Flashcards: Latin-English

This exercise provides flashcards of the vocabulary from Chapter 20. Click "Next Entry" to see the first Latin word; click "Next Entry" again to view the English translation. When you have mastered a word, click "Delete Entry" to remove it from the rotation. Whenever you restart the exercise, all the flashcards will be automatically restored.

arx, arcis, f.	citadel; fortress (on a hill)
auctoritas, auctoritatis, f.	authority
caedes, caedis, f.	slaughter, murder
fatum, fati, n.	fate, destiny
ora, orae, f.	coast; border
signum, signi, n.	sign, token, signal; standard
somnus, somni, m.	sleep
vis, vis, f.	power, force, violence; in pl., strength
ob (+ acc.)	because of
aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus	to open, uncover
caedo, caedere, cecidi, caesus	to kill, cut; sacrifice (of animals)
cano, canere, cecini, cantus	to sing
condo, condere, condidi, conditus	to found, build, establish
conservo, conservare, conservavi, conservatus	to save, preserve, keep
cupio, cupere, cupivi or cupii, cupitus	to want, desire
vito, vitare, vitavi, vitatus	to avoid
apertus, aperta, apertum	open, uncovered, exposed
saevus, saeva, saevum	cruel, savage
autem	however; moreover
interea	meanwhile
procul	at a distance, from a distance