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abbas abbatis :
father / abbot.
abbatia :
abbey, monastery.
abduco :
to lead, or take away / detach, withdraw.
abeo :
to go away, retire / depart from life, die.
abeo :
to digress / change / vanish, disappear.
abscido :
to cut off, to separate, take away.
absconditus :
hidden, concealed.
absens, absentis :
(adj.) absent, missing, away, gone.
absorbeo :
to swallow, gulp down, carry away, engross.
absque :
(+ abl.) without.
abstergo :
to wipe off, clean away.
absum :
to be absent, be away, be missing.
abundans :
abundant, overflowing, abounding in.
abundantia :
abundance, bounty, plenty
abutor :
to make full use of, to abuse.
abutor :
to use abusive language / use a word incorrectly.
ac : (atque) :
and
accedo :
to approach, come near / (things) to be added.
accendo :
to kindle, illuminate, inflame.
acceptus :
welcome, pleasant, agreeable.
accipio :
to consider oneself indebted, receive, learn, take.
accommodo :
to adjust, adapt, accommodate oneself.
accusator :
accusor, plaintiff.
accuso :
to accuse, blame, find fault with.
acer :
sharp, keen, eager, severe, fierce.
acerbitas :
harshness, bitterness.
acerbus :
bitter, gloomy, dark.
acervus :
a heap, mass.
acidus :
sharp, sour.
acies :
keenness, edge, sharpness, battle-line, battlefield.
acquiro :
to acquire, gain, get, obtain.
acsi :
as if, (Herimann p. 283, 293).
adamo :
to fall in love with, find pleasure in.
adaugeo :
to make greater, add, increase.
addo :
to give, bring, place, / inspire, cause, / add, join.
adduco :
to lead, induce, persuade.
ademptio:
a taking away.
adeo :
to such a point, such an extent, so far, so long.
adeo :
to approach, visit, come to, undertake.
adeptio :
attainment, obtaining.
adepto :
to obtain, get, acquire.
adfectus affectus : (fr. adficio) :
influenced, worked upon.
adfero affero :
to cause, bring about, contribute.
adfero affero :
to bring news, report / apply, bring to bear.
adficio :
to affect, afflict, weaken, sap, exhaust, drain.
adflicto affligo :
to injure, weaken, discourage, damage, break.
adhaero :
to hang to, stick to, adhere.
adhuc :
till then, till now, still, even now, besides, also, yet.
adicio :
to direct, address, apply / to throw to.
adimpleo :
to fulfill, perform.
adinventitias :
(?) Herimann, cap 2.
adipiscor :
to come up to, overtake, obtain.
adiuvo :
to help, aid, assist.
administratio :
giving of help, administration, government.
admiratio :
wonder, astonishment, surprise, admiration.
admiror :
to wonder at, admire, marvel at.
admitto :
to admit, receive.
admoneo :
admonish, advise.
admonitio :
warning, reminder (insult - Herimann, p. 282).
admoveo :
to move to, bring up, apply.
adnuo :
to nod assent.
adopto :
to wish for oneself, adopt, select, pick out.
adsidue assidue :
continuously, without remission.
adstringo :
(persons) bind, oblige, (+ refl.) commit oneself to
adstringo :
to tight, compress, compact /
adstringo :
to draw together, tighten, bind.
adsuesco assuesco :
to grow accustomed to, used to, make familiar.
adsum :
to assist, be present, be near, be in attendance,
adsumo (assumo) :
to take to oneself, claim, appropriate, call.
adulatio :
fawning, flattery, sycophancy, buttering up.
adulescens :
young man, youth, lad.
adulescentia :
youth
adultus :
(adj.) grown up, mature, adult, of age.
aduro (adustum) :
to set fire to, burn, singe, kindle, light.
advenio :
to come, arrive, reach.
adversus :
(prep. + acc.) toward, against, facing
adversus :
(adj.) facing, opposite, opposing.
adverto :
to turn towards, direct one's attention to, attract.
