[akin to Sans. root AH, for | Nom. and Acc.), f. Alecto; AGH, "to say"].-N.B. When one of the three Furies; the ait, or inquit, introduces the names of the other two were direct words of a person, it is Megæra and Tisiphonē ['Aoften omitted; see contra and Ankт", "Implacable One"]. alga, æ, f. Seaweed. ǎlía, ōrum; ǎliæ, ōrum; ălii, orum; see ǎlius.

v. 552.

āla, æ, f. A wing;-at v. 191 of a bird:-at vv. 408, 476, 561, of the Fury Alecto. Alb-a, æ, f. [alb-us, "white"] ("The white" city) Alba; the mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad rocky margin between the Alban lake (now Lago di Castel Gandolfo) and Mount Albanus (now Monte Cavo]. From its length it obtained the designation of Alba Longa, i.e. "Long Alba." Hence Alb-ānus, āna, ānum, adj. Of, or belonging to, Alba; Alban. Albānus, a, um; see Alba. albe-sco, no perf. nor sup., scere, 3. v. n. inch. [albě-o, "to be white"] To begin to be white; to become or be growing white.

Albŭněa, æ, f. Albunea; a fountain at Tibur, gushing up between steep rocks.

albus, a, um, adj. White, pale: - properly a deadwhite," while candidus denotes "glistening, or dazzling, white" [akin to aλpós].

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al-i-pes, pedis, adj. [āl-a, a wing"; (i) connecting vowel; pes, "a foot"]("Wingfooted"; hence) Swift, fleet, etc.-As Subst. (sc. equus): A swift courser; v. 277.

ǎli-qui, qua, quod (Gen.: ǎlicūjus; Dat.: ălĭcui; Plur.: ali-qui, quæ, qua), indef. pron. adj. [ăli-us, "another"; qui (indefinite pron.), any"] ("Another be it any"; hence) Some; any.

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ǎl-ius, ia, ĭud (Gen. ǎlīus; Dat. ălĭi), adj.: 1.: Sing. Another.-As Subst.: Masc.: Another person, another.-2. Plur. : Other.-As Subst.: a. ǎlii, ōrum, m. persons, others.-b. arum, f. Other women, others. -c. ǎlía, ōrum, n. Other things [&λ-λos].

Other

ǎliæ,

Allia, æ, f. Allia; a little river about eleven miles northward from Rome, near Crustumerium, in the country of the Sabines. It was rendered memorable by the terrible defeat of the Romans by the Gauls in the year of

Rome 365, on July 18; which | hence) A high altar, or altars, was thence called "dies Alli- on which sacrifices were ensis" ("the day of Allia "), offered only to the superior and was ever afterwards con- deities. sidered as a dies nefastus-i.e. a day on which no assembly of the people could be held, nor any judgment be pronounced. Virgil's expression, infaustum nomen.-N.B. Allia is an exception to the general rule of the names of rivers being masculine.

alt-e, adv. [alt-us, "high"] ("After the manner of the altus"; hence) On high, aloft. Hence at v. 717 al-ter, těra, těrum (Gen. alter-ius; Dat. altĕri), adj. [akin to ǎl-ĭus] 1. Another, the other.--As Subst. m.: Another person, another.-2. The second.

allūdens, ntis, P. pres. of alludo.

to

altum, i; see altus. al-tus, ta, tum, adj. [ăl-o, al-lūdo, lūsi, lūsum, lūdĕre," to make to grow, 3. v. (a. and) n. [for ad-ludo: nourish"] ("Nourished; from ăd, "without force"; grown great by nourishlūdo, "to sport"] To sport, ment"; hence) 1 High, tall, jest, joke, speak sportively or lofty.--As Subst.: altum, in sport. i, n. The high heaven.-2. Almo, onis, m. Almo; the Deep, whether actually or eldest son of Tyrrheus, and figuratively.-As Subst.: albrother of Silvia; killed by tum, i (sc. măre), n. the Trojans, who came to the deep, the main: at v. 362 in rescue of Ascanius when at- plur.; so, rare. 3. Lofty, tacked by the Italian rustics; great, noble, august. vv. 532 sqq.

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alv-ĕus, ĕi, m. [alv-us, al-mus, ma, mum, adj. belly "] ("A thing pertaining [ǎl-o, "to nourish"] 1. Nour-to an alvus"; hence, a ishing, nutritious.-2. Kind, hollow or cavity"; hence) A propitious, benign. bed, or channel, of a river. At vv. 33, 303, 436, alveo is to be pronounced as a dissyllable.

alt-aria, ārĭum, n. plur. [alt-um, "a high place"] ("Things pertaining to altum"; hence, "that which is placed upon an altar (ara) for the burning of the victim";

Amăsēnus, i, m. The Amasenus (now Toppia or Fiume dell' Abbazia); a river in the

country of the Volsci, in | [Amitern-um, "Amiternum Latium. (now "San Vittorino ") a very ancient town of the Sabines] Of, or belonging to, Amiternum; Amiternian.

