| recitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | read aloud |
| ōrātiuncula, -ae f. | short speech |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| pūblicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | confiscate, make public property |
| cōgitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | consider, think over |
| advocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | call, summon (contiōnem advocāre: call an assembly) |
| aliquis, -quid, indef. pron. | someone, any one, something, anything, some, any |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| vereor, -ērī, -itus | fear |
| paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | few |
| vērum (conj.) | but, but in fact; nōn modo ... vērum etiam: not only ... but also |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| nam, conj. | for |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| duplex, -icis | double |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| sollicitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | anxiety, care, apprehension |
| intendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out; stretch, draw, aim |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| admoneō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | remind, warn, advise |
| sī, conj. | if |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| forte, adv. | by chance, accidentally |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| fallō, fallere, fefellī, falsus | deceive |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| cōpia, -ae, f. | supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| praetereā, adv. | besides this, besides, moreover |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| ēmendō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | correct, make good, remove faults |
| adnotō (annotō), -āre, -āvī, -ātus | note down, take note of, observe |
| liber, librī m. | book; record |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| māteria, -ae f. | timber, material |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| titulus, -ī m. | notice, inscription, label |
| cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus | find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| līber, lībera, līberum | free |
| explicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | unfold, spread out; set out, explain |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| oportet, -ēre, oportuit (impersonal) | it is right, it is necessary |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| cōnsuēscō, -suēscere, -suēvī, -suētus | become accustomed; in tenses of completed action, have become accustomed, be accustomed or wont |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| praefātiō, -ōnis f. | preface, introductory remarks |
| intellegō, -legere, -lēxī, -lēctus | perceive, understand |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| ūniversus, -a, -um | all together, whole, entire, all |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| sentiō, sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus | perceive, feel |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| enim, conj. | for |
| vel | or; vel … vel: either … or |
| cautus, -a, -um | careful, wary, on one's guard |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| contineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold together, keep within, shut up in; bound |
| cōnstāns, -antis | steadfast, firm, resolute; consistent |
| ēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | put forth, give out, utter |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| illūc (adv.) | to that place, there |
| auctōritās, -tātis f. | influence, authority, prestige |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessum | come near, approach; be added |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |