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Īliacus, -a, -um

Trojan (from the city's alternative name Ilion/Ilium (cf. Iliad as the title of Homer's epic poem on the conflict)

arx, arcis f

citadel

cūria, -ae f

senate house

interritus, -a, -um

unterrified, undaunted

causam agō (agere, ēgī, āctum)

plead a case

commūnis, -e

common, shared

mandō, mandāre, mandāvī, mandātum (mandārat = mandāverat)

entrust

Paris, Paridis m (accus. Parin/Parim/Paridem - the book's `Paridin' is an error)

Paris (son of Priam and abductor of Helen)

-que...-que

both...and

praeda, -ae f

booty

rapuēre

rapuērunt (they (have) seized)

tenuēre

tenuērunt (they (have) held)

nefandus, -a, -um

wicked

lūx, lūcis f

light, day

referō, referre, rettulī, relātum

bring back, recount, tell

spatiōsus, -a, -um

long

post + acc.

after

aciēs, aciēī f

keenness, edge, battle-line, battle

contineō, continēre, continuī, contentum

keep together, hold together, defend

moenia, -ium f.pl.

walls, fortifications

diū (usually two syllables but sometimes one in poetry)

for a long time

cōpia, -ae f

plenty, abundance

cōpiae, cōpiārum f pl

troops

dēmum

at last, finally

nōstī (=nōvistī, from nōscō, nōvi, nōtum)

you know, you have learned

ūsus, ūsūs m

usefulness, service

requīrō, requīrere, requīsīvī, requīsītum

ask, look for, inquire after, need, want

fossa, -ae f

ditch

cingō, cingere, cīnxī, cīnctum

surround, gird

mūnīmen, mūnīminis n

fortification

cōnsōlor, cōnsōlārī, cōnsōlātus sum (deponent)

console

pudet, pudēre, puduit

cause to feel ashamed (impersonal verb with accusative of person and genitive for the thing they are ashamed of)

terga dō, dare, dedī, datum

turn one's back

nec mora

without delay (`and not delay')

concītō, concītāre, concītāvī, concītātum

incite, impel

dīmittō, dīmittere, dīmīsī, dīmissum

send away

dēdecus, dēdecoris n

disgrace

socius, sociī m

ally, companion, comrade

āvertō, āvertere, āvertī, āversum

turn away/aside (sometimes used reflexively in the passive)

Ātrīdēs, -is m

son of Atreus (i.e. Agamemnon or Menelaus)

Telamōniādēs, -is m

son of Telamon (i.e. Ajax)

hiscō, hiscere

open the mouth, gape (also hiascō, hiascere and hiō, hiāre, hiātum with similar meaning. The form *hiscō, hiscāre etc. listed in the Oxford dictionaries appears not to exist)

orior, orīrī, ortus sum (deponent) - although the infinitive shows the verb is 4th conjugation it has some 3rd conjugation forms - e.g. oritur with short `i', and imperfect subjunctive orerētur etc.

arise

trepidus, -a, -um

trembling

tempore ab hōc

from this time on

iste, ista, istud

that (of yours) - often derogatory

quodcumque

whatever

retrahō, retrahere, retrāxī, retractum

drag back

exsecror, exsecrārī, exsecrātus sum

curse

licet + subjunctive

granted that, although it may be true that..

adgredior/aggredior, adgredī, adgressus sum

go up to, attack

nītor, nītī, nīsus/nīxus sum

lean (on), exert oneself

penetrālis, -e

inner

retegō, retegere, retēxī, retēctum

uncover, reveal

Phrygius, -a, -um

Phrygian, Trojan

comparō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum

compare, obtain

nempe

certainly, truely

ingēns, ingentis

huge

metuō, metuere, metuī, metūtum

fear

ferus, -a, -um

wild

ēnsis, ēnsis m

sword

gestāsset

gestāvisset (had/would have carried, plpf subj. from gestō, -āre, -āvī, -tum ,wear, carry - frequentative form from gerō)

laeva, -ae f

left hand

tergus, tergoris n

hide

pariō, parere, peperī, partum

bring forth, create