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corripio -ripui -reptus

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to take completely or eagerly; to grasp, snatch, seize, catch; hurry away; tear away; hasten on, take; raise quickly, rouse; se corripere, to hasten away

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interea

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(adv.) amid these things; meanwhile, in the meantime

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semita -ae f.

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a byway, lane; path

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monstro -avi -atus

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to show, point out, indicate; inform, tell; direct, incite; ordain, appoint, prescribe (monstrum)

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collis -is m.

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a hill, freq.

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immineo n.

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to rest over; overhand; to be at hand approach

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aspecto -avi -atus

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to look at or upon, behold; survey earnestly; with admiration; with regret (ad and specto)

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desuper

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(adv.) from above; above

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moles -is f.

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a cumbrous mass; a heavy pile or fabric; mound, rampart

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Aeneas -ae m.

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  1. A Trojan chief, son of Venus and Anchises, and hero of the Aeneid, 2. Aeneas Silvius, one of the Alban kings
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magalia -ium, n. pl.

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huts, dwellings (a Punic word)

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strepitus -us m.

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a noise; an uproar; din; stir, noise of festivity; confused noise

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stratum -i n.

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that which is spread out; a layer, cover; bed, couch; pavement (sterno)

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insto -stiti

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to stand on or upon; w dat., acc., inf., or alone; w. dat., to stand on; stand or hang over; (w. acc.), to work at, ply work upon; (w. inf.), pursue

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ardens -entis

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burning, hot, sparkling; flaming, bright; spirited, fiery

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molio -itus, dep.

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to pile up; build, erect, construct (moles)

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manus -us f.

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the hand; (meton.) action, movement of the hand

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subvolvo -volvi -volutus

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to roll up

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concludo -clusi -clusus

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to shut completely; shut around, inclose, surround (com- and claudo)

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sulcus -i m.

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a furrow

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magistratus -us m.

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magistracy; a civil officer, magistrate

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portus -us m.

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a port, harbor, haven

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effodio -fodi -fossus

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to dig out, excavate

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theatrum -i n.

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a place for seeing; a theater