advoco :
to summon, call / call in an advisor.
aedificium edificium :
building, structure.
aeger eger :
sick, ill.
aegre egre :
(adv.) hardly, scarcely, with difficulty, laboriously.
aegresco egresco :
to fall ill, become troubled, grow worse.
aegresco :
to become ill, grow worse, be ill.
aegretudo egretudo :
sickness, mental illness.
aegrotatio egrotatio :
sickness, illness.
aegrus :
ill, diseased, unwell.
aeneus eneus :
made of copper or bronze, brazen.
aequitas equitas :
justice, fairness, equity.
aequus, equus :
level, even, calm, equal, favorable, just.
aer, aeris :
air, atmosphere, ether, weather.
aestas estas :
summer.
aestivus estivus :
pertaining to summer.
aestus estus :
heat, tide.
aetas :
an age, stage, period of life, time, era.
aeternus eternus :
eternal, everlasting, without end.
Affligeniensis, Haffligeniensis :
Afflighem.
ager (agri) :
farm, field, acre.
aggero :
to make a mound, heap up, increase.
aggredior :
to go to, approach, address, attack.
agnitio :
recognition, knowledge.
agnosco :
to know again, recognize, report, understand, admit.
agnosco :
acknowledge.
agnosco :
to recognize, understand, perceive.
ago (egi actum ) :
to spend time, live / manage, drive, lead.
ait :
he says.
aiunt:
they say.
Aldenard :
Audenarde.
alienus :
somebody else's, foreign, alien, strange, different.
alii ... alii :
some ... others.
alioqui :
(adv.) otherwise.
alioquin :
(adv.) otherwise, in some respects / in general.
aliqua :
some.
aliquando :
at any time, sometimes, occasionally, at last.
aliquanta :
(adj.) moderate, or some size.
aliquanto :
somewhat, considerably.
aliquantum :
(noun) a good deal.
aliquantus :
(adj.) of some size, moderate.
aliqui :
some.
aliquid :
someone, somebody, something.
aliquis :
someone, anyone, anything, (adv.) in any respect.
aliquo :
(adv.) in some direction.
aliquot :
some, several.
aliquotiens :
some times.
alius alia aliud :
other, another, someone else, something else.
allatus (=adfero) :
having been brought.
alo (alui altum) :
nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep.
Alos :
alquod: some.
alter :
(adv.) otherwise.
alter altera alterum :
the second, the other one.
alter ... alter :
the one ... the other.
altus :
high, deep.
alveus :
hollow, basket, bed (of a river).
amaritudo :
bitterness.
Ambianis :
Amiens.
ambitus :
border, edge, extent / going around, circuit.
ambulo :
to walk.
amicitia :
friendship
amiculum :
cloak, cape.
amicus :
friend, comrade.
amissio / amissus :
loss.
amita :
father's sister, paternal aunt.
amitto :
to dismiss, send away, lose, let slip away.
amitto :
to send away, let go, let slip, lose.
amo :
to love, like, be fond of, cherish.
amor :
love, affection, infatuation, passion.
amoveo :
to move away, remove, take out, shift.
amplexus :
an embracing, surrounding, loving embrace, [euphemism]
amplio : to enlarge, increase, improve.
amplitudo :
size, breadth, dignity, grandeur, greatness.
amplus :
large, spacious, ample / great important, honorable.
an :
(adv.) or "Are you going OR are you staying?"
ancilla :
maidservant, also used by nuns to describe themselves.
