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Verbs and Related Words: Mental and Sensory Operations

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



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