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absolvō –ere –solvī –solūtum

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to absolve (someone of), complete

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Achaia (Achāïa) –ae f.

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Achaea, a province in Greece

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Alpēs –ium f.

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the Alps

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amphitheātrum –ī n.

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amphitheater

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aqua aquae f.

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water; sea, lake; river, stream; rain, rainfall (pl.), rainwater; spa; urine

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Claudius –a –um

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pertaining to the Claudii

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condō condere condidī conditus

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to put/insert (into); store up/put away, preserve, bottle (wine); bury/inter; sink; build/found, make; shut (eyes); conceal/hide/keep safe; put together, compose; restore; sheathe (sword); plunge/bury (weapon in enemy); put out of sight

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conlābor –lāpsus sum

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to slip or fall together or completely; give way, fail; sink down; swoon, faint; fall

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Didymaeum –ī n.

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The Temple of Apollo at Didyma, near Miletus

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dīmētior –mēnsus sum

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to measure, mark out; lay out

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ductus –ūs m.

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military lead, conduct, generalship, command; conveyance (of water)

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incohō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to start work on, begin

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isthmos or isthmus –ī m.

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an isthmus

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iugum iugī n.

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yoke; team, pair (of horses); ridge (mountain), summit, chain

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Mīlētus –ī f.

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Melitus, a city in Caria

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moenia moenium n. pl.

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(city) walls

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peragō peragere perēgī perāctum

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to finish, end

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perfodiō –ere –fōdī –fossus

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to dig or pierce through, transfix

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Polycratēs –is m.

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Polycrates, esp. the tyrant of Samos, 6th cent BCE

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Pompēius –iī m.

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a cognomen; esp. (but not only) Pompey the Great

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prīmipīlāris –is m.

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the centurion in command of the first cohort, senior centurion

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reficiō reficere refēcī refectus

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to rebuild, repair, restore

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rēgia rēgia f.

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a palace (> regius, a, um, sc. domus)

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regiō regiōnis f.

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area, region; neighborhood; district, country; direction

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restituō restituere restituī restitūtus

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to restore; revive; bring back; make good

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saepta –ōrum n.

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a fence, enclosure, wall; (as proper name) the voting enclosures in the Campus Martius

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Sāmos (–us) –ī f.

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Samos, an island southwest of Ephesus, near the coast of Ionia

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sēmiperfectus –a –um

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half-completed

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theātrum theātrī n.

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theater

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Tībur –uris n.

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Tibur, a city on the eastern border of Latium

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vetustās vetustātis f.

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age, antiquity