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VOCABULARY LIST |
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ā |
from |
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abeundum |
it’s necessary to go |
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adiūnctum |
joined on |
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ad orientem versum |
facing east |
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aedēs, -ium (f) |
house |
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aedificium |
building |
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Aegyptus |
Egypt |
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Āfrica |
Africa |
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agricola |
farmer |
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aliquid |
something |
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alter/ra/rum |
the one…the other |
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ambulācrum |
corridor |
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ambulāre |
to walk |
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Americānus/a |
American |
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amīcus, amīca |
friend |
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ancilla |
maid, female servant |
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Angelopolis |
Los Angeles |
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Angelopolitānus |
(person) from Los Angeles |
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annotāre |
to jot down |
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annus |
year |
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antemerīdiānus/a/um |
of the morning |
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aperīre |
to open |
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appellātur |
is called |
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aqua |
water |
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āra |
altar |
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Arabia |
Arabia |
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argentārius |
banker |
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Asia |
Asia |
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Athletica |
athletics, sports |
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ātrium |
main hall |
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auctor |
author |
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aula |
large hall |
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bellāria |
desserts |
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bene |
well, fine |
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bibere |
to drink |
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bibliothēcārius |
librarian |
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bīnae |
two (each) |
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brassica |
cabbage |
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Britannia |
Britain |
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Britannus |
Briton, British |
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Britannicus |
British |
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Brundisium |
Brundisium |
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cadere |
to fall, fail |
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caffea |
coffee |
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Cantabrigia |
Cambridge |
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Cantabrigiēnsis |
from Cambridge |
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Cantōnum |
Guanzhou, Canton |
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Cantōnēnsis |
Cantonese |
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carō, -rnis (f) |
meat |
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cāseus |
cheese |
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causidicus |
lawyer |
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cella |
small room |
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celerius |
more quickly |
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cēnāre |
to have dinner |
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cēnam sumere |
to have dinner |
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certissimē |
most certainly |
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cervīs(i)a |
beer |
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charta |
paper |
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charta nummāria |
paper |
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Chios |
Chios |
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Civitātes Unītae Americānae |
USA |
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clārius |
Slowly louder |
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claudere |
to close |
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clavula |
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coc(h)lear, -āris-(n) |
spoon |
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cognōmen |
family name |
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commentāriōs cōnficio, -ere, -eci, -ectum |
write notes |
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compluvium |
opening above impluvium |
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compositiō, -ōnis (f), |
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computātrum |
computer |
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conclāve (n) |
room |
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cōnficere |
to finish |
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cōnsīdere |
to sit down |
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cōnstituō –ere, -tui, -titūtum |
decide, fix |
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convenīre |
to meet |
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coquus |
cook |
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Corea |
Korea |
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Coreānus |
Korean |
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Corsica |
Corsica |
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crās |
tomorrow |
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Crēta |
Crete |
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cubiculum |
room |
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cum |
with |
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cultellus |
(small) knife |
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culter, -trī |
knife |
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cūria |
court |
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curriculum |
course (of study)) |
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custōdīre |
to guard |
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Dānuvius |
Danube |
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dat |
gives |
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dē |
about |
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debēre |
ought to, have to |
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decima |
tenth |
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deinde |
then, next |
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Delphī |
Delphi |
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dēsignāre |
to designate, refer to |
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dexter/era/erum |
left |
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dīc |
say, tell |
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dīcam |
I will say |
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dīcō |
I say |
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diēī |
of the day |
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digitus |
finger |
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dimidia |
half |
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discipulus |
student |
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disciplīna |
subject (acad.) |
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discō |
I learn |
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discunt |
they lean |
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dīxit |
(he/she) said |
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doceo, ēre, -cui, -ctum |
I teach |
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docent |
they teach |
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dōdrāns |
three-quarters |
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dormīre |
to sleep |
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duodecim |
twelve |
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duodecima |
twelfth |
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eam |
her |
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eās |
them (f) |
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ecce |
look! |
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ēdiscere |
to memorize |
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ēdo, ēsse, ēdī, ēsum |
to eat |
