Dialogi Dedicatio

colloquium -ī n.: conversation

aulicus -a -um: relating to a royal court, courtly

Luisa -ae f. : Luisa 

Sigēa or Sigaea -ae f. : surname of Luisa Sigea de Velasco

Tolētānus -a -um : from Toletum, a town in Spain, now Toledo

ēdo ēdere ēdidī ēditum: to issue, publish

Ulyssīpō  -ōnis, m.: Lisbon, Portugal 

dēdicātiō –ōnis f.: consecration, dedication

serēnus –a –um: serene, calm

Marīa –ae f.:  Maria of Portugal, the Duchess of Viseu, the patron and employer of the author. 

Īnfāns –antis: Infanta, title given to the daughter of a king not in the line of succession

Emmanuēl Emmanuēlis m. : Emmanuel, a man's name

Portugallia –ae f. : the Kingdom of Portugal

Luisa -ae f. : Luisa (name)

Sigēa or Sigaea -ae f. : Sigēa or Sigaea, surname of Luisa Sigea de Velasco

Tolētānus -a -um : from Toletum, a town in Spain, now Toledo

polyglōssus -a -um : speaking many languages (πολύγλωσσος)

nuncupātiō –ōnis f. : declaration, nomination

ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus : to equip; dress; decorate, honor; furnish, adorn, garnish, trim

serēnus –a –um : serene, calm

dīvīnus –a –um : divine, of a deity/god, godlike; sacred; divinely inspired; supernatural; prophetic

līberālitās līberālitātis f. : generosity, noble character

quoad : as long as, until

īnsitus –a –um : implanted, fixed

quod : because, the fact that

iūcundus –a –um : pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing

āvocō –āre : to call off, call away

dēstinō dēstināre dēstināvī dēstinātus : to determine, intend

ultrō : furthermore, beyond, besides; far away; gratuitously, wantonly; voluntarily

sūdor sūdōris m. : sweat

indēfessus –a –um : unwearied

vigilia vigiliae f. : night watch, vigilance

conquīrō conquīrere conquīsīvī conquīsītus : to seek out; hunt/rake up; investigate; collect; search out/down/for diligently

ēruditiō –ōnis f. : instruction; learning, culture

recolō –ere –coluī –cultus : to till again; (fig.), think over, reflect, consider

faenus (fēnus) –ōris n. : the profit of capital, interest, usury

locuplētō –āre : to make rich, enrich

symbolus –ī m. : a token, symbol

colloquium colloquiī n. : talk, conversation; discussion; interview; meeting, conference

nūper : recently, not long ago; in recent years/our own time; (superlative) latest in series

recognōscō recognōscere recognōvī recognitus : to examine, review, inspect

celsitūdō –inis f. : height; exalted rank or status

argūmentum –ī n. : proof, evidence, argument

uter utra utrum : either, which (of two)

aulicus –a –um : of or pertaining to the court, princely

prīvō prīvāre prīvāvī prīvātus : to deprive of

extrā : outside / outside of, beyond, without, beside; except

urbānus –a –um : urban, urbane, suave, witty

tumultus tumultūs m. : commotion, confusion, uproar; rebellion, uprising, disturbance

sōlitārius –a –um : alone, isolated, separate, lonely, solitary

ūter ūtris m. : a bag of hide, leathern bottle, vessel of skin, skin

sapiō sapere sapivī : to discern; taste of; be intelligent; perceive

comprobō comprobāre comprobāvī comprobātus : to approve, confirm

impugnō –āre : to fight against, attack, assail

nītor nītī nīxus sum : to press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor

admodum : very, exceedingly, greatly, quite; excessively; just so; certainly, completely

Minerva –ae f. : Minerva

interpōnō interpōnere interposuī interposītus : to place between, interpose; insert into a group, include

quod : because, the fact that

imbēcillis –e or imbēcillus –a –um : weak, feeble

plānē : clearly, distinctly

īgnōrō īgnōrāre īgnōrāvī īgnōrātus : to not know; be unfamiliar with; disregard; ignore; be ignorant of

doctrīna –ae f. : teaching, doctrine, learning

incūnābula –ōrum n. : a cradle; swaddling clothes, swathing-bands

prōferō prōferre prōtulī prōlātus : to bring forward; advance; defer; discover; mention

ēruditiō –ōnis f. : instruction; learning, culture

ingenuus –a –um : indigenous; born of a free father, free-born; honorable, frank

ingenuus –a –um : indigenous; born of a free father, free-born; honorable, frank

prōficiō prōficere prōfēcī prōfectum : to advance, be of use

ūber ūberis : rich, fruitful, fertile

dēcerpō –ere –sī –tus : to pluck off; crop, pluck (> de and carpo)

ingenuus –a –um : indigenous; born of a free father, free-born; honorable, frank

minimus –a –um : least, smallest, very small, minute, trifling, insignificant

exūberō exūberāre exūberāvī exūberātus : to abound, overflow

gutta guttae f. : drop

adbibō –ere –bibī — : to drink in eagerly, to listen to attentively, absorb

nēdum : by no means, much less, still less, not to speak of

imitor imitārī imitātus sum : to imitate

praesūmō –ere –sūmpsī –sūmptus : to take beforehand; anticipate

dīvus (dīus) –a –um : divine; godlike; subst., divus, i, m., a god, freq.; the image of a god; diva, ae, f., a goddess

ōrnāmentum –ī n. : equipment; decoration; jewel; ornament, trappings

faveō favēre fāvī fautus : to favor, be devoted to; show partiality, support someone enthusiastically

pedisequa –ae f. : a female attendant, handmaid

ēditiō –ōnis f. : a statement, account; a bringing forth, a birth

mūsaeus –a –um : of or inspired by the Muses

opus n. (indeclinable) : need, necessity, w. abl. of the thing needed

edō ēsse ēdī ēsus : to eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food

adiūtor –ōris m. : a helper, assistant, confederate

auspicium auspicī(ī) n. : divination (by the flight of birds); the legal authority of a general, (pl.) the auspices

intrepidus –a –um : undaunted, intrepid, unshaken, without trembling

oblātrō –āre –āvī –ātus : to bark at; to rail or carp at

obtūrō obtūrāre : to stuff, stop up, close; refuse to listen

celsitūdō –inis f. : height; exalted rank or status

amplitūdō –inis f. : wide extent, width, amplitude, breadth, size, bulk

summus –a –um : highest; top (of); last, final

fastīgium fastīgi(ī) n. : summit

dīvus (dīus) –a –um : divine; godlike; subst., divus, i, m., a god, freq.; the image of a god; diva, ae, f., a goddess

dōs dōtis f. : gift, endowment; dowry

ūniversus –a –um : entire, all

mīrābilis –e : wonderful, extraordinary

obnūbilō –āre : to cover with clouds or fog; to overcloud, darken, obscure; to stupefy, render senseless

aliquantīsper : for a moderate amount of time, for a while, for some time

latitō –āre : to be hid, be concealed, lie hid, hide, lurk

diffundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus : to pour round about, pour out; diffuse; spread, multiply; to put in disorder, dishevel; spread abroad

inexstinguibilis –e : that cannot be extringuished, inextinguishable

splendor splendōris m. : brightness, splendor