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abbas abbatis : 
 father / abbot.
abbatia : 
 abbey, monastery.
abduco : 
 to lead, or take away / detach, withdraw. 
abeo : 
 to go away, retire / depart from life, die.
abeo : 
 to digress / change / vanish, disappear.
abscido : 
 to cut off, to separate, take away.
absconditus : 
 hidden, concealed.
absens, absentis : 
 (adj.) absent, missing, away, gone.
absorbeo : 
 to swallow, gulp down, carry away, engross.
absque : 
 (+ abl.) without.
abstergo : 
 to wipe off, clean away.
absum : 
 to be absent, be away, be missing.
abundans : 
 abundant, overflowing, abounding in.
abundantia : 
 abundance, bounty, plenty
abutor : 
 to make full use of, to abuse.
abutor : 
 to use abusive language / use a word incorrectly.
ac : (atque) : 
 and
accedo : 
 to approach, come near / (things) to be added. 
accendo : 
 to kindle, illuminate, inflame.
acceptus : 
 welcome, pleasant, agreeable.
accipio : 
 to consider oneself indebted, receive, learn, take.
accommodo : 
 to adjust, adapt, accommodate oneself.
accusator : 
 accusor, plaintiff.
accuso : 
 to accuse, blame, find fault with. 
acer : 
 sharp, keen, eager, severe, fierce. 
acerbitas : 
 harshness, bitterness.
acerbus : 
 bitter, gloomy, dark.
acervus : 
 a heap, mass.
acidus : 
 sharp, sour.
acies : 
 keenness, edge, sharpness, battle-line, battlefield.
acquiro : 
 to acquire, gain, get, obtain.
acsi : 
 as if,  (Herimann p. 283, 293).
adamo : 
 to fall in love with, find pleasure in. 
adaugeo : 
 to make greater, add, increase.
addo : 
 to give, bring, place, / inspire, cause, / add, join.
adduco : 
 to lead, induce, persuade.
ademptio: 
 a taking away.
adeo : 
 to such a point, such an extent, so far, so long.
adeo : 
 to approach, visit, come to, undertake.
adeptio : 
 attainment, obtaining.
adepto : 
 to obtain, get, acquire.
adfectus affectus : (fr. adficio) : 
 influenced, worked upon.
adfero affero : 
 to cause, bring about, contribute.
adfero affero : 
 to bring news, report / apply, bring to bear.
adficio : 
 to affect, afflict, weaken, sap, exhaust, drain.
adflicto affligo : 
 to injure, weaken, discourage, damage, break.
adhaero : 
 to hang to, stick to, adhere.
adhuc : 
 till then, till now, still, even now, besides, also, yet.
adicio : 
 to direct, address, apply / to throw to.
adimpleo : 
 to fulfill, perform.
adinventitias : 
  (?) Herimann, cap 2.
adipiscor : 
 to come up to, overtake, obtain. 
adiuvo : 
 to help, aid, assist.
administratio : 
 giving of help, administration, government.
admiratio : 
 wonder, astonishment, surprise, admiration.
admiror : 
 to wonder at, admire, marvel at.
admitto : 
 to admit, receive.
admoneo : 
 admonish, advise.
admonitio : 
 warning, reminder (insult - Herimann, p. 282).
admoveo : 
 to move to, bring up, apply.
adnuo : 
 to nod assent.
adopto : 
 to wish for oneself, adopt, select, pick out. 
adsidue assidue : 
 continuously, without remission.
adstringo : 
 (persons) bind, oblige, (+ refl.) commit oneself to
adstringo : 
 to tight, compress, compact / 
adstringo : 
 to draw together, tighten, bind.
adsuesco assuesco : 
 to grow accustomed to, used to, make familiar.
adsum : 
 to assist, be present, be near, be in attendance, 
adsumo (assumo) : 
 to take to oneself, claim, appropriate, call. 
adulatio : 
 fawning, flattery, sycophancy, buttering up.
adulescens : 
 young man, youth, lad.
adulescentia : 
 youth
adultus : 
 (adj.) grown up, mature, adult, of age.
aduro (adustum) : 
 to set fire to, burn, singe, kindle, light.
advenio : 
 to come, arrive, reach.
adversus : 
 (prep. + acc.) toward, against, facing
adversus : 
 (adj.) facing, opposite, opposing.
adverto : 
 to turn towards, direct one's attention to, attract.
advoco : 
 to summon, call / call in an advisor.
