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Verbs and Related Words: Mental and Sensory Operations

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Mental and Sensory Operations
English Latin
establish, arrange, decide, introduce instituo
pleasure voluptas, voluptat-
look at specto, -avi -atus
gold aurum
opinion, thought, sentence sententia
doubtful, dubious, hesitant dubius
perceive, recognize, acknowledge agnosco
write scribo, scripsi, scriptus
know scio, scivi (or scii), scitus
look down on, despise despicio
feel, perceive, think sentio, sensi, sensus
give an opinion, think, vote censeo, censui, census
decide, decree, resolve decerno
be used to, accustomed to consuesco, -suevi, -suetus
accused person, defendant in a trial reus
not know, be ignorant of nescio
look back, reflect respicio
elect, select eligo
look up to, look upwards, suspect suspicio
be accustomed to soleo, solitus
air, breeze aura
believe, think credo, credidi, creditus
custom consuetudo, consuetudin-
flying, a bird volucer, volucr-
hear audio, audivi, auditus
look at, look after, guard tueor, tutus
wish, be willing volo, velle, volui
sense, feeling sensus
think, suppose, judge reor, ratus (dep)
doubt, hesitate dubito, -avi, -atus
watch, be awake vigilo, -avi, -atus
gaze at intueor, intuitus
establish, determine appoint constituo, -ui, -utus
wish, consent voluntas voluntat-
envy (noun) invidia
ear auris
catch sight of perceive conspicio
see video, vidi, visus
teach doceo, docui, doctus
safe tutus
think, judge arbitror, arbitratus (dep)
become acuainted with, recognize, know nosco, novi, notus
think, judge, decide existimo, -avi, -atus
decide, think, stand, set up statuo, statui statutus
wait for, expect exspecto
accustomed to assuetus
deceitful, false fallax fallac-
prefer malo, malle, malui
cogitation, reflection cogitatio, cogitation-
consider, reflect, think cogito, -avi, -atus
learn disco, didici
training, discipline disciplina
distinguish, decide cerno, crevi, cretus
think, suppose, reckon puto, -avi, -atus
fly volo, -avi, -atus
collect colligo
permit, allow, situate sino, sivi, situs
look at, come to see, call upon viso, visi, visus
fool, deceive, escape notice, be mistaken fallo, fefelli, falsus
envy (verb) invideo
become acquainted with, know cognosco
settle, resolve, aim, make fast destino, -avi, -atus
read, select lego, legil lectus
look at aspicio, aspexi, aspectum
be unwilling, not wish nolo, nolle, nolui
not know, be ignorant of ignoro, -avi, -atus
false falsus
understand, know intelligo (or intellego), -lexi, -lectus
stop, cease desino



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