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Daimon Vocabulary (pp 16-19)

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