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dead

adfor -ari dep. [to accost , address]; esp. [to say farewell] to the dead, and [to pray] to the gods.

adimo -imere -emi -emptum [to take away]. Hence partic. ademptus -a -um , poet., [dead].

albus -a -um [white , dead white]; hence [pale or bright]; sometimes [making bright]; fig., [fortunate]. N. as subst. album -i, [white color; a white writing-tablet, a list].

ater atra atrum [dead black , dark]; poet. [clothed in black]. Transf., [dark, gloomy, sad; malicious, poisonous].

cadaver -eris n. [dead body , carcass].

capitalis -e [relating to the head , or to life]. Transf., [deadly, mortal; first, chief, distinguished]. N. as subst. capital and capitale, [a capital crime].

conclamo -are (1) [to shout together or loudly]; with ut , [to demand loudly that]; with acc. of a dead person, [to bewail]. (2) [to call together].

concubius -a -um in the phrase 'concubia nocte' , [at the time of first sleep, at dead of night].

consecratio -onis f. [dedication , consecration]; of dead emperors, [apotheosis].

decido (1) -cidere -cidi [to fall down , to fall dead, die]; in gen., [to sink, fall].

depono -ponere -posui -positum (1) [to lay down , put down]; esp. [to lay as wager or prize]. (2) for safekeeping, [to put down, deposit; to commit, entrust]. (3) [to lay aside, have done with]. Hence partic. depositus -a -um.(1)[laid out; dying, despaired of, dead]. (2) [entrusted]; n. as subst. [a deposit].

divus -a -um as adj. , [divine or deified]; as subst., m. [a god] and f. [a goddess] (often as epithet of dead and deified emperors); 'sub divo'(neuter), [in the open air].

evoco -are [to call out]; esp. [to summon the spirits of the dead , or a deity]; milit. and polit. [to call out, call up, summon]. Transf., [to draw out, draw on; to call forth, produce]. M. pl. of partic. as subst., evocati -orum, [veteran soldiers recalled to the colors].

exanimalis -e [dead; deadly].

exanimis -e [lifeless , dead]; also [breathless], esp. from fright.

exanimus -a -um [lifeless , dead].

exitiabilis -e [deadly , destructive].

exitialis -e [destructive , fatal, deadly].

exitiosus -a -um [destructive , fatal, deadly].

familia -ae f. [a household (of slaves) , establishment]; 'pater familias or paterfamilias', [the head of a household]; 'materfamilias', [a married woman or an unmarried woman whose father was dead]; 'filiusfamilias'[a son still under his father's power]. Transf., [a family estate; a family], as a subdivision of a gens; any [fraternity, group, sect].

fatalis -e [relating to destiny or fate; fated , destined by fate]; in bad sense, [deadly, fatal]. Adv. fataliter, [according to fate].

fatifer -fera -ferum [deadly , fatal].

favilla -ae f. [glowing ashes , esp. of the dead; a spark].

feralis -e [relating to the dead , funereal; deadly, fatal; mournful]; n. pl. as subst. [the festival of the dead, in February].

ferio -ire [to strike , knock, smite, hit]; esp. [to strike dead, slay, kill]; colloq., [to cheat].

figura -ae f. [form , shape, figure, size; an atom; shade of a dead person]; in the abstr., [kind, nature, species]; rhet., [a figure of speech].

funebris -e [of a funeral , funereal; deadly, destructive].

funestus -a -um pass. , [filled with mourning, defiled by death]; act., [fatal, disastrous, deadly].

hebeto -are [to make blunt or dull , to deaden, dim].

imago -inis f. [an image , copy, likeness; any representation, portrait, statue]; in plur. [waxen figures, portraits of ancestors; the shade or ghost of the dead; an echo; a mental picture, idea, conception]; rhet., [metaphor, simile, image]; abstr. [mere form, appearance, pretence].

inferiae -arum f. [offerings in honor of the dead].

inferus -a -um [below , lower, southern; of the lower world].M. pl. as subst. inferi -orum, [the dead, the lower world]. Compar. inferior -ius, [lower] 'ex inferiore loco dicere', [to speak from the body of the court]; of time, [later, junior]; of number, rank, etc. [lower, inferior]. Superl. (1) infimus (infumus) -a -um, [lowest]; 'ab infima ara', [from the bottom of the altar]; of rank, etc. [lowest, meanest].Superl.(2) imus -a -um, [lowest] n. as subst. [the bottom]; of tone, [deepest, lowest]; of time, [last]; n. as subst., [the end].

intempestus -a -um [unwholesome , unhealthy]; 'intempesta nox', [the dead of night].

internecivus (-necinus) [murderous , deadly].

letalis -e [deadly , mortal].

letifer -fera -ferum [deadly].