Andegavense :
Anjou.
angelus :
angel.
angulus :
corner, niche.
angustus :
narrow, limited, strait, tight, constricted.
animadverto :
to turn the mind to, take notice of, see, perceive.
animi :
at heart.
animus :
courage, vivacity, bravery, will, spirit, soul.
animus :
character, intellect, memory, consciousness, often mind.
annus :
year.
anser :
goose.
ante :
(prep. + acc.) before / in front of / (adv.) before, previously.
antea :
(adv.) before, previously, formerly.
antepono :
(+ dat.) put before, prefer, favor, promote.
antiquus :
ancient, old, hoary,
aperio :
to uncover, lay bare, reveal, make clear.
aperte :
openly, frankly.
apostolus :
(legal) notice sent to a higher tribunal / ecc. Apostle.
apparatus :
equipment, gear, machinery / splendor, magnificence.
appareo :
to become visible, appear, manifest
appello :
to call, name, summon.
appono :
to appoint a person, to add something.
appono :
to place near, put to, serve, put on the table.
appositus :
placed near, approaching, appropriate, appositively.
approbo :
to approve.
appropinquo :
(+ dat.) to near, drawn near, come close, approach.
apto :
to fit, adapt, adjust, make ready, or fit.
aptus :
fitted, connected, fastened / prepared, fitted out.
aptus :
suitable, appropriate, fitting.
apud :
(prep. + acc.) among, in the presence of, at, at the house of.
aqua :
water.
ara :
altar
aranea :
spider's web.
arbitro arbitror :
to witness, bear witness / judge, arbitrate.
arbor :
tree.
arbustum :
a vineyard planted with trees.
arbustus :
planted with trees.
arca archa :
chest, box, money box, coffin, cell.
arceo :
to shut up, enclose.
arcesso, accerso :
to bring, fetch, summon, call for.
arcus :
bow (BOW and arrows), arch, bend, arc.
argentum :
silver, money.
argumentum :
proof, evidence.
arguo :
to show, make clear, attempt to show.
arma :
arms, weapons.
armarium :
cupboard, chest, safe (for food, clothing, money).
armo :
to provide arms, arm, equip, fit out.
aro :
to plow.
ars, artis :
skill method, technique, conduct, character.
articulus :
(of time) a moment, crisis.
artificiose :
skillfully.
artificiosus :
skillful, accomplished, skillfuly made.
arto :
to press together, reduce, abridged.
arx , arcis :
citadel, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon.
ascisco :
to receive, admit / adopt / take up, approve.
ascit :
asper :
rough, harsh, severe.
asperitas :
roughness, severity / harshness, fierceness.
aspicio :
to look at, behold, gaze at, see.
asporto :
to carry off, take away.
assentator :
flatterer, sycophant, yes-man.
astrum :
star, constellation.
Asvesniis :
of Avesnes.
at :
(conj.) but. (more emphatic and emotional than sed).
atavus :
great-great-great grandfather, ancestor.
ater atra atrum :
dark.
atqui :
(conj.) and yet, still.
Atrebatum :
Arras.
atrocitas :
hashness, cruelty, frightfulness, barbarity, horror.
atrox :
terrible, cruel, horror.
attero :
destroy, waste, weaken, impair.
attero :
to weaken, ruin, rub against, rub away, erode.
attollo :
to raise, lift up, elevate / excite, exalt.
attonbitus :
frantic, inspired, thunder-struck, stunned.
auctor :
author, originator.
auctoritas :
authority
auctus :
growth, enlargement, increase.
audacia :
boldness, dash, daring, audacity.
audacter, audaciter :
boldly, proudly, fearlessly.
audax :
bold
audentia :
boldness, courage.
audeo : (part. ausus ) :
to dare.
audio :
to hear, hearken, listen to.
auditor :
hearer, listener.
aufero :
to carry away, remove / steal, carry off, make away with.
aureus :
golden.
auris :
ear.
Aurissiodorenses :
Auxerre, dept. Yonne, between Paris and Dijon.
aurum :
gold.
aut ... aut :
either ... or.
autem :
moreover, however, but, also.
autus :
increase, enlargement, growth.
Auxatia :
Alsace.
auxilium :
aid, help, assistance, support.
avaritia :
avarice, greed.
avarus :
greedy, avaricious.
aveho :
to carry away, remove (avexi avectum )
averto :
to turn away, avert, avoid. turn back.
Avesniis :
Avesnes.
avoco :
to call away, divert.
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