aedificium  edificium : 
 building, structure.
aeger eger : 
 sick, ill.
aegre  egre : 
 (adv.) hardly, scarcely, with difficulty, laboriously.
aegresco egresco : 
 to fall ill, become troubled, grow worse.
aegresco : 
 to become ill, grow worse, be ill.
aegretudo egretudo : 
 sickness, mental illness.
aegrotatio egrotatio : 
 sickness, illness.
aegrus : 
 ill, diseased, unwell.
aeneus  eneus : 
 made of copper or bronze, brazen.
aequitas equitas : 
 justice, fairness, equity.
aequus, equus : 
 level, even, calm, equal, favorable, just.
aer, aeris : 
 air, atmosphere, ether, weather.
aestas  estas : 
 summer.
aestivus  estivus : 
 pertaining to summer. 
aestus  estus : 
 heat, tide.
aetas : 
 an age, stage, period of life, time, era.
aeternus eternus : 
 eternal, everlasting, without end.
Affligeniensis, Haffligeniensis : 
 Afflighem.
ager (agri) : 
 farm, field, acre.
aggero : 
 to make a mound, heap up, increase.
aggredior : 
 to go to, approach, address, attack.
agnitio : 
 recognition, knowledge.
agnosco : 
 to know again, recognize, report, understand, admit.
agnosco : 
 acknowledge.
agnosco : 
 to recognize, understand, perceive.
ago (egi actum ) : 
 to spend time, live / manage, drive, lead.
ait : 
 he says.
aiunt: 
 they say.
Aldenard : 
 Audenarde.
alienus : 
 somebody else's, foreign, alien, strange, different.
alii ... alii : 
 some ... others.
alioqui : 
 (adv.) otherwise.
alioquin : 
 (adv.) otherwise, in some respects / in general.
aliqua : 
 some.
aliquando : 
 at any time, sometimes, occasionally, at last.
aliquanta : 
 (adj.) moderate, or some size.
aliquanto : 
 somewhat, considerably.
aliquantum : 
 (noun) a good deal.
aliquantus : 
 (adj.) of some size, moderate.
aliqui : 
 some.
aliquid : 
 someone, somebody, something.
aliquis : 
 someone, anyone, anything, (adv.) in any respect.
aliquo : 
 (adv.) in some direction.
aliquot : 
 some, several.
aliquotiens : 
 some times.
alius  alia  aliud : 
 other, another, someone else, something else.
allatus (=adfero) : 
 having been brought.
alo (alui  altum) : 
 nourish, cherish, support, sustain, maintain, keep. 
Alos : 
alquod: some.
alter : 
 (adv.) otherwise.
alter  altera  alterum : 
 the second, the other one.
alter ... alter : 
 the one ... the other.
altus : 
 high, deep.
alveus : 
 hollow, basket, bed (of a river).
amaritudo : 
 bitterness.
Ambianis : 
 Amiens.
ambitus : 
 border, edge, extent / going around, circuit.
ambulo : 
 to walk.
amicitia : 
 friendship
amiculum : 
 cloak, cape.
amicus : 
 friend, comrade.
amissio / amissus : 
 loss.
amita : 
 father's sister, paternal aunt.
amitto : 
 to dismiss, send away, lose, let slip away.
amitto : 
 to send away, let go, let slip, lose.
amo : 
 to love, like, be fond of, cherish.
amor : 
 love, affection, infatuation, passion.
amoveo : 
 to move away, remove, take out, shift.
amplexus : 
 an embracing, surrounding, loving embrace, [euphemism]
amplio : to enlarge, increase, improve.
amplitudo : 
 size, breadth, dignity, grandeur, greatness.
amplus : 
 large, spacious, ample / great important, honorable.
an : 
 (adv.) or  "Are you going OR are you staying?"
ancilla : 
 maidservant, also used by nuns to describe themselves.