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ego |
I |
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eīsdem verbīs |
in the same words |
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eius |
his/her/its |
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eōs |
them (m) |
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erat |
(he/she/it) was |
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es |
you are (sing.) |
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est |
(he/she/it) is |
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et |
and |
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etiam |
yes, also, even, still |
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Euboea |
Euboea |
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eum |
him |
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Eurōpa |
Europe |
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examinātiō |
examination |
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exīre |
to go out |
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fābula |
story |
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familia (f) |
family, household |
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farcīmen, -min- |
sausage |
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fartus/a/um |
stuffed |
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faucēs |
narrow entrances |
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fenestra |
window |
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figūra |
grammatical form |
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fīlia |
daughter |
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fīlius |
son |
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flagellāre |
to whip |
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fluvius |
river |
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fortasse |
perhaps |
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Francia/Francogallia |
France |
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Franciscopolis |
San Francisco |
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Franciscopolitānus |
San Franciscan |
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Francogallus/a |
Frenchman/woman |
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Francogallicus |
French |
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frāter, -tris |
brother |
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frīgo, frīgere, frīxī, frīctum |
fry |
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frūctus, -ūs (m.) |
fruit |
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furcula |
fork |
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Gallia |
Gaul |
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Gallus/a |
Gaul (person) |
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Gallicus |
Gallic |
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gens |
clan |
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geographia |
geography |
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Germānia |
Gernmany |
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Germānus/a |
German (person) |
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Germānicus |
German |
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Graecia |
Greece |
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Graecus/a/um |
Greek |
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graphis, -idis (f) |
pencil |
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grātiās (agō) |
(I give) thanks |
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gustus, -ūs (m) |
taste |
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de gustibus nōn est disputandum |
one should not argue over
tastes |
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habeō |
I have |
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habitō |
I live |
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haec |
this (f) |
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heri |
yesterda |
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Hibernia |
Ireland |
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Hibernus/a |
Irishman/woman |
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Hibernicus |
Irish |
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hic |
this (masc) |
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Hispānia |
Spain |
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Hispānus/a |
Spaniard |
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Hispānicus |
Spanish |
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Hispāniēnsis |
Spanish |
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historia |
history |
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hodiē |
today |
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hodiernus/a/um |
contemporary, of today |
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historicus |
historian |
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hoc |
this (n) |
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holus, -leris (n) |
vegetable |
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Hon(g)congensis |
Honcongese |
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Hon(g)congum |
Hong Kong |
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hora |
hour |
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hortus |
garden |
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iānua |
door |
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Iaponia |
Japan |
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Iaponicus |
Japanese |
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Iaponiēnsis |
Japanese |
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ientāculum |
breakfast |
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ientāre |
to have breakfast |
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igitur |
therefore |
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ignavus |
lazy |
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ignōrāre |
not to know |
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illius |
of that (one) |
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immō |
on the contrary, not at all |
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imperium |
empire |
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impluvium |
pool for rain water |
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in |
in, on |
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in animō habere |
to have in mind |
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incipio, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptum |
begin |
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in probātiōne cadere |
fail a test, |
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insula |
island |
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inter |
between |
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intrāre |
to enter |
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inventa |
found |
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investigātiō, -ōnis (f) |
research |
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investigātor/investigātrīx |
researcher |
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ipse/ipsa/ipsum |
self |
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amāre |
to love, to like |
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isdem/eadem/idem….atque |
the same…as |
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Italia |
Italy |
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Italus/a |
Italian (person) |
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Italicus |
Italian |
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itinere terrēnō |
by land route |
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iubeo |
to order |
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iūcundus/a/um |
pleasant |
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iugātus/a/um |
married |
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iūs, iūris (n) |
soup, sauce |
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iuxtā |
next to |
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labōrō |
I work |
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laganum ex ovīs |
omlette |
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larēs |
household gods |
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lectiō, -ōnis- (f) |
lesson |
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legere |
to read |
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Lēmnos |
Lemnos |
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lentē |
gently/slowly |
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Lesbos |
Lesbos |
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libenter |
willingly, gladly |
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liber |
book |
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līberī, (m) |
children |
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lingua (f) |
tongue, language |
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Londīnium |
