The star prefixed to certain verbs, e.g. #flīgō# and #speciō#, indicates that the verb was obsolete, i.e. not in ordinary use. Compound verbs are defined under the simple verbs from which they are derived. To this practice there are, however, two exceptions: (1) When neither the simple verb nor any other compound formed from it occurs in the text, and (2) in the case of certain verbs like #sūmō# and #surgō#, which, though themselves compounds, came to be regarded virtually as simple verbs and served as the base of further compounds.
The student will therefore save time and labor if he accustoms himself when reading to analyze compound verbs before consulting the Vocabulary. This analysis will often make plain the meaning of the compound, and render it unnecessary to seek the aid of the Vocabulary at all.
#A.#, abbreviation of the Roman praenomen _Aulus_.
#ā, ab, abs#, prep. with abl.; (1) of place, _from, away from, out of_; (2) of time, _from, since, after_; (3) of agency, _by_; (4) of separation, source, cause, _from, through, because of_; in composition, _off, away_.
#abaliēnō, āre, āvī, ātus# [#ab# + #aliēnus#], _to remove, alienate, estrange_.
#abditus# [orig. part. of #abdō#], adj., _hidden, concealed_.
#abluō, ere, ī, ūtus# [#ab# + #luō#, _to wash_], _to wash, cleanse, purify_.
#absēns, entis# [orig. part. of #absum#], adj., _absent, away_.
#absorbeō, ēre, uī, absorptus# [#ab# + #sorbeō#, _to swallow_], _to swallow_.
#abstinentia, ae# [#abstineō#], f., _abstinence, self-restraint, integrity_.
#Acca, ae#, f., praenomen of Acca Larentia, foster-mother of Romulus and Remus.
#acciō, īre, īvī, ītus# [#ad# + #cieō#, _to set in motion_], _to summon, invite_.
#accommodō, āre, āvī, ātus# [#ad# + #commodus#], _to fit to, adjust, regulate_.
#accūsātiō, ōnis# [#accūsō#], f., _accusation, prosecution_.
#accūsātor, ōris# [#accūsō#], m., _accuser, prosecutor_.
#accūsō, āre, āvī, ātus# [#ad# + #causa#], _to call to trial, accuse, blame_.
#ācer, ācris, ācre#, comp. #ācrior#, sup. #ācerrimus#, adj., _sharp, bitter, piercing_; _keen, eager, vigorous, fierce_.
#acerbē# [#acerbus#, _bitter_], adv., _bitterly, cruelly, severely_.
#acerbitās, ātis# [#acerbus#, _bitter_], f., _harshness, severity, unkindness_.