.

multitude, troop, crowd; battle line, army

annus annī m.

year

arēna (harēna) –ae f.

sand, grains of sand; sandy land or desert; seashore; arena

campus campī m.

plain, field, open country, level place

frāter frātris m.

brother

latus latēris n.

side, flank

littera litterae f.

letter (of the alphabet); (pl.) letter, epistle; literature, books, records, account

oppidum oppidī n.

town

ōtium –iī n.

leisure; spare time; holiday; ease, rest, peace, quiet, calm

prudentia prudentiae f.

discretion; good sense, wisdom; prudence; foresight

spatium spati(ī) n.

space, room, extent, distance, interval

studium studiī n.

application, zeal, eagerness, inclination, desire, exertion, study

vestīgium vestīgi(ī) n.

footstep, step, footprint; trace, mark, track, vestige

vōs vestrum/vestrī

you (pl.)

quis quid

who, what

āiō

to assert, affirm, say, tell, relate

coepiō –ere coepī coeptus

to begin, commence

committō committere commīsī commīssus

to bring together, join, combine, put together, connect, unite

cōnsulō cōnsulere cōnsuluī cōnsultum

to meet and consider, reflect, consult, look out, be mindful

corripiō corripere corripuī correptum

to seize, snatch up, grasp, collect, take hold of, arrest

cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus

to long for, desire, wish

dēbeō dēbēre dēbuī dēbitus

to owe, be in debt; ought, must, should

dēscendō dēscendere dēscendī dēscēnsus

to descend, go down; to dismount; to penetrate, sink

dētineō –ēre –uī –tentus

to hold off, keep back, detain, check

exigō exigere exēgī exāctus

to drive out, push forth, thrust out, take out, expel; spend (time); demand; inquire; complete, spend

horreō horrēre horruī

to shudder (at), stand on end, stand erect, bristle, be rough

impellō impellere impulī impulsum

to strike against, push, drive, strike; set in motion, drive forward, move, urge on

incipiō incipere incēpī inceptus

to take hold, take in hand, begin

meminī meminisse

(a defective verb) to remember, recollect; (with gen.) think of, is mindful of

moveō movēre mōvī mōtus

to move, stir, set in motion, shake, disturb, remove

patior patī passus sum

to bear, support, undergo, suffer, endure, allow

pereō perīre periī peritūs

to pass away, come to nothing, vanish, disappear, perish, die

premō premere pressī pressus

to press, repress, oppress, restrain

proficīscor proficīscī profectus sum

to set out, start, go, march, depart

rumpō rumpere rūpī ruptus

to break, burst, tear, rupture, burst in pieces, force open

sedeō sedēre sēdī sessus

to sit, remain, settle

sequor sequī secūtus sum

to follow, come after, follow after, accompany

soleō solēre solitus sum

to be used, be wont, be accustomed

torqueō torquēre torsī tortum

to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind

vocō vocāre vocāvī vocātus

to call, summon, invoke, call together, convoke

dīgnus –a –um

worthy, deserving, deserved, suitable, fitting, proper

futūrus –a –um

going to be, yet to be, to come, future

īnfāns –antis

speechless; (as a noun) little child, infant, baby

miser misera miserum

wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, in distress

quālis quāle

of what sort, of what nature, what kind of a; of such a sort, kind, or nature, such as, as

bene

well

longē

a long way off, far, far off, at a distance

parum; minus; minimē

too little, not enough, insufficiently

tamquam

as much as, so as, just as, like as, as if, so to speak

tandem

at length, at last, in the end, finally

vix

with difficulty, with much ado, hardly, scarcely, barely

dum

while, a while, now, yet; so long as, provided that, if only; until, until that

quod

that, in that, because, but, though

causa causae f.

cause, reason, motive, occasion, opportunity; (in the ablative) for the sake of

clāmor clāmōris m.

shout, cry; loud shouting; applause; a loud noise, roar; a battle-cry

coniūnx coniugis f.

married person, spouse, husband, wife

fēmina fēminae f.

female, woman

gemitus –ūs m.

a sighing, sigh, groan, lamentation, complaint

gradus gradūs m.

step, pace, gait, walk

iuvenis iuvenis m.

young person, youth

modus modī m.

measure, extent, quantity; manner, way, mode

mundus mundī m.

universe, world, heavens, earth

nūbila –ōrum n.

clouds, rainclouds

nūntius nūnti(ī) m.

announcement, message; messenger

parēns parentis m. or f.

procreator, father, mother, parent

spēs speī f.

hope

tergum tergī n. or tergus –oris n.

back; hide, skin

turba turbae f.

turmoil, riot, disturbance; crowd, multitude

via viae f.

way, highway, road, path, street

vōx vōcis f.

voice, sound, tone, utterance, cry, call

post

(with acc.) (of space) behind, after; (of time) behind, afterward, after, later

quisquis quidquid or quicquid

whoever, whosoever, whatever, whatsoever, everyone who, each, every, all

adsum adesse adfuī adfutūrus

to be at, be present, be at hand

amplector amplectī amplexus sum

to twine around, encircle, encompass, embrace

cingō cingere cīnxī cīnctus

to go around, surround, encompass, gird, wreathe, crown

cōgō cogere coēgī coāctus

to drive together, bring together, convene, compel, force

cōnsīdō cōnsīdere cōnsēdī cōnsessus

to sit down, be seated; sit (judge); sink, stop, settle; take up a position

cūrō cūrāre cūrāvī cūrātus

to care, provide for; be attentive to; take charge of; heal, cure

dēsum deesse defuī

to be away, be absent, fail, be wanting, be missing

discēdō discēdere discessī discessum

to go off, depart, withdraw; scatter; abandon

effundō effundere effūdī effūsus

to pour out, pour forth, shed, spread abroad

exspectō exspectāre exspectāvī exspectātus

to look out for, await, wait for

exstinguō exstinguere exstinxī exstinctus

to put out, quench, extinguish, destroy

morior morī mortuus sum

to die, expire

moror morārī morātus sum

to delay, stay, wait, remain, linger

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

to move, move away, remove, change

nūntiō nuntiāre nuntiāvī nuntiātus

to announce, report, give warning; convey, deliver

precor precārī precātus sum

to ask, beg, entreat, pray, request, call upon