London |
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Londīniēnsis |
Londoner, of London |
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loquere! |
speak! |
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loqueris |
you (s) speak |
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loquimini |
you (pl) speak |
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loquimur |
we speak |
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loquitur |
he/she/it speaks |
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loquor |
I speak |
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loquuntur |
they speak |
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lūdo, -ere, -ūsi, usum |
play |
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lūdus, -i (m.) |
game, sport |
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Lutetia (Parisiōrum) |
Paris |
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Lutetiēnsis |
Parisian |
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magister/magistra |
teacher |
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magnus/a/um |
great |
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māior quam |
larger than |
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mālum |
apple |
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marītus |
husband, married |
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māter, -tris |
mother |
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mathematica |
mathematics |
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mē |
me |
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media nox |
midnight |
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mediā nocte |
at midnight |
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medicus |
doctor |
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Melita |
Malta |
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mēnsa |
desk |
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merīdiēs |
midday |
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merīdiē |
at midday |
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meus/mea/meum |
my |
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microphōnum |
microphone |
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mihi |
to/for me |
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minimē |
not at all |
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minor quam |
smaller than |
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minuta; minutum |
minute |
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multō mānē |
early in the morning |
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multus/a/um |
much, many |
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mūrus |
outer wall |
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nam |
for |
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narrātūrus |
going to narrate |
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nātīvus/a/um |
paternal |
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nātus/nāta |
born |
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Naxus |
Naxos |
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-ne |
question particle |
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negāre |
to say that not |
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nēmo |
nobody |
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Nīlus |
Nile |
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nisi |
if not, unless |
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nītentēs |
leaning on |
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nōbiliōrēs |
nobler |
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noctis |
of the night |
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nōlī |
don’t (in commands) |
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nōmen, -minis- |
name |
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nōmināre |
to name |
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nōna |
ninth |
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nōnne |
question particle expecting answer `yes’ |
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nōs |
us |
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noster/tra/trum |
our |
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Notting(h)āmia |
Nottingham |
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Notting(h)āmiēnsis |
Nottinghamian |
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Novemdracōnēs |
Kowloon |
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Novum Eborācum |
New York |
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novus/nova/novum |
new |
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Neo-Eboracēnsis |
New Yorker, from New York |
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num |
question particle expecting answer `no’ |
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nummus |
coin, money |
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nunc |
now |
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Ōceanus |
Ocean (the Romans thought of all the oceans as one circle of water
surrounding the inhabited world) |
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octāva |
eighth |
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olīva |
olive |
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omnis/e |
all |
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oppidum |
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optimē |
very well |
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orza |
rice |
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ovum |
egg |
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officium |
duty, post |
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Oxōnium |
Oxford |
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Oxōniēnsis |
Oxonian |
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pānis, -is (m) |
bread |
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pariēs, -etis (f) |
partition wall |
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pater, -tris- |
father |
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parvus/a/um |
small |
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paucus/a/um |
few, little |
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pectin, inis (n) |
comb |
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pecūnia |
money |
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pecūnia mūtua |
loan |
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Pēkīnum |
Beijing |
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Pēkīnēnsis |
Beijinese |
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penna |
pen |
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pēnsum |
homework, assignment |
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pēnsum domesticum |
homework |
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peristylium |
peristyle |
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perna |
ham |
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pila |
ball |
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pīleus |
cap |
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piscis, is (m) |
fish |
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pīsum |
pea |
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plērumque |
generally |
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pluvia |
rain shower |
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pōnere |
to place |
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postmerīdiānus/a/um |
of the afternoon |
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possumus |
we can |
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postrēmō |
finally |
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potero |
I will be able |
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praenōmen |
forename, personal name |
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prandeō-ēre, -nsī, -nsum |
to have lunch |
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prandium |
lunch |
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prīma |
first |
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prīncipium a prīncipiō usque ad finem |
from beginning to end |
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probātio, -ōnis (f.) |
test |
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probātionem sustinēre, |
pass a test |
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prope |
near |
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professor/profestrix |
professor |
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prōvincia |
province |
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pultāre |
to beat, knock at |
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quadrāns |
quarter |
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quadrum vīsificium |
screen |
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quaesō |
ask(for), please |
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quaestus |
means of making money, paid job |
