Pompey's Letters Vocab

To Marcellus and Lentulus

exīstimō, -āre: judge, value, consider

dīspergō, -ere, -sī, -sus: scatter, disperse

idcircō: therefore

vereor, -eri, veritus sum: fear, dread

implicō, -āre: involve, entangle, engage

fīrmus, -a, -um: steady, strong, durable

collocō, -āre: arrange, station, put in order

expediō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus: disengage

sollicitūdō, -inis, f.: concern, anxiety

subsidium, -ī, n.: help, relief

committō, -ere, -mīsī, -missus: bring together, entrust

illuc: to that place, thither

contrahō, -ere, -trāxī, -trāctus: assemble, draw together

dīmittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missus: leave, abandon

placeō, -ēre, -cuī, -citus: please

ob: on account of

cēnseō, -ere, cēnsuī, cēnsus: judge, assess

dēportō, -āre: carry off, take away

vehementer: exceedingly, very much

prōsum, prōdesse, prōfuī: be useful, benefit

To Domitius, 11 February

valde: greatly, intensely, very

dīsiciō, -ere, -iēci, -iectus: scatter, divide

cōnstituō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus: set up, prepare, determine

levis, -e: light, trivial, capricious

proptereā: for this reason

magis: more

quantō: by how much, by as much as

appropinquō, -āre: approach, come near to

adversārius, -a, -um: hostile, adverse, inimical

coepiō, -ere, coepī, coeptus: begin

dēsistō, -ere, -stitī, -stitus: cease, stop, give up

distrahō, -ere, -āxī, -actus: separate, divide, tear apart

servō, -āre: preserve

impetrō, -āre: obtain, procure, succeed

To Domitius, 17 February

reddo, -ere, reddidi, redditus: deliver

praemoneo, -ere, -monui, -monitus: forewarn

committo, -ere, -misi, -missus: bring together in a fight

implico, -are: entangle, engage

expeditus, -a, -um: unencumbered, free, open

confido, -ere, -fisus sum: have confidence in

dīmicō, -āre: fight

ratio, -onis, f: method, plan

explico, -are: disentangle

nosco, -ere, novi, notus: learn, become acquainted with

praetereo, -ire, -ivi, -itus: pass by, disregard, excel