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Auruncus, a, um; Aurunca.

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Ausonia, æ; Ausonii, ōrum; see Ausonius.

Auson-ius, ia, ĭum, adj. [Auson-es, "The Ausones "; a very ancient, and perhaps Greek, name of the primitive inhabitants of Middle and Lower Italy.] Of, or belonging to, the Ausones; Ausonian.

As Subst.: a. Ausõnĩa, æ (sc. terra), f. The land, or country, of the Ausones ; Ausonian. b. Ausonii, ōrum, m. plur. The Ausonians.

auspic-ium, ĭi, m. [auspex, auspic-is, " a bird-inspector," i.e. one who marks the flight and cries of birds, and thence makes predictions] ("A thing pertaining to an ausper"; hence, "foretelling by means of birds, auspices"; hence, with reference to the auspices taken by a sovereign, a commander of an army, etc.) Command, authority, power, etc.

ausus, a, um, P. perf. of auděo;-at v. 300 ausa (supply sum [§ 158]) is 1 pers. sing. perf. ind. of audeo.

aut, conj. Or :-aut aut, either. or.

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"to increase"](" The quality, or state, of the auxilis hence) Help, aid, assistance.

1. Aventinus, i, m. Aventinus or Mount Aventine; one of the seven hills of Rome; v. 659.

2. Aventīnus, i, m. Aventinus; a son of Hercules and the priestess Rhea, born on Mount Aventine; v. 657. Averna, ōrum; see Avern

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Avern-us, a, um, adj. [Avern-us, "Avernus"; a lake in the neighbourhood of Cumæ, Puteoli, and Baiæ, almost entirely inclosed by steep and woody hills. exhalations were of so deadly a character, that they proved fatal to birds flying over it. Hence it was said to be close to the entrance to the lower world. It is now called "Lago d' Averno"] Of, or belonging to, Avernus.-Hence, Averna, ōrum (sc. loca), n. plur.: The lower world.

aversus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of averto.

a-verto, verti, versum, vertĕre, 3. v. a. [ā (= ǎb), "away"; verto, "to turn "] 1. To turn away.-2. Pass. in reflexive force: To turn one's self, etc., away; to go away, depart.— aug- Pass.: a-vertor, versus sum, verti.

aut-em, conj. But, how ever [akin to auT-άp]. auxil-ium, ii, n. [probably obsolete auxil-is ( silis), “increasing," fr. aug-eo,

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1. ă-vi-s, ǎvis, f. A bird [akin to Sans. vi, "a bird"; the a is prob. a prefix].

2. ǎvis, dat. and abl. plur.

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ǎv-itus, ita, itum, adj. [ăvus, a grandfather"; hence, an ancestor "] Of, or belonging to, an ancestor or ancestors; ancestral.

ā-vĭ-us, a, um, adj. [ā (= ǎb), "away from": vi-a, "a way"]("That is at a distance from the way"; hence) At a distance from the way or road; remote from the way; unfrequented, untrodden.

avus, i, m: 1. A grandfather, grandsire.-2. An an

cestor.

Bacchus, i, m.: 1. Bacchus; son of Jupiter and Semělē, and god of wine and poets. 2. Wine.-3. The vine [Báxxos].

balans, ntis, P. pres. of bālo.-As Subst.: balans, ntis (sc. ovis), f. ("A bleater"; i.e.) A sheep.

ba-lo, lāvi, lātum, lāre, 1. v. n. [fr. the natural sound "ba"]("To cry "ba"; hence) To bleat.

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Bătŭlum, i, n. Batulum; a town of Campania in Italy. bella-trix, trīcis, f. [bell(a)-o, "to war"] ("She that

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Bell-ōna, onæ, f. [bell-um, war"] ("The one having bellum”; hence) Bellōna ; the goddess of war.

b-ellum, elli, n. [old form dŭ-ellum; fr. dŭ-o,"two"] ("A thing pertaining to two i.e. a contest between two parties; hence) 1. War, warfare.-2. Personified as a deity: Bellum, or War.

bib-o, i, ĭtum, ĕre, 3. v. a. : 1. To drink.-2. In the poets: To dwell, or live, near, or by, a river; v. 715 [root BI (= in Ti-vw, "to drink") reduplicated].