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quandō? |
when |
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quarta |
fourth |
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quattuor |
four |
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quid agis? |
How do you do/are you |
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quis |
who |
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quīnta |
fifth |
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quō factō |
with that done |
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quod |
because, which |
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quōmodo |
how? |
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quoque |
also |
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quot |
how many |
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quotā horā? |
what time |
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ratiocinātor, -ōris (m) |
accountant |
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recitāre |
to recite |
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rēctē |
correctly, well |
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recumbō, -ere, -ubuī |
recline, lie down |
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reddo, reddere, reddidi, redditum |
return (something), recite back to someone |
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redeō, redīre, rediī, redītum |
come back, return |
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refectōrium |
refectory, canteen |
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rēgula |
rule |
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rēvērā |
really |
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Rhēnus |
Rhine |
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Rhodus |
Rhodos |
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Rōma |
Rome |
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sacculus |
little bag, pocket |
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saepe |
often |
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saepimentum |
railing, fence |
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Samos |
Samos |
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Sardinia |
Sardinia |
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Sātīnum |
Shatin |
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Sātīnēnsis |
of/from Shatin |
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scholam frequentāre to |
go (regularly) to school |
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schola media |
secondary school |
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Sicilia |
Sicily |
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scientia |
science |
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scrībere |
to write |
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scrīpsērunt |
(they) wrote |
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scrīptūra |
composition |
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scīre |
to know |
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sciō |
I know |
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scrīptor |
writer |
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secunda |
second |
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sed |
but |
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sedēre |
to sit |
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sella |
seat |
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sepulta |
buried |
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seriēs |
series, row |
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servus |
slave |
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sexta |
sixth |
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septima |
seventh. |
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Siamkiamum |
Hong Kong |
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Siamkiamēnsis |
Hong Kongese |
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Sianghaeum |
Shanghai |
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Sianghaeēnsis |
Shanghaiese |
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Sīna |
China |
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Sīnēnsis |
Chinese |
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Sīnicus |
Chinese |
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sinister/tra/trum |
right |
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sine morā |
without delay |
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sit |
is, may be |
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sītus/a/um |
ituated |
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solānum |
potato |
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solēre |
to be accustomed to |
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sollicitārī |
to be worried |
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soror, –ōris |
sister |
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Sparta |
Sparta |
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spatium |
space |
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spectāre |
to look at |
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stāgnum |
pool, pond |
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stāre |
to stand |
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studēre |
to study (with Dat.) |
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sub |
under |
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sum |
am |
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surgere, surrēxi, surrēctum |
arise, get up |
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sumit |
takes |
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super |
on top of |
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surgere |
to get up |
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Syria |
Syria |
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taberna |
shop, inn, tavern |
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tablīnum |
study |
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tabula |
map |
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tabula alba |
whiteboard |
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tē |
you (sing.) |
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tectum |
roof |
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terra |
territory, country |
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Terrae Novae |
New Territories |
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tertia |
third |
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thea |
tea |
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thēca |
briefcase |
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Tiberis |
Tiber |
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tibi |
to/for you (sing.) |
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Tokium |
Tokyo |
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Tokiēnsis |
(person) from Tokyo |
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trēs |
three |
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triclīnium |
dining room |
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trium |
(of) three |
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tū |
you (sing.) |
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Tusculum |
Tusculum |
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tuus/a/um |
your (s) |
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ubi |
where |
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ultimus/a/um |
final |
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unde |
from where |
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undecima |
eleventh |
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ūnō ore |
with one voice |
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urbs |
city |
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uxor, -ōris- |
wife |
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vapulāri |
to get a beating |
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Vasingtōnia |
Washington |
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Vasingtōniēnsis |
Washingtonian |
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vel |
all |
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venīre |
to come |
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vesperī |
in the evening |
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vestibulum |
entrance hall |
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via |
street, way |
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vir, -rī |
husband |
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vīta |
life |
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vocāre |
to call |
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volēbat |
(he/she) was wanting |
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volunt |
(they) wish |
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vōs |
you (plr.) |
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vult |
(he/she) wishes |