Jenny's Latin I Lesson 36 Vocab

Front 1

cernō, -ere, crēvī, crētum or certum (*)

Back 1

perceive, determine

Note: the alternative fourth principal part of cernō is used as an adjective, certus, -a, -um, sure, certain.

Mihi certum est.
for me it is definite = I have decided.

Front 2

dīcō, -ere, dīxī, dictum (*)

Back 2

say

Note: Most verbs of "saying" or "perceiving", etc. used in the passive, require a complementary infinitive instead of an indirect statement.

Pulchra esse dīcitur.
She is said to be beautiful.

Pulchra esse exīstimātur (putātur).
She is thought to be beautiful.

Front 3

exīstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum (*)

Back 3

suppose, consider

Note: Most verbs of "saying" or "perceiving", etc. used in the passive, require a complementary infinitive instead of an indirect statement.

Pulchra esse dīcitur.
She is said to be beautiful.

Pulchra esse exīstimātur (putātur).
She is thought to be beautiful.

Front 4

moneō, -ēre, -uī, -itum

Back 4

warn, advise

Front 5

negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum (w. acc.) (*)

Back 5

deny, refuse;
(w. indir. statement) say . . . not

Note: Negō makes an indirect statement negative.

Hostīs ad urbem accēdere negāvit.
He said that the enemy were not approaching the city.

Front 6

nōscō, -ere, nōvī, nōtum (*)

Back 6

come to know, find out, learn

Note: Since nōscō means "come to know", its perfect nōvī (I have come to know) means "I know". The same is true of its compound cognōscō.

Front 7

putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum (*)

Back 7

think

Note: Most verbs of "saying" or "perceiving", etc. used in the passive, require a complementary infinitive instead of an indirect statement.

Pulchra esse dīcitur.
She is said to be beautiful.

Pulchra esse exīstimātur (putātur).
She is thought to be beautiful.

Front 8

sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum (*)

Back 8

know

Note: The negative sciō is not nōn sciō but nesciō, -īre, -īvī, ____.

Front 9

scrībō, -ere, scrīpsī, scrīptum

Back 9

write

Front 10

sentiō, -īre, sēnsī, sēnsum

Back 10

feel, perceive