| tēctum, -ī n. | roof; house |
| augustus, -a, -um | venerable, majestic, sacred |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| centum, indecl. adj. | one hundred |
| sublīmis, -e | high, lofty; in sublīme: up on high |
| columna, -ae, f. | column, pillar |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| Laurēns, -entis | of Laurentum, Laurentine (ager Laurēns: the land around Laurentum, on the coast of Latium) |
| rēgia, -ae, f. | palace |
| horrendus, -a, -um | dreadful, terrible |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| religiō, -ōnis f. | religious scruple, religious duty |
| parēns, -entis m./f. | parent |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| scēptrum, -ī n. | sceptre; royal power |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| attollō, -ere | lift up, raise |
| fascis, -is m. | bundle; pl. fascēs: the rods and axe carried before a magistrate |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| ōmen, ōminis n. | omen, sign; hīsce ōminibus: with these words of ill omen |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| cūria, -ae f. | senate house |
| templum, -ī, n. | sanctuary, temple |
| sacer, sacra, sacrum | sacred, holy |
| sēdēs, -is, f. | seat, abode |
| epulae, -ārum f. pl. | feast, banquet |
| ariēs, -etis, m. | ram |
| caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesum | cut, cut down; kill |
| perpetuus, -a, -um | continuous, perpetual; in perpetuum, for all time, forever |
| soleō, -ēre, solitus sum | be accustomed, usually do |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| cōnsīdō, -sīdere, -sēdī, -sessus | sit down |
| mēnsa, -ae f. | table |
| quīn, conj. | so that ... not, but that, but |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| vetus, veteris | old, former |
| effigiēs, -ēī f. | likeness, form, appearance |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| avus, -ī, m. | grandfather |
| antīquus, -a, -um | ancient |
| cedrus, -ī f. | cedar; cedar-wood |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| vītisator, -ōris m. | vine-planter |
| curvus, -a, -um | curved, bent |
| servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | save, preserve |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| imāgō, -inis f. | likeness, image, portrait |
| falx, falcis, f. | sickle; curved sword, falchion |
| senex, senis, m. | old man |
| bifrōns, -frontis | two-faced, with two foreheads (of Janus) |
| vestibulum, -ī n. | forecourt, entrance hall |
| astō, -āre, -stitī | stand by, stand near |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| orīgō, -inis f. | origin, beginning, source; ancestry |
| Mārtius, -a, -um | of Mars; campus Mārtius, the Field of Mars outside the old city |
| ob, prep. with acc. | on account of, for; in compounds, to, against |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country |
| pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fight |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| patior, patī, passus, bear | suffer, allow |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| praetereā, adv. | besides this, besides, moreover |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| postis, -is m. | doorpost; door |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| captīvus, -a, -um | captive |
| pendeō, -ēre, pependī | hang, be suspended; hover |
| currus, -ūs, m. | chariot, car |
| secūris, -is f. | axe (the axes in the fasces, sign of Roman power) |
| crista, -ae f. | crest, plume (of a helmet) |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| porta, -ae, f. | gate; door |
| claustrum, -ī n. | bar, bolt; barrier, enclosure |
| spīculum, -ī n. | point, sharp tip; dart, arrow |
| clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.) | round bronze shield |
| ēripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptus | snatch out or away, rescue |
| rōstrum, -ī, n. | beak |
| carīna, -ae f. | keel; hull |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| Quirīnālis, -e | of Quirinus; collis Quirīnālis, the Quirinal hill |
| lituus, -ī m. | the augur's curved staff |
| parvus, -a, -um | little, small |
| sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessus | sit |
| succingō, -ere, -cīnxī, -cīnctus | gird up, tuck up (a garment) |
| trabea, -ae f. | trabea, a striped robe worn by kings and knights |
| laevus, -a, -um | left; ad laevam (manum): on the left |
| ancīle, -is n. | a sacred figure-of-eight shield, said to have fallen from heaven, kept by the Salii |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, wear; carry on, do |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| domitor, -ōris m. | tamer, breaker (of horses); conqueror |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| cupīdō, -inis f. (in Sallust also m.) | desire, longing, greed |
| coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f. | spouse, husband, wife |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| percutiō, -cutere, -cussī, -cussus | strike through, strike |
| virga, -ae f. | rod, stick, staff |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| venēnum, -ī, n. | poison |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| avis, -is, f. | bird |
| spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus | scatter, sprinkle |
| color, -ōris, m. | color |
| ala, -ae, f. | wing |