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bi-dens, dentis, f. [bidens, having twice a dens or the dentes"] (“ An animal having two teeth" higher than the others; or, "having two rows of teeth" complete; hence) An animal for sacrifice, whether a hog, sheep, or ox.

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bi-frons, frontis, adj. [bi (bis), "twice", frons, forehead"] ("Having a frons twice"; hence "having two foreheads"; hence) Having, or with, two faces;-an epithet of Janus; v. 180.

biga, ārum, f. plur. [contr. fr. bijug-æ; see bijugus ("The double-yoked ones; hence, "a pair of horses"; hence)

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A chariot, or car, drawn by two horses.

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3. v. n.: 1. To fall in the widest acceptation of the term, whether actually or figuratively.-2. To fall in battle or fight; to fall dead; to be hence, "double-slain.-3. To fall out, happen, come to pass, turn out [akin to Sans. root CAD, "to fall "].

bi-jug-is, e (also us, a, um), adj. [bi (bis), "twice "; jug-um, a yoke"] ("Twiceyoked "; yoked"; hence) Yoked two together; a pair of.

bi-ni, næ, na, num. distrib. adj.plur. [bi (bis), "twice"] ("Pertaining to bi or bis"; hence) 1. Two apiece.-2. Of things that are in pairs: A pair of the things denoted by the word to which it is in attribution; two.

bos, bovis (plur. boves, boum), comm. gen. ("The lowing, or bellowing, one"; hence) An ox; a cow; at v. 790 applied to Io [Boûs]. boves, nom. and acc. plur.

of bos.

brěv-iter, adv. [brev-is, "short"]("After the manner of the brěvis"; hence) Shortly, briefly.

buccina (bucina), æ. f.: 1. A shepherd's horn.-2. A wartrumpet.-N.B. The buccina was of a curved, or crooked, form; the tuba was straight [βυκάνη].

Cæculus, i. m. Cæculus; a son of Vulcan, and founder of Præneste.

cæcus, a, um, adj.(" Blind"; hence) 1. Of places: Hidden, secret, concealed, obscure.-2. Dark, obscure.

cæd-es, is, f. [cæd-o, "to slay"] A killing or slaying; slaughter.

cædo, cěcīdi, cæsum, cædere, 3. v. a. [akin to cădo, "to fall"] (In causative force: "To cause to fall"; hence) To kill, slay, slaughter.-Pass.; cædor, cæsus cædi.

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cælatus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of cælo.

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cæl-o, avi, atum, āre, 1. v. a. [cæl-um, a graver "]("To work, or produce, with a celum"; hence) To engrave in relief upon metals; and, later, to cast, or found; to form raised work upon anything;

bux-um, i. n. ("Box-wood"; hence as made of box-wood) to emboss; to chase.-Pass.: A boy's top [TÚ§-OS, "box-cæl-or, ātus sum, āri.

tree"; also "box-wood "].

cădo, căcidi, căsum, cădere,

cæruleus, a, um (and cærŭlus, a, um), adj. Darkcoloured, deep blue, azure.

cærulus, a, um: see cærul

ĕus.

casus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of cædo;-at v. 574 casos (plur.) belongs to both Almonem and fadati ora Galæsi (= Galæsum fœdātum ora); see Galæsus.

[cand-eo, "to be of brilliant whiteness, to shine brightly"] Of the

moon: Brilliant, brightly shining, clear ; v. 8. căn is, is, comm. gen. 4 dog, a hound [akin to Sans. çvan; Gr. Kúwv, kvv-ós, “a dog"; Germ. hun-d; Eng. "boun-d"].

Caiēta, æ, f. Caieta; the nurse of Eneas. From her căno, cecini, no sup., căna promontory and town in ĕre, 3. v. n. and a. ("To sing"; Latium (now Gaeta) are said hence) 1. Neut.: To sing. to have taken their name. 2. Act.: a. To celebrate, or călăthus, i, m. A wicker- praise, in song; to sing the basket, hand-basket, of any praises of; v. 698.-b. To kind; at v. 805 a work- sing, chant;--at v. 398 the basket, or wool-basket [káλa- last syllable of canit is made

Oos].

