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Gaius

name

Gaius

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.8adeo aberratum est ut G. Caesar pontifex maximus suo III et M. Aemilii …Gaius
  • 22.16… nam Quintilis Iulius cognominatus est C. Caesare V et M. Antonio cons. anno Iuliano …Gaius
  • 22.16… autem Sextilis fuerat, ex SC. Marcio Censorino C. Asinio Gallo cons. in Augusti honorem dictus …Gaius

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 14.2sed postea C. Caesar omnem hanc inconstantiam temporum uagam …Gaius
  • 14.3ergo C. Caesar exordium nouae ordinationis initurus …Gaius

Gallus

name

Gallus

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.16… fuerat, ex SC. Marcio Censorino C. Asinio Gallo cons. in Augusti honorem dictus est Augustus …Gallus

gaudeo

verb

rejoicing; she rejoiced

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 6… meque repetens, repulsam tulit, valdè me gaudente.rejoicing
  • 10… quam scientiam me didicisse vehementissimè gaudebat; comparare quæ ipsa habebat comperta, cum meis …she rejoiced

Gehenna

name

of Gehenna

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.3… timeat, sed qui ex aqua et spiritu non renatus gehennae ignibus mancipatur.of Gehenna

gelu

noun

with frost; cold

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 35… quidem illustratur unquam; itaque omnia rigent gelu et pruinis insuperque et ventis rigidissimis et …with frost
  • 35… est quindecies ferventior Africano nostro, et gelu intolerabilius Quivirano.cold

gemitus

noun

groaning

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.7… mora longiore confertur, ut cruciatus eius et gemitus interim differatur.groaning

genetrix

noun

mother

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.8… cum hodieque in sacris Martem patrem, Venerem genetricem uocemus.mother

genitor

noun

to the father

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.5… fuit Romuli ordinatio, qui primum anni mensem genitori suo Marti dicauit. quem mensem anni primum …to the father

gens

noun

peoples; people; to the pagans; a people; for race; race

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How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.1… est cognoscere, si quis vel in unius Italiae gentibus, ne dicam peregrinis, velit inquirere. nam ut …peoples
  • 20.1… vel Romani habuerunt annum, ita et aliae gentes. omnibus tamen fuit propositum suos civiles …peoples
  • 20.11… nec Romae modo vel per Italiam, sed et aput gentes omnes, quantum poterat, idem fuerunt correcti.peoples
  • 22.3… kalendas. naturales et antiquiores et omnium gentium communes sunt, civiles et posterius instituti …peoples
  • 22.11… credit, non quia Romuli fuerit pater, sed quod gens Latina bellicosa. Aprilem autem non ab …people

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.2mortalitas ista Iudaeis et gentibus et Christi hostibus pestis est, Dei seruis …to the pagans

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.2… apud solos semper Aegyptios fuit. aliarum gentium dispari numero pari errore nutabat, et ut …peoples

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 9… scientiam; emergere ad aliquam in mea gente rudi dignitatem. Salutato igitur patrono, et …people
  • 11… artibus, et quos earum habuisset magistros in gente tantùm à cæteris diremta. Tunc illa quodam die, …a people
  • 14… rarissimè patet: et cùm patet nostræ quidem genti facilè est; hominibus verò transportandis planè …for race
  • 15… præceps occasio efficit, ut paucos ex humana gente, nec alios, nisi nostri observantissimos …race

gentilis

noun

the pagans; pagans; to the pagans

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.1At enim quosdam mouet quod aequaliter cum gentilibus nostros morbi istius ualitudo corripiat: quasi …the pagans
  • 15.9… ignaui, desertores conpelluntur ut redeant, gentiles coguntur ut credant, uetus fidelium populus ad …pagans
  • 20.1… iam sumpserint, occasionem dandam non esse gentilibus, ut nos merito ac iure reprehendant, quod quos …to the pagans

Looks like English gentle

It means something else. Gentīlis meant belonging to a gēns, a people; Christian writers used it for pagans, the nations. Gentle and genteel come from the same word through “of good family”.

