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antīsăgōgē a figure of speech by which one thing adduced; is opposed to another; a counter… antiscĭi people on the other side of the equator; whose shadows are cast in the opposite… antĭsigmă A character; which the emperor Claudius wished to introduce into Latin for; A c… antĭsŏphista a counter-sophist; a grammarian who takes the opposite side of a question antispastus an antispast; a foot in verse antispŏdos ashes used instead of spodium Antissa a town in the southern part of the island of Lesbos; Kalas Limneonas; inhabitan… antistātus superiority in rank antistĕs an overseer; president; a female overseer; an overseer of a temple; a high-prie… Antisthĕnes a pupil of Socrates; teacher of Diogenes; and founder of the Cynic philosophy antistĭta antistĭtĭum the office of an; the chief-priest's office antisto antistrŏphē the antistrophe answering to the strophe; A rhetorical figure; when several par… antĭthĕsis the putting of one letter for another antĭthĕton opposition; antithesis antĭthĕus one who pretends to be God; the devil Antĭum An ancient town in Latium distinguished for the temple of Fortune; not far from… Antĭus adj. name of a Roman antizeugmĕnon a grammatical figure; by which several clauses are referred to one verb antlĭa a machine for drawing water; worked with the foot; a pump antlo Antŏdĭcē one of the Danaids Antōnĭa Antōnĭānus Antōnĭaster a servile imitator of the orator Antonius; a petty Antony Antōnīnus Antonine; the name of several Roman emperors;; belonging to Antonine Antōnĭŏpŏlītae the inhabitants of Antoniopolis in Lydia Antōnĭus name of a Roman; Marc Antony; a distinguished triumvir; conquered by Octavianus… antŏnŏmăsĭa a rhetorical figure; by which; instead of the name; an epithet of a person is e… antŏnŏmăsīvus adj. pertaining to; forming an antonomasia antroare to requite Antrōn a town in Thessaly; Fano antrum a cave; cavern; grotto; the hollow of a tree; a sedan Ănūbis an Egyptian deity which was represented with the head of a dog; tutelary deity … ānŭlāris adj. relating to a signet-ring;; a white color prepared from chalk; mixed with glass… ānŭlārĭus adj. pertaining to a signet-ring; a place in Rome; in the eighth district; subst; a … ānŭlātus P. a. furnished; ornamented with a ring ānŭlus a ring; for the finger; a finger-ring;; a seal-ring; signet-ring ānŭlus the posteriors; fundament ānus the posteriors; fundament; piles; hemorrhoids; bis; ănus an old woman; married; unmarried; a matron; old wife ānus an iron ring for the feet anxĭē adv. anxĭĕtas The quality; state of; anxiety; temporary anguish; fear anxĭĕtūdo anxĭfer adj. causing; bringing anxiety anxĭo v. a. to make uneasy anxĭōsus adj. full of anxiety; act; causing anxiety; pain; uneasiness anxĭtūdo anxiety; trouble; anguish anxĭus adj. distressed; uneasy; troubled; to bring one into trouble; to make anxious Anxur An ancient town in Latium; situated not far from the sea-shore; Terracina; belo… ănydros Ănўtus one of the accusers of Socrates Ăoedē one of the first four Muses Āŏnes adj. Bœotian; subst; the inhabitants of Bœotia Āŏnĭa A part of Bœotia; in which are the Aonian mountains; Mount Helicon; and the fou… Ăornos the Lake of Avernus in Campania; Averno; A very high; steep rock in India; A pl… Ăōus a river of Illyria which falls into the Ionian Sea; Vovussa; Lao ăpăgĕ interj. away with thee! away! begone! avaunt!; away with it! away! not surely!; sis ăpălă soft; tender Ăpămēa One of the most distinguished towns in Cœle-Syria; on the Orontes; Afamiah; Fam… ăparctĭas the north wind ăpărīnē a plant; cleavers ăpăthīa freedom from passion; feeling; insensibility; the Stoic principle of morals; St… ăpătōr adj. without father Ăpătūrĭus a scene-painter of Allabanda Ăpătūrŏs a place on the Cimmerian Bosporus; with a temple of Venus Apaturia; a festival … ape ăpēlĭōtes the east wind Ăpella The name of a Roman freedman; The name of a credulous Jew who lived in the time… Ăpelles a distinguished Greek painter in the time of Alexander the Great; belonging to … Ăpello Āpennīnĭcŏla a dweller among the Apennines Āpennīnĭgĕna born upon the Apennines; originating there Āpennīnus the mountainchain that passes through the length of Italy; the Apennines; consp… ăper a wild boar; apra; to kill two birds with one stone; A standard of the Roman le… Ăper a Roman cognomen Ăpĕrantĭa a small province in Thessaly; south of the Dolopians; its inhabitants ăpĕrĭbĭlis ăpĕrĭo v. a. to uncover; make; lay bare; to make visible; to show Ăperta a surname of Apollo ăpertĭbĭlis adj. opening; aperient; aperibilis ăpertĭo an opening; unfolding ăperto v. freq. to lay bare ăpertor he that opens; begins ăpertum ăpertūra An opening; aperture; a hole ăpertus P. a. ăpex the extreme end of a thing; the point; summit; top; the small rod at the top of… ăpexăbo a kind of sausage ăphăca A kind of pulse; field; chick-pea; A wild plant; the common dandelion Ăphaea an epithet of Britomartis ăphaerĕma a coarse kind of grits ăphaerĕsis the dropping of a letter; syllable at the beginning of a word Ăphăreus A king of the Messenians;; A centaur ăphē Ăphĕsās a mountain in Peloponnesus; near Nemea; Fouka Ăphidnae a small place in Attica ā^phractus a long vessel without a deck