Core Vocabulary in Nepos’ Life of Hannibal, Chapter 3
ā ab abs: from, by (+abl.)
ad: to, towards, at (+acc.)
alter altera alterum: the other of two
annus –ī m.: year
ante: before, in front of (adv. and prep. +acc.)
appellō –āre: call, address, name
bellum –ī n.: war
cīvitās cīvitātis f.: citizenship, state
comparō –āre: get ready, provide; compare
cōnor cōnārī cōnātus sum: try, undertake, attempt
cōpia –ae f.: abundance; troops (in pl.)
cum: with (prep. +abl.); when, since, although (conj. +subj.)
dēferō –ferre –tulī –lātum: carry away, report
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictum: say; causam dīcere: plead a
case; diem dīcere: appoint a day
dīmittō –mittere –mīsī –missum: send away
dūcō dūcere dūxī ductum: lead; uxōrem dūcere: marry
efficiō –ficere –fēcī –fectum: bring about, complete;
render (+ut +subj.)
eō īre iī/īvī itum: go
et: and
ex ē: out of, from (+abl.)
exercitus exercitūs m.: army
faciō facere fēcī factum: do, make
frāter frātris m.: brother
gēns gentis f.: family, clan
hic haec hoc: this, these
hodiē: today
homō hominis m.: human being
igitur: therefore
imperātor imperātōris m.: commander
imperium –ī n.: command, power
in: to, into (+acc.); at, in, on (+abl.)
interficiō –ficere –fēcī –fectum: kill
is ea id: he, she, it
iter itineris n.: journey, route
locus –ī m.: place; loca n. pl.: region
māximus –a –um: greatest; māximē (adv.): most,
especially, very much
mittō mittere mīsī missum: send, let go
nāscor nāscī nātus sum: be born
nēmō nēminis: no one (gen. nūllīus, dat. nūllī, abl. nūllō or nūllā
→ nūllus -a -um)
nisi: if not, unless
omnis omne: all, every, as a whole
parvus –a –um: small
pater patris m.: father, ancestor
perveniō –venīre –vēnī –ventum: arrive, reach
possum posse potuī: be able
post: after (adv. and prep. +acc.)
praeter: by, along, past; besides, except (+acc.)
proficīscor –ficīscī –fectus sum: set forth, go
prohibeō –hibēre –hibuī –hibitum: restrain, keep away
proximus –a –um: next, nearest
pūblicus –a –um: public, belonging to the state
que: and (enclitic)
quī quae quod (rel. pronoun): who, which, what
quīcumque quaecumque quodcumque: whoever,
whatever
quoque: also, too
relinquō –linquere –līquī –lictum: abandon
sīc: in this manner, thus; sīc... ut: in the same way as
sui sibi sē/sēsē: him-, her-, itself
sum esse fuī futūrus: be, exist, live
summus –a –um: highest, farthest, last
tertius –a –um: third
trānseō –īre –iī –itum: go across
trēs tria: three
umquam: ever
ūnus –a –um: one
ut: as (+indic.); so that, with the result that (+subj.)
veniō venīre vēnī ventum: come
vincō vincere vīcī victum: conquer
vīs, vīs f.: force; vim (acc.), vī (abl.); vīrēs pl.: strength
vix: scarcely