adjective: quantus? , quanta? quantum? => how big? how much? http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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*cubo, cubare, cubui, cubitus* – to be sick/dead, lie down, recline #etymology of "incubate" – to keep [eggs] warm (as by sitting on them)

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lūdĭfĭco, 1
to make sport of, make a fool of; to delude
lūdĭfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. collat. form of ludifico, to make game of

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ἀργός (A), ή, όν, shining, glistening

ἀργός (B), όν, later ή, όν (contr. from ἀεργός)
idle, lazy; fallow; unwrought; undone, unattempted

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Latin Potential Subjunc. suggests an action is possible/conceivable. Present & Perfect refer to the future; imperfect to past time AG 446

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verb 3 deponent: egredior , egredi, egressus sum => go out http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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dēdĭtĭo, ōnis, f.

dedo, a (military) giving up, a surrender, capitulation (freq. in the historians).

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φρίσσω
Att. φρίττω : fut. φρίξω —to be rough or uneven on the surface, bristle; of hair, mane, or bristles, bristle up, stand on end

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The imperf of verbs of sending/going, saying/exhorting/etc which imply cont action, is oft used instd of an aorist: ἄγγελον ἔπεμπον GG 1891

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adjective: brevis , breve => short, brief http://t.co/X9pcrLWUX2 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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dēlūbrum, i, n. de-luo, the place of expiation, hence a temple, shrine (class., esp. freq. in poets and in elevat. prose; usu. in the plur)

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ναός, ὁ,

Ion.νηός, Att. nom. νεώς gen. νεώ dat. νεώι acc. νεών
inmost part of a temple, shrine containing the image of the god

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The particle ἄν (Hom. κέν, κέ) limits the mood by, generally, limiting the verb— ‘under the circumstances,’‘in that case,’‘then’ GG 1761-2

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verb 2: timeo , timere, timui => fear, be afraid http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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*deleo, delere, delevi, deletus* -to destroy, demolish, nullify #etymology English verb "to delete" -to remove or, more harshly, obliterate

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lūgū^bris, e, adj. lugeo and fero, of or belonging to mourning
Lit.: lamentatio, over the dead Subst.: lūgū^brĭa, ĭum, n., mourning garments

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γίγγλῡμος ( γιγγλυμός, Hsch.), ὁ,

hinge, hence a species of joint
2.metal pivot
3.joint in a coat of mail
4.clasp, buckle
5.mode of kissing

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The Dat. of Reference depends, not on any 1 word, but on the meaning of the sentence tuās rēs tibi habētō keep your goods to yourself AG 376

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adjective: saevus , saeva, saevum => savage, cruel http://t.co/pTGZGjM0 #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab

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sōdes contr. from si audes, for audies (esp. freq. with an imper.), if you will, if you please, with your leave, prithee, pray

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νᾶνος

νᾶνος, ὁ, dwarf;
one whose limbs are too small for his body
II.cheese-cake

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Alius=(an)other, (of an indef #); alter=the other (of 2), often 2nd in a series; cēterī/reliquī=all the rest,others; alteruter=1 of 2 AG 315

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