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genū

Relatives of English knee

g became k. English once said the k, as German still does.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

genus

noun

kinds; race; of the race; to the race

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.1Mensium genera duo: nam alii sunt naturales, alii civiles.kinds

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 8.4quoadusque istic in mundo sumus, cum genere humano carnis aequalitate coniungimur, spiritu …race
  • 8.5… sunt carnis incommoda sunt nobis cum humano genere communia.race
  • 14.2… est, quanta sublimitas in ruinis humani generis stare rectum nec cum eis quibus spes in Deum …of the race
  • 15.3hoc quod sine ullo discrimine generis humani cum iniustis moriuntur et iusti, non est …of the race
  • 16.1… explorat iustitiam singulorum et mentes humani generis examinat, an infirmis seruiant sani, an …of the race

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 2… legesque figant injuriosas humano generi; quibus sanè legibus non pauci damnati, Heclæ …to the race

Relatives of English kin

g became k. German Kind, "child," comes from the same root.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

geographus

noun

of geographers; geographers

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 19… de ipsius provinciæ forma dicam, exorsus, more Geographorum, ab ijs, quæ cœlitùs illi eveniunt.of geographers
  • 21Quemadmodum igitur Geographi nostri orbem terræ dividunt in quinque Zonas, …geographers

Germania

name

Germany

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The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14… per immania terrarum spacia. Nulli è Germania viri apti sunt: Hispanorum sicca corpora non …Germany

Germanicus

name, adjective

of Germanicus; German

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.36… principalem sui retinet appellationem: quem Germanici appellatione, Octobrem uero suo nomine …of Germanicus

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 14Quinquaginta millibus miliarium Germanicorum in ætheris profundo sita est LEVANIA insula: …German

germen

noun

bud

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.14… cetera, quae continet terra, aperire se in germen incipiant: ab his omnibus mensem Aprilem dici …bud

gero

verb

to commit

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.1… ut placeret Deo nec amittere filium timuit nec gerere parricidium recusauit.to commit

gesto

verb

is carried off

In the library

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 15… ne corpus à podice, caput à corpore gestetur, sed ut violentia in singula membra dividatur. …is carried off

gigno

verb

are born

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • pr.4… et viri fortissimi et milites strenuissimi gignuntur, maximeque pius quaestus stabilissimusque …are born

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.11… sed ab aperiendo, quod tunc ferme cuncta gignantur et nascendi claustra aperiat natura.are born

glandarius

adjective

for acorns

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 1.6… septimo silva caedua, octavo arbustum, nono glandaria silva.for acorns

Glaucippus

name

Glaucippus

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Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 13.14… mensi superfluos interserebant dies, ut refert Glaucippus, qui de sacris Atheniensium scripsit. uerum una …Glaucippus

globus

noun

globi, balls

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 79Globos sic facito. caseum cum alica ad eundem modum …globi, balls

gloria

noun

glory

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 15.6excedunt ecce in pace tutae cum gloria sua uirgines uenientes antichristi minas et …glory
  • 16.3… ista, non funera: dant animo fortitudinis gloriam, contemptu mortis praeparant ad coronam.glory

Gracchanus

name

Gracchanus

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.2… mensum fuisse scripserunt: sed magis Iunio Gracchano et Fulvio et Varroni et Suetonio aliisque …Gracchanus

Graecia

name

Greece

In the library

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 22.7… cursum menses civiles adcommodarunt, ut in Graecia plerique, apud quos alterni menses ad tricenos …Greece

