Latin Chapter 2
Terms
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- sed
- but. No Eng. Derive. (Coordinating) CONJUNCTION.
- brevî tempore
- in a short time. E.D. brief, abbreviate; temporal, temporary, contemporary, but NOT temperature ADJ. + NOUN.
- ad vîllam rûsticam
- to(wards) the country house/estate. E.D. village, rustic, villain; adventure, advent, advertise, adept, addition, assent, affluent, alliteration, accumulate: in each of these last examples, the "ad" of Latin has changed spelling. PREP. + NOUN.
- nôn iam
- no longer. No E.D. unless non-existent, non-starter, nonentity, or déjà vu. (iam is in ja). Both are ADV.
- amîcae
- friends. Amicable, amiable. Cf. amiga (Spanish), ami, (French). NOUN.
- dêfessa
- tired. No E.D. ADJ.* (*Verbal adj.)
- Quid faciunt?
- What are they doing? What do they do? E.D. fact, factory, manufacture. PRONOUN + VERB.
- lentê
- slowly. No E.D. ADV.
- hodiê
- today. No Eng. Deriv. ADV. From hôc diê, on this day. Cf. Italian oggi, Spanish hoy. French aujoud'hui.
- sunt
- (they) are. No English derivative. Cp. Sont (French), son (Spanish). VERB
- tandem
- at last, finally. E.D. tandem ADV.
- quoque
- also. No English derivative. Do not confuse with quînque (five). ADVERB.
- currit
- (he/she) runs, is running, do run. (intransitive) VERB
- strênua
- energetic, active. E.D. strenuous, but NOT strength. ADJ.
- ambulant
- (they) are walking, do walk, walk. E.D.: amble, ambulatory, ambulance, etc. NOT ambient, ambidextrous, etc (= ambi = both)
- in agrîs
- in (the) fields. E.D.: Agriculture, agrarian, agronomy, etc. PREP. + NOUN.
- ex agrîs
- out of the fields. E.D. exist, extrapolate, exit, expect, exile. PREP. + NOUN.