Libitina -ae f. [goddess of the dead].

mactabilis -e [deadly].

manes -ium m. pl. [the shades of the departed , spirits of the dead]; poet., [the lower world, infernal regions; corpse, ashes, remains].

moribundus -a -um [dying , expiring; subject to death, mortal; causing death, deadly].

morior mori mortuus moriturus dep. [to die; to die away , wither away, decay]. Hence partic. mortuus -a -um, [dead; decayed, extinct; half-dead]; m. as subst. [a corpse].

mortifer or mortiferus -fera -ferum [causing death , fatal, deadly]; adv. mortifere.

occumbo -cumbere -cubui -cubitum [to fall down , sink down; esp. to fall down dead].

parentalis -e [parental , of parents (or ancestors)]; n. pl. as subst., parentalia -ium, [a festival in honer of the dead].

parento -are [to celebrate the parentalia]. Transf. [to avenge the dead].

perniciabilis -e [deadly , destructive].

perstringo -stringere -strinxi -strictum (1) [to press tight , bind tight; to deaden, dull the senses]. (2) [to graze, scratch; to touch upon a subject; to scold, blame, reproach a person].

sepultura -ae f. [burial , internment; also the burning of a dead body].

sileo -ere -ui [to be still , silent]; with acc. [to be silent about; to be still, rest, be inactive]; partic. silens -entis, [silent, still]; pl. as subst. [the dead].

somnifer -fera -ferum [sleep-bringing; narcotic , deadly].

unctura -ae f. [anointing of the dead].

wood

abiegnus -a -um [of fir wood].

acer (1) -eris n. [the maple tree or maple wood].

acernus -a -um [made of maple wood].

alnus -i f. [the alder]; meton. , [a ship of alder wood].

arbor (arbos) -oris f. [a tree]; also any wooden object , such as an [oar, mast, ship]; 'arbor infelix', [the gallows].

buxus -i f. and buxum -i , n. [the evergreen box tree; box wood; an article made of box wood].

carbo -onis m. [burning or burnt wood].

codex (caudex) -dicis m. [the trunk of a tree]; as a term of abuse , [dolt, blockhead]. Transf., [a book (made up of wooden tablets, covered with wax)]; esp. [an account-book, ledger].

congeries -ei f. [a heap , mass, esp. of wood]; rhet., [accumulation].

corneus (2) -a -um [of cornel tree; of cornel wood].

cornum -i n. [the cornel-cherry]; meton. , [a spear of cornel wood].

cornus -i (and -us) f. [the cornel tree]; hence [the wood of the cornel tree , a spear of cornel wood].

cupressetum -i n. [a cypress wood].

cupresseus -a -um [made of cypress wood].

cupressus -i (-us) f. [the cypress; a casket of cypress wood].

Dryas -adis f. [a wood nymph , Dryad].

durateus -a -um [wooden].

echo -us f. [an echo]; personif. , [Echo, a wood-nymph].

fala (phala) -ae f. [a wooden tower or pillar].

filum -i n. [a thread]; 'pendere filo (tenui)' , [to hang by a thread]; [a wooden fillet]. Transf. [form, shape]; of speech or writing, [texture, thread].

fraxineus -a -um [of ash wood , ashen].

fraxinus (1) -i f. [an ash tree]; meton. , [a spear or javelin, with a shaft of ash wood].

fraxinus (2) -a -um [of ash wood , ashen].

Hamadryas -adis f. [a wood-nymph , hamadryad].

interamenta -orum n. pl. [woodwork of a ship].

intonsus -a -um [unshorn , with long hair or beard]; hence of persons, [rude, rough]; of country, [wooded, not cleared].

lignatio -onis f. [wood-cutting].

lignator -oris m. [wood-cutter].

ligneolus -a -um [wooden].

ligneus -a -um [made of wood , wooden].

lignor -ari dep. [to cut or get wood].

lignum -i n. [wood , timber]; esp. [firewood].

lucus -i m. [a (sacred) grove or wood].

lustrum (1) -i n. , usually pl., [the den of a wild beast, woodlands; brothels, debauchery].

materio -are [to construct of wood].

nemoralis -e [of woods or groves; sylvan].

nemorensis -e [of woods or groves; sylvan].

nemus -oris n. [a wood , grove].

oliva -ae f. [olive; olive tree; olive wreath; staff of olive wood].

oppidum -i n. [a town]; in Britain , [a fortified wood].

palumbes -is m. and f. [a wood pigeon , ring dove].

Pan Panos m. [the god of flocks , woods, and shepherds].

picus -i m. [a woodpecker].

pineus -a -um [made of pine wood or deal].

pinus -i and -us f. [a fir or pine; anything made of pine wood , e.g. a torch, oar, ship].

prunitius -a -um [of plum tree wood].

robur -oris n. [hard wood]; esp. [oak , oak wood]; [a dungeon in Rome, also called the Tullianum]; as a quality, [hardness, strength]; in gen. [the pick, flower] of anything.

robustus -a -um [of hard wood]; esp. [of oak , oaken]; [strong, powerful, firm].

salignus -a -um [of willow wood].

saltuosus -a -um [wooded].

silva -ae f. [a wood , forest; bush; a plantation, grove; a mass, plenty, abundance].

Silvanus -i m. [god of woods and forests].

silvesco -ere of a vine , [to run wild, run to wood].

silvestris -e [of woods; wooded; wild , rural].

silvicola -ae m. and f. [inhabiting woods].

silvicultrix -tricis f. [inhabiting woods].

silvifragus -a -um [shattering the woods].

silvosus -a -um [well wooded].

taeda -ae f. [pine wood; a board , a torch, esp. as used at weddings].

teredo -inis f. [a worm that gnaws wood].

trabalis -e [of beams of wood; like a beam].

trabs trabis f. [a beam of wood; a tree-trunk; a ship; a roof; a table].

ulmeus -a -um [of elm wood].