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Wheelock Ch. 16
Wheelock's Latin - Chapter 16 Vocabulary
| clēméntia | clēméntiae, f. | mildness, gentleness, mercy | (clement, clemency, inclement, Clementine) |
| mēns | méntis, f. | mind, thought, intention | (mental, mentality, mention, demented; "mind" is cognate) |
| sátura | sáturae, f. | satire | (satirist, satirical, satirize) |
| ā́cer | ā́cris, ā́cre | sharp, keen, eager; severe, fierce | (acrid, acrimony, acrimonious, eager, vinegar) |
| brévis | bréve | short, small, brief | (brevity, breviary, abbreviate, abridge) |
| céler | céleris, célere | swift, quick, rapid | (celerity, accelerate, acceleration, decelerate) |
| diffícilis | diffícile | hard, difficult, troublesome | (difficulty) |
| dúlcis | dúlce | sweet; pleasant, agreeable | (dulcify, dulcet, dulcimer) |
| fácilis | fácile | easy, agreeable | (facile, facility, facilitate; cf. faciō |
| fórtis | fórte | strong, brave | (fort, forte, fortify, fortitude, force, comfort) |
| ingēns | ingéntis | huge | |
| iūcúndus | iūcúnda, iūcúndum | pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing | (jocund) |
| lóngus | lónga, lóngum | long | (longitude, longevity, elongate, oblong, prolong; Eng. "long" is cognate) |
| ómnis | ómne | every, all | (omnibus, bus, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, omnivorous) |
| pótēns | poténtis | able, powerful, mighty, strong | (potent, impotent, omnipotent, potentate, potential) |
| sénex | sénis | old, aged; old man | (senate, senator, senescent, senile, senior, seniority, sir, sire; cf. senectūs) |
| quam | how | ||
| régō | régere, rḗxī, réctum | to rule, guide, direct | (regent, regime, regiment, regular, regulate, correct, direction, rectitude; cf. rēx, rēgīna) |
| aétās | aetātis, f. | period of life, life, age, an age, time | (eternal, eternity, sempiternal) |
| audī́tor | audītṓris, m. | hearer, listener, member of an audience | (auditor, auditory, auditorium; cf. audiō) |