words

• senesco, senescere, senui


  I grow old
• caelebs, caelibis


  unmarried
• orbus, orba, orbum


  childless
• nuptiae, nuptiarum, f pl


  wedding, marriage
• adopto, adoptare, adoptavi, adoptatus


  I adopt
• Britannicus, Britannici, m


  Britannicus (son of Claudius and Messalina)
• potentia, potentiae, f


  power
• securitas, securitatis, f


  security, safety
• praevenio, praevenire, praeveni, praeventus


  forestall
• incautus, incauta, incautum


  unsuspicious, unsuspecting
• insidiae, insidiarum, f pl


  ambush, plot, treachery
• celer, celera, celerum


  quick, fast
• vereor, vereri, veritus sum


  I fear, am afraid
• summa, summorum n pl


  highest honours, supreme power, the throne
• concupisco, concupiscere, concupivi, concupitus


  I covet, long for
• ob + acc


  because of, on account of
• magnitudo, magnitudinis, f


  magnitude
• infamia, infamiae f


  disgrace, outrageousness
• ultra


  more, further, longer, beyond
• moror, morari, moratus sum


  I delay, wait, linger
• sacrificium, sacrificii, n


  sacrifice
• gratia + gen


  for the purpose of
• Ostia, Ostiae, f


  Ostia (Rome's port)
• cunctus, cuncta, cunctum


  all
• sollemne, sollemnis, n


  ceremony
• quasi


  as it were, as if
• iuventus, iuventutis, f


  youth
• exardesco, exardescere, exarsi


  I am inflamed (with love)
• matrimonium, matrimonii, n


  marriage
• exturbo, exturbare, exturbavi, exturbatus


  I drive out
• liber, libera, liberum


  free, unencumbered
• adulter, adulteri, m


  adulterer, lover
• potior, potiri, potitus sum (+ abl)


  I obtain, take possession of, have
• flagitium, flagitii, n


  scandal
• nescius, nescia, nescium


  unaware
• abnuo, abnuere, abnui


  I refuse
• certus, certa, certum


  certain
• futura, futurorum, n pl


  the future
• praesentia, praesentium, n pl


  the present
• fruor, frui, fructus sum (+ abl)


  I enjoy