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30 Cards in this Set
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adduco
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adducere, adduxi, adductum
-to prompt, induce |
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adeo
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-all the way, right up to
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clemens
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clementis
-merciful |
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colloco
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collocare, collocavi, collocatus
-to station, place |
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comprehendo
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comprehendere, comprehendi, comprehensum
-to sieze, arrest |
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condemno
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condemnare, condemnavi, condemnatus
-to find acc. guilty of gen. (w/ gen.) |
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conscripti
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(in the phrase patres conscripti)
-senators |
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cotidie
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-every day
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cresco
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crescere, crevi, cretum
-to grow, increase |
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dissolutus, a, um
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-irresponsible
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Etruria
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Etruriae, f.
-Etruria (the district northwest of Rome) |
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fauces
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faucium, f. pl.
-pass (of a mountain) |
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iam pridem
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-long ago
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inertia
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inertiae, f.
-laziness, neglect |
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intestinus, a, um
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-internal
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moenia
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moenium, n. pl.
-walls of a city, defenses |
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molior
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moliri, molitus sum
-to try, attempt |
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nequitia
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nequitiae, f.
-worthlessness |
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pernicies
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perniciei, f.
-destruction, threat |
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potius...quam
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-rather than
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serius
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-too late
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singuli, ae, a
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-each
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vereor
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vereri, veritus sum
-to fear, be afraid |
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verum
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-but
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nobilis
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-the class of families who had a consul among their ancestors
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hostis
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-an enemy of the Republic, upon whom Rome could declare war and kill without trial
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popularis
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-literally "of the people." It described any attempt to curry favor with or enact policy through the people rather than the Senate
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Tallianum
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-in the prison next to the Curia, this was the lowest chamber where executions took place
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Pater Patriae
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-"Father of the Fatherland," an honorific title first given to Cicero after stopping Catiline, but later adopted by Julius Caesar, Augustus, and some emperors
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Tribune of the plebs
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-ten in number, these magistrates had the power of veto over any decrees of the Senate of legislation passed by the comitia. The office was originally designed to protect plebian interests.
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