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VOCABULARY

aqua, -ae, f., water.

Aquilo, -ōnis, m., North wind.

āra, -ae, f., altar.

arātrum, -i, n., plough.

arbiter, -ri, m., witness, umpire.

arbor, -oris, f., tree.

arcānus, -a, -um, adj., secret.

arceo, -ēre, -ui, -tum, v. a., ward off, avert.

architectus, -i, m., architect, designer.

arcus, -ūs, m., bow.

ardeo, -ēre, arsi, arsum, v. n., burn, blaze.

ārea, -ae, f., court, yard.

arēna, -ae, f., sand, arena.

Argīlētum, -i, n., Argiletum, a district of Rome.

argūtus, -a, -um, adj., shrill.

Arīcīnus, -a, -um, adj., of Arīcia, a town of Latium.

arma, -ōrum, m. plur., arms, armour.

armārium, -ii, n., chest, closet.

armilla, -ae, f., bracelet.

arrīdeo, see adr-.

ars, -tis, f., art.

artifex, -icis, c., craftsman.

artificium, -ii, n., craft, employment.

arvum, -i, n., field.

as, assis, m., as, a coin worth about 1½d.

ascendo, -ere, -di, -sum, v. n., mount, climb,

Asiānus, -a, -um, adj., Asiatic.

asinus, -i, m., ass.

aspicio, -ere, aspexi, -ctum, v. a., look upon.

astrigmentum, -i, n., fastening.

at, conj., but.

āter, -ra, rum, adj., black.

athlēta, -ae, m., athlete.

atque, āc, conj., and; (in comparisons), as; (after comparatives), than.

atquī, conj., and yet.

ātrāmentum, -i, n., ink.

ātrium, -ii, n., hall.

attentus, -a, -um, partic. attendo, attentive, eager.

attineo, -ēre, -ui, attentum, v. n., belong to, concern.

attingo, -ere, attigi, attactum, v. a., touch, touch upon.

auctārium, -i, n., addition, bonus.

auctōritas, -ātis, f., authority.

audācia, -ae, f., boldness.

audax, -ācis, adj. bold, impudent.

audeo, -ēre, ausus sum, v. semi-dep. n., dare.

audio, -īre, -īvi or -ii, -ītum, v. a., hear.

aufero, auferre, abstuli, ablātum, v. a., carry off.

augeo, -ēre, auxi, auctum, v. a., increase.

aula, -ae, f., palace, court.

aulaeum, -i, n., curtain.

aureus, -a, -um, adj., golden; subst., a sovereign (gold coin).

auris, -is, f., ear.

auspicium, -ii, n., omen.

austrālis, -e, adj., southern.

autem, conj., however.

auxilium, -ii, n., help, assistance.

āverto, -ere, -ti, -sum, v. a., turn away.

avidus, -a, -um, adj., with gen., eager for, greedy.


baculum, -i, n., staff, stick.

Bāiānus, -a, -um, adj., of Baiae, a Campanian sea-side town.

balista, -ae, f., catapult.

balneum, -i, n., bath.