14.2 Flashcards: English-Latin

This exercise provides flashcards of the vocabulary from Chapter 14. Click "Next Entry" to see the first English word; click "Next Entry" again to view the Latin translation. When you have mastered a word, click "Delete Entry" to remove it from the rotation. Whenever you restart the exercise, all the flashcards will be automatically restored.
birth, origin; kind; racegenus, generis n.
honor, respect; public officehonor, honōris m.
enemy / n.b. hostis is an enemy of the state; inimīcus (Ch. 12) is a personal enemy*hostis, hostis m. (usually in pl.)
court; trial; judgmentiūdicium, iūdiciī n.
delegate, envoy, ambassador; legion commander
lēgātus, lēgātī m.
shore, beach, coastlītus, lītoris n.
cloudnūbēs, nūbis f.
power, help; (pl.) wealth, resourcesops, opis f.
TroyTrōia, Trōiae, f.
wave, waters; seaunda, undae f.
to loseāmittō, āmittere, āmīsī, āmissus
to decide, appoint, establishcōnstituō, cōnstituere, cōnstituī, cōnstitūtus
to seize, snatch, carry offrapiō, rapere, rapuī, raptus
to standstō, stāre, stetī, statūrus
to get up, (a)risesurgō, surgere, surrēxī, surrēctus
to drag, pull; derivetrahō, trahere, trāxī, tractus
to seem (see Ch. 15); be seen “it seems best to ______” ?videor, vidērī, vīsus sum (often with dative of the person)
to live, be alivevīvō, vīvere, vīxī
to roll, turn/twist aroundvolvō, volvere, volvī, volūtus
so much, so greattantus, tanta, tantum
onlytantum
both, each (of two)uterque, utraque, utrumque
in fact, truly, indeedvērō (postpositive)
byā, ab (+ animate noun, in a passive sentence)
opposite; againstcontrā (+ acc.)
in reply; face to facecontrā (adv.)