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Daimon Vocabulary3
Daimon Vocabulary (pp 16-19)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vis, vis, f. | force |
| percutio, percutere, percussi, percussus | to strike (Think "percussion" instruments -- like drums!) |
| mons, montis, m. | mountain, hill (Think "Mount" Everest, etc.!) |
| saxum, -i, n. | rock, stone |
| statim | (adv.) immediately (Like on TV doctor shows when the surgeon shouts, "Get me a scalpel, stat!" |
| scopulus, -i, m. | cliff |
| gaudium, -i, nt. | joy |
| dico, dicere, dixi, dictus | to speak (Think words in English like "dictate," "dictation," etc.) |
| duco, ducere, duxi, ductus | to lead (Like what a "duke" does) |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, native land (Where we get words like "patriot" and "patriotic") |
| humerus, -i, m. | upper arm, shoulder (What your funny bone's real name is!) |
| clava, -ae, f. | club (The kind you hit something with!) |
| pellis, -is, f. | animal skin, hide |
| leo, leonis, m. | lion (Like the name of the constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| gero, gerere, gessi, gestus | to wear; to carry, bear; to wage (war) |
| audax, audacis | bold (Think "audacious" in English) |
| paratus, -a, -um | prepared (The U.S. Coast Guard's motto is "Semper parati") |
| ambulo (1) | to walk (A fancy word for a baby stroller is a "perambulator") |
| facile | (adv.) easily |
| longinquus, -a, -um | far away, distant |
| scutum, -i, nt. | shield |
| calidus, -a, -um | warm |
| quoniam | (adv.) since |
| secundus, -a, -um | favorable; second |
| cupio, cupere, cupivi, cupitus | to desire |
| respondeo, respondere, respondi, responsus | to respond, reply, answer |
| pervenio, pervenire, perveni, perventus | to arrive (at) |
| litus, litoris, nt. | shore |
| spelunca, -ae, f. | deep cave (The hobby of exploring caves is called "spelunking.") |
| mecum | with me (= cum me) |
| fornax, fornacis, f. | oven, kiln, furnace; forge |
| instrumentum, -i, nt. | tool |
| claudus, -a, -um | lame, crippled (Like the god Hephaestus/Vulcan) |
| negotium, -i, nt. | endeavor; business (Where we get our word "negotiation") |
| periculosus, -a, -um | dangerous |
| arma, armorum (nt. pl.) | arms, weapons |
| idoneus, -a, -um | suitable, fitting |
| caverna, -ae, f. | cavern, cave |
| invenio, invenire, inveni, inventus | to find, come upon (Where we get our word "to invent") |
| apud (+ acc.) | (prep.) among; at the home of |
| miro modo | in a marvelous way |
| apertus, -a, -um | open (Like a camera's "aperture") |
| galea, -ae, f. | helmet |
| lorica, -ae, f. | breastplate (The Romans wore overlapping bands of iron and called it a "lorica segmentata.") |
| frustra | (adv.) in vain |
| interficio, interficere, interfeci, interfectus | to kill |
| iacio, iacere, ieci, iactus | to throw |
| gravis, -e | serious, grave |
| manus, -us, f. | hand (As in "manual" labor) |
| averto, avertere, averti, aversus | to turn away/aside, avert |
| repello, repellere, repulsi, repulsus | to thrust away, repel |
| interim | (adv.) in the meantime, meanwhile |
| noster, nostra, nostrum | our (As in Notre Dame = "Our Lady") |
| vester, vestra, vestrum | your (pl.) |
| remigo (1) | to row |
| quisquis, quidquid | anyone, anything |
| nobiscum | with us (= cum nobis) |
| maneo, manere, mansi, mansus | to stay, remain |
| licet (+ infin.) | (impersonal verb) it is permitted to ___ |
| capio, capere, cepi, captus | to capture, seize, take by force |
| altus, -a, -um | high, tall; deep |
| remus, -i, m. | oar |
| vinculum, -i, nt. | chain |
| subduco, subducere, subduxi, subductus | to beach a ship |
| prope (+ acc.) | (prep.) near |
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