ipsa scientia potestas est
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Latin
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Roots
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English
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audeō, audēre
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no known root words
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dare
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caput, capitis
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"cabotage," "cad," "caddie," "cadet," "cape," "cap," "capital," "capitular," "capitulary," "capitulate," "capitulation," "capitule," "capitulum," "capo," "capodecina," "caporegime," "captain," "captaincy," "cattle," "caudillo," "centicipitous," "chapter," "chaptrel," "chattel," "chef," "chief," "chieftain," "co-captain," "co-captaincy," "decapitate," "decapitation"
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head
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coepī
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no known root words
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I began
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cognoscō, cognoscere, cognovī
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"cognoscente," "cognoscenti," "cognosce," "cogito"
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get to know
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consistō, consistere, constitī
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"consist," "consistent"
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stand firm
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dea, deae
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"deicidal," "deicide," "deific," "deification," "deiform," "deity"
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goddess
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discedō, discedere, discessī
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no known root words
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leave
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fortasse
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no known root words
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perhaps
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frangō, frangere, frēgī
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"fracture," "fragment," "frangible," "infring"
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break
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ibi
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"ibidem," "alibi," "ibex"
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there
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libenter
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no known root words
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gladly
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manus
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"maintain," "manacle," "manage," "manageable," "management," "managerial," "mandamus," "mandate," "maneuver," "manicure," "manifer," "manifest," "manifestation," "manifesto," "maniform," "maniple," "manipulation," "manner," "manual," "manuary," "manufacture," "manumission," "manumit," "manuscript"
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hand
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miles, militis
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"militant," "military," "militate," "militia"
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soldier
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nam
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no known root words
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for
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nemo
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no known root words
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no one
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nox, noctis
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"equinox," "noctambulous," "noctiluca," "noctilucent," "noctule," "nocturn," "nocturnal," "nocturnality," "nocturne," "notturno"
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night
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pars, partis
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direct derivation
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part
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posteā
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direct derivation
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afterwards
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postremō
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"posthumus"
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finally
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petō, petere, petīvī
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"petulant"
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seek, beg for
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prō
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"proximal," "proximate," "proximity"
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in front of
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ā, ab
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"abnormal," "abrasion," "absent," "abstain," "abstract," "aversion"
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from
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agmen, agminis
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no known root words
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column of people
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animus, animi
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"animosity"
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spirit
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appropinquō, appropinquāre, appropinquavī
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direct derivation
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approach
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bene
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"benediction," "benefactor," "benefit," "benevolent," and "benign"
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good
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benignus, benigna, benignum
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"benign"
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kind
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diū
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no known root words
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for a long time
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facilis
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"facile," "facilitate"
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easy
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graviter
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"gravitas," "gravitate," "gravitation," "gravitational," "gravity," "grief," "grieve," "grievance," "grievant," "grievous"
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seriously
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hūc
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no known root words
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to this place
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impetus, impetūs
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direct derivation
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attack
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insula, insulae
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"insular," "insulate," "insulation," "peninsula," "peninsular," "isolate," "isolation"
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island
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itaque
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no known root words
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and so
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maximus, maxima, maximum
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direct derivation
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very big
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multitudō, multitudinus
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"multiple," "multitude"
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crowd
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numquam
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no known root words
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never
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paucī, paucae, pauca
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"paucal," "pauciloquent," "paucity," "poco"
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few
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quondam
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direct derivation
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one day
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sine
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no known root words
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without
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soleō, solēre
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no known root words
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usually
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aedificō, aedificāre, aedificavī
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"aedicule," "aedile"
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to build
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auxilium
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"auxiliary"
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help
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consilium
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"counsel," "consigliere"
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plan
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deinde
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no known root words
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then
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flos, florem
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"flora," "floral," "florescence," "florescent," "floret," "floriculture," "florid," "floridean," "floridity," "floriferous," "floriform," "florilege," "florilegium," "florin," "floruit," "florulent," "flory," "flour," "flourish," "flower"
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flower
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imperator, imperatorem
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"imperial"
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emperor
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inter (+ACC)
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direct derivation
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among
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ita
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no known root words
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in this way
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melior, melior, melius
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"ameliorate," "amelioration," "meliority"
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better
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paratus, parata, paratum
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no known root words
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ready
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pereō, perīre, periī
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"perish"
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to die
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ponō, ponere, posuī
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no known root words
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to place
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postridie
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no known root words
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on the next day
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puniō, punīre, punīvī
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direct derivation
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to punish
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simulac, simulatque
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"simultanous"
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as soon as
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tollō, tollere, sustulī
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no known root words
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to raise
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