Chapter I

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All (24)Familia Romana

Cap. I · Familia Romana

10 min

dīcere

verb, third conjugation · /ˈdiː.ke.re/

to say, to speak, to tell; to call, to name.

Pater filium dicit esse bonum.The father says that his son is good.

dīcō, dīcis, dīxī, dictum · Derivatives: dictate, diction, verdict

Plutarch's Lives

Mastered

ambuscade

noun · /ˈæm.bəˌskeɪd/

ambush; a hidden attack from concealment.

The soldiers were caught in an ambuscade.The soldiers were caught in an ambush.

Derivatives: ambuscader, ambuscado

Localism in the Mass Age

2 hr

anomie

noun · /ˈæn.ə.mi/

social instability; breakdown of shared values.

The village slid into anomie after the mills closed.

Derivatives: anomic

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