Caesar Vocabulary

a/ab

from, away from, by

absens

absent

absum

be away, be absent

accedo

go to, approach

accido

befall, happen

accipio

take to, receive

acclivis

up-hill, steep, ascending

acer

sharp

acies

edge, line of battle

ad

toward, to

adorior

rise against, attack

adsum

be near

adventus

approach

aedificium

building

aegre

with difficulty

aestus

heat, tide

ager

field

agger

mound

aggredior

step up, attack, approach

agmen

marching column

ago

drive, do

aliquis

someone

alius

another

alter

the other (of 2)

amicitia

friendship

amicus

friend

amitto

send away, lose

amplius

more

ancora

anchor

angustus

narrow

animadverto

turn the mind, observe

animus

spirit, courage, mind

annus

year

ante

before

aquila

eagle

arbitror

think, consider

arcesso

summon, invite

attingo

touch upon, attain

audax

bold

audeo

dare

augeo

make grow, increase

bellum

war

bini

two each

brevis

short, brief

caedes

slaughter

calamitas

disaster

capio

take

carrus

wagon, cart

castra

camp

casus

fall, camp, accident

causa

for the sake of

celer

swift

centurio

centurion

circiter

about

circum

around

citerior

hither, this side of

civitas

citizenship, state

clamor

shout

coepi

have begun

cogo

compel

cohors

cohort

colloco

place together, establish

colloquor

talk together, confer

commeatus

supplies

commodus

suitable, convenient

compleo

fill up

concilium

conference, meeting

confero

bring together, collect, transport

conficio

accomplish, complete

confido

trust

congredior

step together, meet

conjungo

join, unite

conor

try attempt

consequor

follow up, attain, overtake

conspectus

view, sight

conspicio

behold

constituo

establish, put together, decide

consuesco

become accustomed

continuus

unbroken

contra

against

converto

turn around, change

convoco

call together

copia

supply, abundance

cornu

horn

corpus

body

cotidie

everyday, daily

creber

thick, close, frequent

cur

why

curro

run

de

(down) from

debeo

owe ought

deditio

surrender

dedo

give up, surrender, devote

defensor

defender

defero

carry away, report

deicio

throw down, destroy, disappoint

deligo

pick out, choose

desum

be lacking

deus

god

dico

say