Some of the more familiar fables of Phædrus, with a vocabulary, ed. by J.T. White

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Page 57 - Powerful, mighty. 1. pot-Ior, ms, comp. adj. [pSt-is, "powerful"] ("More powerful "; hence) To be preferred ; that may, or can, be preferred; preferable, better [prob. akin to Sans, root PA, " to support,"
Page 20 - Pass. : af-fSror, allatua sum, ; afferri. do" something "to" a person or thing ; hence) 1. To treat or use either well or ill.
Page 21 - Fab. [akin to /сатгр-oc]. ap-peto, pëtlvi or pëtïi, pët¡tum, pëtGre, 3. va [forad-pëto ; fr. ad. "to or towards" ; pëto, " to seek or go to "] (" To seek, or go, to or towards"; hence) To strive after; to endeavour to get or obtain.
Page 54 - ; hence, " to disappear"; hence) 1. To perish, lose one's life, die.— 2. Of things : To perish, be destroyed. — 3. Of a ship : To perish, be lost.— 4. Of sound : To die away.
Page 64 - Simula • ermu, cri, n. [simul(a)-o, " to make like "] (" That which is made like" any object; hence, "an image, effigy,
Page 68 - ; hence) 1. The earth, as opposed to the sea, etc.: mari et terra, by sea and land.— 2.
Page 45 - Л freedman, with respect to the person manumitted. licent-îa, ïœ,f. [licens.licentis, "acting according to one's own will "] ("The condition or state of the licens
Page 58 - To look at attentively, to gaze upon. pro-sum, fui, desse, vn [pro, " for "; sum, " to be "] (" To be for" a person orthing; hence) With Dat. [§ 106, (3)] : To be useful or of use ; to do good, pro/it, benefit. pro-tiiius, adv. [for protenus; fr. pro, "before"; tenus, " as far as "] (" As far as before"; hence, " onwards, before one "; hence) Of time : Forthwith, instantly, immediately, directly.
Page 60 - Dtit., cui), pron. interrog. : 1. What person or thing ? what sort of a person or thing?— 2. [§ 149] Who? which one ? what ? — Adverbial ueut. Ace. : quid, why ? wherefore ?— As Subst. : a. quis, m. What person, who. — b. quid, n. What thing, what [rls, "who? which

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