Graecus

name, adjective

the Greeks; Greek; of the Greeks

In the library

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.2… tribus mensibus explicabant, Acarnanes sex, Graeci reliqui trecentis quinquaginta quattuor diebus …the Greeks
  • 12.8… cum adspiratione quasi Aphrilem, a spuma quam Graeci ἀφρὸν uocant, unde orta Venus creditur, et hanc …the Greeks
  • 12.13… regibus quidem apud Romanos uel Latinum uel Graecum fuisse, et ideo non potuisse mensem a Venere …Greek
  • 13.1… magistro comprehendere potuit, uel quia Graecorum obseruatione forsan instructus est, …of the Greeks
  • 13.8… distributione Pompilii ad lunae cursum sicut Graeci annum proprium computarent, necessario et …the Greeks
  • 13.8… et intercalarem mensem instituerunt more Graecorum.of the Greeks
  • 13.14… is ultimus anni erat, quod etiam ipsum de Graecorum imitatione faciebant. nam et illi ultimo anni …of the Greeks
  • 13.14… sacris Atheniensium scripsit. uerum una re a Graecis differebant.the Greeks

grānum

noun

kernels

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.8… foratur, et quando area fruges terit, uentos grana fortia et robusta contemnunt inanes paleae …kernels

Relatives of English corn

g became k. Latin grānum gave English grain, borrowed through French.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

grassor

verb

rages

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.5… infirmitas et inbecillitas et uastitas aliqua grassatur, tunc uirtus nostra perficitur, tunc fides si …rages

grates

noun

thanks

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The Plague in the Bishop of Rochester’s Household William Dene (attributed), History of the Church of Rochester, printed in Henry Wharton’s Anglia Sacra (1691) · soon after the events of 1348–1349

  • 10… solito dedit Archiepiscopatum Cant. malens grates habere ipsemet quàm eligentes. Sed post …thanks

gratia

noun

thanks; favor; the favor; grace

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How to run a farm Cato the Elder, On Farming (mid-second century BCE), in the edition of Georg Goetz after Heinrich Keil (Leipzig, 1922) · mid-second century BCE, late in Cato’s life

  • 5.2… dominus inpune ne sinat esse. pro beneficio gratiam referat, ut aliis recte facere libeat. vilicus …thanks

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 20.7sed horum plerique ob odium vel gratiam, quo quis magistratu citius abiret diutiusve …favor

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.3… discederet a me, et dixit mihi: sufficit tibi gratia mea.grace

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.7… obsequium honore seruos inuitarent, hi, quia gratiam perfecti operis exsoluerent.thanks
  • 14.1… omnis omissa est, non numquam uero per gratiam sacerdotum, qui publicanis proferri uel imminui …the favor

gratulor

verb

to rejoice

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 14.2… spes in Deum nulla est iacere prostratum et gratulari magis et temporis munus amplecti, quod dum …to rejoice

gravis

adjective

heavy; hard

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.1… flagella, post carnis et corporis multa et grauia tormenta non uexari sed ‖305‖ emendari se dicit …heavy

The Dream: a journey to the Moon Johannes Kepler, Somnium, published by his son Ludwig Kepler (Sagan and Frankfurt, 1634) · Written in Prague about 1609; notes added 1620–30; published 1634

  • 9… incessit revisendæ patriæ; rebar enim non grave mihi futurum ob acquisitam scientiam; emergere …hard

graviter

adverb

more heavily

In the library

The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 13.1… sed ‖305‖ emendari se dicit aduersis, ut dum grauius adfligitur uerius probaretur.more heavily

gubernator

noun

pilot

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The Plague as a Test: A Bishop's Sermon at Carthage Cyprian, "On the Mortality" (De mortalitate), sections 8–20 · c. 252–253 (during the epidemic at Carthage)

  • 12.6gubernator in tempestate dinoscitur, in acie miles …pilot

gypso

verb

to be plastered

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Roman recipes Apicius, De re coquinaria, books 1, 4, 5 and 7, in the edition of C. Giarratano and F. Vollmer (Leipzig, 1922) · Compiled about 300–500 from older recipes; the surviving manuscripts were copied in the 800s

  • 1.12.1… in vas, in quo et uvas mittis. vas picari et gypsari facies, et in locum frigidum, ubi sol accessum …to be plastered