Căles, ĭum, f. plur.: Cales; a town of Southern Campania, famous for its wines.

Călуbē, es, f. Calybe; an aged priestess of Juno.

Calydon, onis (Acc. Calydona, v. 306), f. Calydon; a town of Ætolia, surrounded by a dense wood, the abode of the Calydonian boar which Diana had sent to ravage the country in consequence of Eneus not having invited her to his harvestfeast.

Cămilla, æ, f. Camilla; a Volscian heroine.

campus, i. m. A field or plain [prob. akin to knπos, "a garden"].

cand-idus, ĭda, ĭdum, adj.

long in "arsis."-c. Of signals, etc.: To blow, cause to sound, give; v. 513.-d. As the ancient oracles were often given in verse: To foretell, forebode, etc.--at vv. 79, 271 folld. by Objective clause [akin to Sans. root çams, "to praise, to relate ”].

cănör-us, a, um, adj. [cănor, cănōr-is, "melody"] Melodious, harmonious, tuneful.

can-tus, tūs, m. [căn-o, "to sing"] ("A singing"; hence) 1. A song, strain, etc. -2. An incantation.

Căpēnus, a, um, adj. [Căpen-a," Capēna"; a town of Tuscany] Of, or belonging to, Capena.

căpio, cepi, captum, căpere, 3. v. a.: 1. To take, lay hold

of, scize.-2. a. To take prisoner, to capture; v. 295.-b. To confine, keep within bounds; -this seems to be the force of the word at v. 466.-3. To take upon one's self, etc.; to enter upon, begin, take up; v. 403.-4. Pass.: To be captivated or seized, with desire, etc.; v. 189.—Pass.: căpior, captus sum, căpi.

Capreæ, ārum, f. plur. Caprea (now Capri); an island in the Tuscan Sea, near Campania.

ĕre, 3. v. a. ("To cull, pluck, gather"; hence) Of sleep, etc., as Object: To enjoy, etc. [akin to άρπ-άСw, "to seize "].

Caspĕria, æ, f. Casperia; a town in the Sabine country.

castra, ōrum, n. plur. A camp or encampment, as containing several soldiers' tents or huts [prob. for skad-trum; akin to Sans. root sKAD, "to cover"].

cas-tus, ta, tum, adj. ("Chaste"; hence) In a religious sense: Pure, holy, sacred [akin to κάθεἄρος,

cap-tīvus, tīva, tīvum, adj. [căp-io, "to take in war"]"pure"]. Taken in war, captured. captus, a, um, P. perf. pass. of căpio.

căp-ut, itis, n. The head [akin to Sans. kapâla, Gr. κεφαλή].

card-o, inis, m. ("The swinging thing") The pivot and socket by which the doors of the ancients were fixed and made to open and shut; commonly rendered, hinge [akin το κραδάω, κραδ-αίνω, swing"].

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căteia (trisyll.), æ, f. A cateia; a kind of long javelin or spear [a Celtic word].

căterva, æ, f. A troop; a band, squadron, or company, of soldiers, etc.;-at v. 804 employed of cavalry.

Catillus, i, m.: Catillus; a brother of Tiburtus, in conjunction with whom he founded Tibur.

causa, æ, f. A cause, reason. căv-o, āvi, ātum, āre, 1.v. a. [căv-us, "hollow"] To hollow

cărīna, æ, f.: 1. The keel of out, hollow. a ship.-2. A ship, vessel.

car-men, minis, n. (“The praising thing"; hence, "a poem"; hence) A strain, song, etc. [akin to Sans. root ÇAMs, "to praise"].

carpo, carpsi, carptum, carp

cēd-o, cessi, cessum, cedere, 3. v. n.: 1. To go, go along.— 2. To go away from; to return, depart, withdraw;-at v. 559 folld. by Abl. of Separation [§ 123].-3. To give way, yield.-4. Of abstract Sub

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