Andegavense : 
 Anjou.
angelus : 
 angel.
angulus : 
 corner, niche.
angustus : 
 narrow, limited, strait, tight, constricted.
animadverto : 
 to turn the mind to, take notice of, see, perceive.
animi : 
 at heart.
animus : 
 courage, vivacity, bravery, will, spirit, soul.
animus : 
 character, intellect, memory, consciousness, often mind. 
annus : 
 year.
anser : 
 goose.
ante : 
 (prep. + acc.) before / in front of / (adv.) before, previously.
antea : 
 (adv.) before, previously, formerly.
antepono : 
 (+ dat.) put before, prefer, favor, promote.
antiquus : 
 ancient, old, hoary, 
aperio : 
 to uncover, lay bare, reveal, make clear.
aperte : 
 openly, frankly.
apostolus : 
 (legal) notice sent to a higher tribunal / ecc. Apostle.
apparatus : 
 equipment, gear, machinery / splendor, magnificence.
appareo : 
 to become visible, appear, manifest
appello : 
 to call, name, summon.
appono : 
 to appoint a person, to add something.
appono : 
 to place near, put to, serve, put on the table.
appositus : 
 placed near, approaching, appropriate, appositively.
approbo : 
 to approve.
appropinquo : 
 (+ dat.) to near, drawn near, come close, approach.
apto : 
 to fit, adapt, adjust, make ready, or fit.
aptus : 
 fitted, connected, fastened / prepared, fitted out.
aptus : 
 suitable, appropriate, fitting.
apud : 
 (prep. + acc.) among, in the presence of, at, at the house of.
aqua : 
 water.
ara : 
 altar
aranea : 
 spider's web.
arbitro arbitror : 
 to witness, bear witness / judge, arbitrate.
arbor : 
 tree.
arbustum : 
 a vineyard planted with trees.
arbustus : 
 planted with trees.
arca archa : 
 chest, box, money box, coffin, cell.
arceo : 
 to shut up, enclose.
arcesso, accerso : 
 to bring, fetch, summon, call for.
arcus : 
 bow (BOW and arrows), arch, bend, arc.
argentum : 
 silver, money.
argumentum : 
 proof, evidence.
arguo : 
 to show, make clear, attempt to show.
arma : 
 arms, weapons.
armarium : 
 cupboard, chest, safe (for food, clothing, money).
armo : 
 to provide arms, arm, equip, fit out.
aro : 
 to plow.
ars, artis : 
 skill method, technique, conduct, character.
articulus : 
 (of time) a moment, crisis.
artificiose : 
 skillfully.
artificiosus : 
 skillful, accomplished, skillfuly made.
arto : 
 to press together, reduce, abridged.
arx , arcis : 
 citadel, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon.
ascisco : 
 to receive, admit / adopt / take up, approve.
ascit : 
 
asper : 
 rough, harsh, severe.
asperitas : 
 roughness, severity / harshness, fierceness.
aspicio : 
 to look at, behold, gaze at, see.
asporto : 
 to carry off, take away.
assentator : 
 flatterer, sycophant, yes-man.
astrum : 
 star, constellation.
Asvesniis : 
 of Avesnes.
at : 
 (conj.) but. (more emphatic and emotional than sed). 
atavus : 
 great-great-great grandfather, ancestor.
ater atra atrum : 
 dark.
atqui : 
 (conj.) and yet, still.
Atrebatum : 
 Arras.
atrocitas : 
 hashness, cruelty, frightfulness, barbarity, horror. 
atrox : 
 terrible, cruel, horror.
attero : 
 destroy, waste, weaken, impair.
attero : 
 to weaken, ruin, rub against, rub away, erode.
attollo : 
 to raise, lift up, elevate / excite, exalt.
attonbitus : 
 frantic, inspired, thunder-struck, stunned.
auctor : 
 author, originator.
auctoritas : 
 authority
auctus : 
 growth, enlargement, increase.
audacia : 
 boldness, dash, daring, audacity.
audacter, audaciter : 
 boldly, proudly, fearlessly.
audax : 
 bold
audentia : 
 boldness, courage.
audeo : (part. ausus ) : 
 to dare. 
audio : 
 to hear, hearken, listen to.
auditor : 
 hearer, listener.
aufero : 
 to carry away, remove / steal, carry off, make away with.
aureus : 
 golden.
auris : 
 ear.
Aurissiodorenses : 
 Auxerre, dept. Yonne, between Paris and Dijon.
aurum : 
 gold.
aut ... aut : 
 either ... or.
autem : 
 moreover, however, but, also.
autus : 
 increase, enlargement, growth. 
Auxatia : 
 Alsace.
auxilium : 
 aid, help, assistance, support.
avaritia : 
 avarice, greed.
avarus : 
 greedy, avaricious.
aveho : 
 to carry away, remove  (avexi  avectum )
averto : 
 to turn away, avert, avoid. turn back.
Avesniis : 
 Avesnes.
avoco : 
 to call away, divert.
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