VocabularyBG1.7

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contendo, -ĕre, -tendi, tentum: stretch, strain; strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to

ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n.: a going to a distant place, a journey, a march; a journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance; iter unius diei, a day's journey; quam maximis itineribus potest, 'by making each day's journey as long as possible', i. e. forced marches

mātūro, -āre: to make haste or hasten to do a thing (+ infinitive)

ultĕrĭor, ĭus: farther, on the farther side, that is beyond

lĕgĭo, ōnis, f.: a legion, the largest unit of the Roman army. It consisted in Caesar's day of about 4,800 heavily armed men.

rēscindo, -ĕre, -scĭdi, -scissum: tear back, tear away again, cut away

adventus, -ūs, m.: arrival

certus, -a, -um: certain, sure; certiorem facere aliquem (de aliquā re, alicuius rei, with acc. and inf., with a relative clause or absol.), to inform, apprise one of a thing

'princeps, -ipis: adj., taking the first place; chief, most prominent, first; as a noun, chief or principal person, leader, chief.

lēgātĭo, -ōnis f.: delegated authority; office of an ambassador, commander, commander-in-chief; an embassy, legation

mălĕfĭcĭum, -ĭi n.: wrongdoing

voluntas, -tatis f. will; ad voluntatem, de, ex voluntate or just voluntate, according to the will, with the consent, at the desire of any one

occīdo, -ĕre, -cīdi, -cīsum: to strike down, beat to the ground, kill

pello, -ĕre, pĕpŭli, pulsum: strike; as a military term, to drive back, discomfit, rout (the enemy)

iugum, -ī n.: yoke or collar; cross-bar (Roman ‘yoke’)

conccēdo, -ĕre, -cessi, -cessum: yield, grant a thing

făcultas , ātis: f.: feasibility, possibility, opportunity, power, means

tempĕro, -āre: to moderate or restrain one's self; to forbear, abstain

existimo, -are: to judge, consider, suppose, think

spătĭum, ii, n.: a space of time, interval, period

inter-cēdo, -ere, -cessi, -cessum: intervene, pass (of time)

dēlībĕro, -āre: weigh carefully, consult, consider

sūmo, -ĕre, sumpsi, sumptum: take