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fundamentum -i n.
a foundation (fundo)
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loco -avi -atus
to place, put; lay (locus)
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immanis -e
(adj.) vast, huge, immense; wild, savage, barbarous; cruel, ruthless
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columna -ae f.
a column, pillar
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rupes -is f.
a rock, cliff, crag, ledge, freq.; quarry (rumpo)
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excido -cidi -cisus
to cut out; cut off, away, or down
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scaena -ae f.
the stage of a theare
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futurus -a -um
about to be; future (sum)
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apis (-es) -is f.
a bee
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aestas -atis f.
the summer
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floreus -a -um
adj. (flos) flowery
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adolesco -olevi -ultus
to grow up, of animals or plants; become mature, ripen (adoleo)
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fetus -us m.
a bearing or breeding; the young, the new swarm
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liqueo liqui
to be fluid; p., liquens -entis, liquid, fluid
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mel mellis, n., pl., abl., mellibus (no gen. or dat)
honey
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lucus -i m.
a consecrated wood; sacred grove; in general, a grove, wood, forest
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iacto -avi -atus
to throw often or much; toss to and fro; toss
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turbo -inis m.
a tornado, whirlwind; storm, tempest; whirling cloud
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Poeni -orum m.
the Carthaginians; Africans
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effodio -fodi -fossus
to dig out, excavate; dig up
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Iuno -onis f.
Juno, the Sabine and Roman name for the wife and sister of Jupiter, daughter of Saturn
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Sidonius -a -um
(adj.) of Sidon; Sidonian; Phoenician, Tyrian
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Dido (-us) -onis f.
Dido, daughter of Belus, king of Phoenicia, who fled from her brother Pygmalion to Africa, where she founded the city of Carthage
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opulentus -a -um
adj. (ops) abounding in means; wealthy, rich; mighty
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diva -ae f.
a goddess
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aereus -a -um
adj. (aes), made of copper or bronze; bronze, brazen
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necto nexui or nexi nexus
to tie, bind, fasten; bind together or round
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trabs trabis f.
a beam; timber; post, jamb
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foris -is f.
a door, often in the pl. with reference to double doors; door or entrance
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cardo -inis m.
a hinge, pivot
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strideo and strido stridi
to produce a grating or shrill sound; to creak
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aenus -a -um
adj. (aes.) of bronze; brazen; subst. aenum -i a bronze or brazen vessel; caldron
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lenio -ivi -itus
to render mind; allay; soothe; quiet, calm; of inanimate things (lenis)
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adflictus -a -um
dejected, desponding; wretched, troubled (adfligo -flixi -flictus)
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confido -fisus sum
to put entire trust in; to trust in, w. dat. or abl.
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lustro -avi -atus
to purify by atonement; observe, servey
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opperior -peritus or pertus sum, dep.
to wait for, await
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artifex -icis m.
an artist
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iliacus -a -um
(adj.) belonging to Ilium; Ilian, Trojan
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vulgo -avi -atus
to make common or commonly known; spread abroad
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Atrides -ae m.
a son or descendent of Atreus; pl. Atridae -arum
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Priamus -i m.
1. Priam, son of Laomedon, king of Troy, 2. A Trojan youth, son of Polites and grandson of King Priam
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ambo -ae -o
(adj.) both
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Achilles -is (eos or -i) m.
the son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and Thetis, daughter of Nereus
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lacrimo -avi -atus
to shed tears, weep (lacrima)
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Achates -ae m.
Achates, a companion of Aeneas
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en
(interj.) lo! behold! with nom.
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mortalia -ium n.
human affairs; fortunes, woes
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pictura -ae f.
the art of painting; painting
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pasco pavi pastus
to furnish with food; to feed; rear, breed; nourish; let grow; cherish, indulge, nourish; pass, as dep., pascor pastus sum; to graze; feed upon, eat; use for pasture, to pasture
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inanis -e
(adj.) empty, void; light; vain, idle, fruitless; lifeless, unreal
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gemo -ui -itus
to groan; sigh; lament
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largus -a -um
(adj.) ample; spacious, expansive; plentiful, copious, flowing
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umecto -avi -atus
to moisten, bedew, bathe
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ut (uti)
(adv., interrog.) in what manner, how?
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bello -avi -atus and bellor, dep.
to wage war; fight
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Pergama -orum., Pergamum -i, n., and Pergamus (-os) -i, f.
1. The citadel or walls of Troy; Troy; 2. The Trojan citadel of Helenus in Epirus
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circum
(adv.) about, around; (prep. with acc.) around, about
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hac
(adv.) by this way or route; this way, here
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Grai (Graii) (dissyll.), -orum, m.
the Greeks
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Troianus -a -um
adj. (Troia), Trojan; subst. Troianus -i m., a Trojan
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iuventus -utis f.
youthfulness; the age of youth; collective, young people, the youth; warriors (iuvenis)
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Phryges -um m.
Phrygians; the inhabitants of Phrygia, which originally included the Troad; hence, also, Trojans
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insto -stiti
to stand on or upon; w. dat., acc., inf., or alone; w. dat., to stand on; urge on, press on
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cristatus -a -um
adj. (crista) crested, plumed
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Achilles -is (-eos or -i) m.
the son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and Thetis, daughter or Nereus
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Rhesus -i m.
a Thracian king allied with the Trojans
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niveus -a -um
adj. (nix) snowy, of now; snow-white
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tentorium -ii n.
a tent
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adgnosco -novi -nitus
to recognize
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lacrimo -avi -atus
to shed tears, weep (lacrima)
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Tydides -ae m.
the son of Tydeus, Diomedes or Diomed
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vasto -avi -atus
to make void or empty; to desolate, lay waste, ravage, devastate
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cruentus -a -um
(adj.), bloody, blood-stained
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ardens -entis
burning, hot
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averto -verti -versus
to turn (anything) away from, followed by an abl. with or without a prep.; impassioned, ardent, eager
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pabulum -i n.
feeding material; food, pasturage (pasco)
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gusto -avi -atus
to taste (gustus, taste)
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Troia -ae f.
1. Troy, the capital of the Troad. 2. A city built by Helenus in Epirus 3. A part of the city of Acesta in Sicily 4. The name of an equestrian
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Xanthus -i m.
The Xanthus or Scamander, a river near Troy
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bibo bibi
to drink
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Troilus -i m.
one of the sons of Priam
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infelix -icis
(adj.) unlucky; unfortunate, luckless, unhappy
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impar -aris
(adj.) unequal, in unequal combat

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