Pliny Letter 6.20 Need To Know Vocabulary

abeō, -īre, -iī, -itus

to depart, go away

adsum, adesse, adfuī, adfutūrus

to be present, be at hand

ācer, ācris, ācre

sharp, bitter, shrill; keen; severe

addō, addere, addidī, additus

to add, join

adhūc (adv.)

still, until now, to this point

aegrē (adv.)

reluctantly, with difficulty

agmen, agminis, n.

multitude, troop, crowd; battle line, army

agō, -ere, ēgī, actus

to do; drive; lead; live

ait (defective verb: ais, ait, aiunt)

to say, tell

aliēnus, -a, -um

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

alius... alius (correlative)

the one... the other; (plural) some... others...

alter, altera, alterum

another; the other (of two); the one... the other...

altus, -a, -um

high, lofty; deep

amplector, amplectī, amplexus sum

to embrace, encircle; take hold of

an (conj.)

or, whether, or whether

angustus, -a, -um

narrow, confined

animal, animālis, n.

animal

animus, -ī, m.

mind, intellect, intelligence; soul

annus, -ī, m.

year

ardeō, -ēre, arsī, arsus

to be on fire, burn, blaze

ārea, -ae, f.

courtyard, yard, ground, open space

assurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctus

to stand up, rise up

āter, ātra, ātrum

black, dark, gloomy

attonitus, -a, -um

astonished, stupefied, stunned, dazed

audīo, -īre, -īvī, -ītus

to hear

avunculus, -ī, m.

maternal uncle

bene (adv.)

well

brevis, -is, -e

short, brief

cālīgō, cālīginis, f.

smoke, cloud, fog

campus, -ī, m.

field, plain, open country, level place

cāsus, -ūs, m.

misfortune, mishap, calamity; fall

causa, -ae, f.

cause, reason, opportunity

cēna, -ae, f.

dinner

certus, -a, -um

certain, resolved, determined

cingō, -ere, cinxī, cinctus

to encircle

cinis, cinis, m.

ash

clāmor, clāmōris, m.

shout, shouting, cry

claudō, -ere, clausī, clausus

to shut, close, shut up

coepī, coepisse, coeptus (defective verb)

to begin

cognoscō, -ere, -nōvī, -nōtus

to learn, recognize, understand

cōgō, -ere, coēgī, coactus

to force, compel; drive together, bring together, assemble

committō, -ere, -mīsī, -missus

to commit, allow (something) to happen, be guilty of; join, unite

coniūnx, coniugis, m./f.

spouse, husband, wife

cōnsido, -ere, -sēdī, -sessus

to sit down

cōnsilium, -ī, n.

plan, intention, suggestion

consulō, -ere, -uī, -tus (+ dative)

to consider, have regard for, be mindful of

contrā (adv.)

in response, on the other hand

corpus, corporis, n.

body

corripiō, -ere, -uī, -reptus

to seize, snatch, grasp; chide, reproach, criticize

crēdō, -ere, -didī, -ditus (+ dative)

to believe, trust

cubiculum, -ī, n.

bedroom, room

cupiō, -ere, -īvī, -ītus

to desire, long for, wish

cūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to care for, provide for; see to, be attentive to; heal, cure

cursus, -ūs, m.

course, running, way

dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus

ought, must, should; to owe

dein (adv.)

then, next

densus, -a, -um

thick, dense

dēscendō, -ere, -ī, -sus

to descend, climb down; sink

dēsum, -esse, -fuī, -futūrus (+dative)

to be away, be absent; fail, be lacking

dētineō, -ēre, -tinuī, -tentus

to hold back, detain

deus, -ī, m.

god

diēs, diēī, m.

day

dignus, -a, -um (+ ablative)

worthy (of), deserving (of)

discēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessus

to leave, depart, withdraw

domus, -ūs or -ī, f.

home, house

dubius, -a, -um

uncertain, doubtful, dubious

Ecce (interjection)

Look! Lo and behold!

ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum

to go out, leave

epistula, -ae, f.

letter

excitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to wake, rouse

exigō, -ere, exēgī, exactus

to demand; drive out; (of time) spend

exspectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to wait for, await, look out for

exstinguō, -ere, -nxī, -nctus

to put out, quench, extinguish

fēmina, -ae, f.

woman

figūra, -ae, f.

form, shape, figure

flamma, -ae, f.

flame

formīdō, formīdinis, f.

fear, terror, dread, awe

fortis, -is, -e

brave, bold, courageous, strong

frāter, frātris, m.

brother

fugiō, -ere, fūgī, fugitus

to flee, escape, run away

gemitus, -ūs, m.

groan, sigh

gradus, -ūs, m.

step, pace, gait, walk

gravis, -is, -e

heavy, weighty, serious, grave

hōra, -ae, f.

hour

horrendus, -a, -um

dreadful, terrible, horrible

horreō, -ēre, -uī

to shudder (at); (of hair) to stand on end, bristle

ibi (adv.)

there; then, thereupon

īdem, eadem, idem

the same

ignis, ignis, m.

fire

immineō, -ēre

to loom (over), overhang; threaten

impellō, -ere, -pulī, -pulsus

to urge on, drive forward, push, strike against

incertus, -a, -um

uncertain, unsettled; undecided, doubtful

incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptus

to begin

infāns, infantis, m./f.

infant, baby; (adj.) speechless

ingens, ingentis

huge, enormous

intentus, -a, -um

intent, eager, enthusiastic, attentive

ita (adv.)

thus, in such a way, in this manner

iubeō, -ēre, iussī, iussus

to order, command, bid

iuvenis, -is, m.

young man

lapis, lapidis, m.

stone, rock