ămic-tus, tūs, m. [ămic-io, "to throw around" one] ("a"holy"] ("Holy around or all throwing around one of a dress, etc.; hence, " mode of dress"; hence) Clothing, dress, garment.

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an-cep-s, cipit-is, adj. [for derived from her presiding an-căpit-s; fr. an (inseparable over magic incantations, for prefix), on both sides " ; which the Marsi were always căput, căpit-is, a head"] noted. The Nemus An("That has a head on both guitiæ, v. 759, was near the sides; double-headed"; hence, town of Lucus (now Luco) "from, or on, both sides"; in the Marsian territory. hence) 1. Uncertain, dubious, doubtful.-2. Perilous, danger

ous.

ăn-ilis, ile, adj.[ăn-us,“an old woman"] Of, or belonging to, an old woman; an old woman's.

Anchises, æ (Abl. Anchisa v. 152), m. Anchises; a Trojan ǎn-ima, imæ, f. ("That prince, son of Capys and father which breathes or blows"; of Æneas. He was borne from hence, "air, a breath"; hence, the flames of Troy on the" the vital principle, life"; shoulders of his son. His hence) Spirit, soul [akin to death is recorded by Virgil Sans. root AN, "to breathe or (Æneid iii, 710) as having blow"]. taken place at Drepanum (now Trapani).-At v. 152 satus Anchisa Eneas; see Æneas [Αγχίσης].

ancīle, is, n. A small oval shield.

Angĭtia, æ; see Anguitia. ang-uis (dissyl.), uis, m. and f. A serpent, snake [ang-o, "to squeeze"; and so, "the squeezing one"; cf. Gr. exis; Sans. ahi, fr. a lost verb ANGH =ango].

Anguitia (Angĭtia), æ, f. Anguitia or Angitia; a sister of Medea and Circë, worshipped by the Marsi; by some however, held to have been a native Marsic divinity, whose connection with Medea and Circë is supposed to have been

ăn-imus, imi, m. (“That which breathes or blows " hence, "vital power, life"; hence) 1. The rational soul in man.-2. Mind.-3. Intellect, reason.-4. Courage, spirit.5. Plur.: Of a child's top : Force, impetuosity [akin to Sans. root AN, "to breathe or blow"].

Anio, ēnis, m. The Anio, a tributary of the Tiber.-N.B. The original form of the nom. was Anĭen.

an-nus, ni, m. ("That which goes round, a circuit"; hence) of time: A year [akin to Sans. AM, "to go"; am-ati, "time"; also to Gr. ěv-os= ev-lavтós, "a year "].

ante, adv. and prep.: 1.

Antēmnæ, ārum, f. plur.; Antemne; an ancient town of the Sabines.

of flowers, etc.; hence) The bee [akin to Sans. root pî, "to drink "; the a is a prefix].

Apollo, inis, m. Apollo, the sun-god; son of Jupiter and Latona, and brother of Diāna; the god of prophecy and divination.

ap-pello, puli, pulsum, pellère, 3. v. a. [for ad-pello; fr. ant-iquus, iqua, iquum, ad, "to or towards"; pello, adj. [ant-e,"before"] ("Per-" to drive "] ("To drive to "; taining to "ante"; hence) 1. Old.-2. Ancient, belonging to former times.

ǎnus, ūs. f. An old woman. Anxŭr-us, a, um, adj. [Anxur, Anxŭr-is, "Anxur"; an ancient town of Latium,

hence) Of a ship, fleet, etc.; To bring, or conduct, to a place;-at v. 39 folld. by Acc. and Dat. [§ 106, a].

appăli, perf. ind. of appello. apt-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. [apt-us, "joined on "]

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Of, or belonging to, Anxur.
At v. 799 the word denotes
worshipped at Anxur."
ǎ-pĕr-io, ui, tum, īre, 4. v.
a.: 1. To uncover, lay bare --
2. Of a way, etc., as Object:
To open.-3. To disclose, re-
veal, lay open.-Pass.: ǎ-per-
for, tus sum, īri [prob. ab, de-
noting "reversal or negation":
root PER, akin to Sans. root
VAR, or VRI " to cover "].

ǎpertus, a, um, P. ̄ perf. pass. of aperio.

ǎpex, icis, m. A projecting point, the summit;-at v. 66 of a laurel-tree.

ǎ-p-is, is, f. ("The drinker or sipper" of the dew, juice

To adapt, fit, adjust.

ăqu-a, æ, f. (old uncontracted gen. aquai) Water [akin to Sans. ap, "water"].

aquãi; see ăqua.

ăqu-ilo, ilōnis, m. (“The swift, or swiftly flying, thing"; hence The North wind; [root AC, akin to Gr. ¿к-ús, “swift”; Sans. âs-u, "swiftly "].