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castellum, -ī, n. [dim. of castrum, fort], redoubt, fort

castrum, -ī, n. fort. Usually in the plural, castra, -ōrum, a military camp. castra pōnere, to pitch camp

cāsus, -ūs, m. [cadō, fall], chance; misfortune, loss

catapulta, -ae, f. catapult, an engine for hurling stones

catēna, -ae, f. chain

caupōna, -ae, f. inn

causa, -ae, f. cause, reason, quā dē causā, for this reason

cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessūrus, give way, retire

celer, -eris, -ere, adj. swift, fleet

celeritās, -ātis, f. [celer, swift], swiftness, speed

celeriter, adv. [celer, swift], compared celerius, celerrimē, swiftly

cēna, -ae, f. dinner

centum, indecl. numeral adj. hundred

centuriō, -ōnis, m. centurion, captain

Cēpheus (dissyl.), -eī (acc. Cēphea), m. Cepheus, a king of Ethiopia and father of Andromeda

Cerberus, -ī, m. Cerberus, the fabled three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades

certāmen, -inis, n. [certō, struggle], struggle, contest, rivalry

certē, adv. [certus, sure], compared certius, certissimē, surely, certainly

certus, -a, -um, adj. fixed, certain, sure. aliquem certiōrem facere (to make some one more certain), to inform some one

cervus, -ī, m. stag, deer

cessō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, delay, cease

cibāria, -ōrum, n. plur. food, provisions

cibus, -ī, m. food, victuals

Cimbrī, -ōrum, m. plur. the Cimbri

Cimbricus, -a, -um, adj. Cimbrian

cīnctus, -a, -um, adj. [part. of cingō, surround], girt, surrounded

cingō, -ere, cīnxī, cīnctus, gird, surround

circiter, adv. about

circum, prep. with acc. around

circum'-dō, -dare, -dedī, -datus, place around, surround, inclose

circum'-eō, -īre, -iī, -itus, go around

circum-sistō, -ere, circum'stetī, ——, stand around, surround

circum-veniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventus (come around), surround

citerior, -ius, adj. in comp., superl. citimus, hither, nearer (§475)

cīvīlis, -e, adj. [cīvis], civil

cīvis, -is, m. and f. citizen (§243.1)

cīvitās, -ātis, f. [cīvis, citizen], (body of citizens), state; citizenship

clāmor, -ōris, m. shout, cry

clārus, -a, -um, adj. clear; famous, renowned; bright, shining

classis, -is, f. fleet

claudō, -ere, -sī, -sus, shut, close

clāvus, -ī, m. stripe

cliēns, -entis, m. dependent, retainer, client (§465.a)

Cocles, -itis, m. (blind in one eye), Cocles, the surname of Horatius

co-gnōscō, -ere, -gnōvī, -gnitus, learn, know, understand. Cf. sciō (§420.b)

cōgō, -ere, coēgī, coāctus [co(m)-, together, + agō, drive], (drive together), collect; compel, drive

cohors, cohortis, f. cohort, the tenth part of a legion, about 360 men

collis, -is, m. hill, in summō colle, on top of the hill (§247.2.a)

collum, -ī, n. neck