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loci (τόποι) argumentorum (De Or. 2. 162)the points on which proofs are based; the grounds of proof.Rate it:
loci melicithe lyric portions of a tragedy.Rate it:
loco excedereto abandon one's position.Rate it:
loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)to drive the enemy from his position.Rate it:
loco or vestigio se non moverenot to stir from one's place.Rate it:
locum ad pugnam idoneum deligereto choose suitable ground for an engagement.Rate it:
locum dare suspicionito give ground for suspicion.Rate it:
locum Platonis afferre, proferre (not citare)to quote a passage of Plato.Rate it:
locutio (Brut. 74. 258)a phrase.Rate it:
longam viam conficereto accomplish a long journey.Rate it:
longe lateque, passim (e.g. fluere)far and wide; on all sides; everywhere.Rate it:
longe prospicere futuros casus rei publicae (De Amic. 12. 40)to foresee political events long before.Rate it:
longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)to go a long way back (in narrative).Rate it:
longe, procul abesse ab urbeto be far from town.Rate it:
longinquae nationesdistant nations.Rate it:
longius aetate provectum esseto be more advanced in years.Rate it:
longius progredi, procedereto march further forward.Rate it:
longo spatio, intervallo interiectoat a great distance.Rate it:
longum itineris spatium emetirito finish a very long journey.Rate it:
luce (luci)in full daylight.Rate it:
lucetit is daylight.Rate it:
lucrum facere (opp. damnum facere) ex aliqua reto make profit out of a thing.Rate it:
luctum deponere (Phil. 14. 13. 34)to lay aside one's grief.Rate it:
luctum percipere ex aliqua reto feel sorrow about a thing.Rate it:
lucubrare (Liv. 1. 57)to work by night, burn the midnight oil.Rate it:
ludere, irridere, deridere aliquemto make sport of, rally a person.Rate it:
ludi apparatissimisumptuous public games.Rate it:
ludi circenses, scaeniciperformances in the circus; theatrical perfomances.Rate it:
ludi gymnicigymnastic contests.Rate it:
ludi Olympia (not ludi Olympici), Pythiathe Olympian, Pythian games.Rate it:
ludibrio esse alicuito serve as some one's butt.Rate it:
ludibrium fortunaethe plaything of Fortune.Rate it:
ludos apparareto institute games.Rate it:
ludos facere, edere (Iovi)to give public games in honour of Jupiter.Rate it:
ludos funebres alicui dareto give funeral games in honour of a person.Rate it:
ludos instaurareto revive public games.Rate it:
ludus (discendi or litterarum)an elementary school.Rate it:
ludus gladiatoriusa school for gladiators.Rate it:
luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)to atone for something by...Rate it:
lumina, flores dicendi (De Or. 3. 25. 96)flowers of rhetoric; embellishments of style.Rate it:
luminibus alicuius obstruere, officereto obstruct a person's view, shut out his light by building.Rate it:
luminibus orbare aliquemto deprive a person of his eyes.Rate it:
luna crescit; decrescit, senescitthe moon waxes, wanes.Rate it:
lustrum condere (Liv. 1. 44. 2)to complete the censorship (by certain formal purificatory ceremonies = lustro faciendo).Rate it:
luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)to be abandoned to a life of excess.Rate it:

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