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aureus, -a, -um, adj. [aurum, gold], golden

aurum, -ī, n. gold

aut, conj. or. aut … aut, either … or

autem, conj., usually second, never first, in the clause, but, moreover, however, now. Cf. at, sed

auxilium, auxi´lī, n. help, aid, assistance; plur. auxiliaries

ā-vertō, -ere, -tī, -sus, turn away, turn aside

avis, -is, f. bird (§243.1)

B

ballista, -ae, f. ballista, an engine for hurling missiles (p. 220)

balteus, -ī, m. belt, sword belt

barbarus, -ī, m. barbarian, savage

bellum, -ī, n. war. bellum īnferre, with dat. make war upon

bene, adv. [for bonē, from bonus], compared melius, optimē, well

benignē, adv. [benignus, kind], compared benignius, benignissimē, kindly

benignus, -a, -um, adj. good-natured, kind, often used with dat.

bīnī, -ae, -a, distributive numeral adj. two each, two at a time (§334)

bis, adv. twice

bonus, -a, -um, adj. compared melior, optimus, good, kind (§469.a)

bōs, bovis (gen. plur. boum or bovum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus or būbus), m. and f. ox, cow

bracchium, bracchī, n. arm

brevis, -e, adj. short

Brundisium, -ī, n. Brundisium, a seaport in southern Italy. See map

bulla, -ae, f. bulla, a locket made of small concave plates of metal fastened by a spring (p. 212)

C

C. abbreviation for Gāius, Eng. Caius

cadō, -ere, ce'cidī, cāsūrus, fall

caedēs, -is, f. [caedō, cut], (a cutting down), slaughter, carnage (§465.a)

caelum, -ī, n. sky, heavens

Caesar, -aris, m. Cæsar, the famous general, statesman, and writer

calamitās, -ātis, f . loss, calamity, defeat, disaster

calcar, -āris, n. spur (§465.b)

Campānia, -ae, f. Campania, a district of central Italy. See map

Campānus, -a, -um, adj. of Campania

campus, -ī, m. plain, field, esp. the Campus Martius, along the Tiber just outside the walls of Rome

canis, -is, m. and f. dog

canō, -ere, ce´cinī, ——, sing

cantō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [canō, sing], sing

Capēnus, -a, -um, adj. of Capena, esp. the Porta Cape´na, the gate at Rome leading to the Appian Way

capiō, -ere, cēpī, captus, take, seize, capture (§492)

Capitōlīnus, -a, -um, adj. belonging to the Capitol, Capitoline

Capitōlium, Capitō´lī, n. [caput, head], the Capitol, the hill at Rome on which stood the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus and the citadel

capsa, -ae, f. box for books

captīvus, -ī, m. [capiō, take], captive

Capua, -ae, f. Capua, a large city of Campania. See map

caput, -itis, n. head (§464.2.b)

carcer, -eris, m. prison, jail

carrus, -ī, m. cart, wagon

cārus, -a, -um, adj. dear, precious

casa, -ae, f. hut, cottage