BEC 
BEE 
BEF 
•merit &c.) ; the beauties of an oration, 
.irationis virtutes. — Beauties of style, 
Jicendi veneres. — Artificial, painted 
beauty of speech, fucatus candor. — She 
is a perfect beauty, mulier est omnibus 
simulacris emendatior. — She is one of 
the first beauties, pulohritudine or forma. 
or venustate insignis est. 
Beautiful, pulcher (opp. to turpis, and 
used of persons and things, as of a boy, a 
city, bread, dress, the countenance,, an 
ointment, an action); formosus (opp. to 
deformis, and used mostly of things) ; 
speciosus (opp. to turpis, and denoting a 
higher degree of beauty than formosus); 
venustus (lovely, charming, of persons 
and things, as of a maiden, a form , a coun¬ 
tenance, a garden, a thought ; especially 
of womanly beauty); bellus (handsome, 
pleasing ; approaching the pulchrum or 
beautiful, of persons and things, as of a 
maiden, a narrative, a place, wine, &c.) ; 
amoenus (pleasant, smiling, delightful, 
esp. of places, tracts, country-seats, riv¬ 
ers, &c-); elegans ( tasteful, elegant, as 
of a writer, orator, poet; a poem, oration, 
letter, sound). — Very beautiful; by the 
superlative of these adjectives, or by per- 
pulcher, perelegans. — Having a beauti¬ 
ful face, facie pulchri, formosa, egre- 
gii.— Of a beautiful form, specie venus- 
tSt; form! pulchra, eximia; formosus; 
eyes, oculis venustis. — That beautiful 
saying of Plato, elegans or praclarum 
illud Platonis. 
Beautifully, pulchre, venuste, belle, 
eleganter, suaviter, eximie. — To be 
b. painted, pulchre pictum esse. — To 
write beautifully, lepida manu literas 
facere (of the hand-writing) ; eleganter, 
venuste, belle, praclare, ornate scribe- 
re (of the style ).— To speak b., elegan- 
ter, venuste, belle, bene, ornate dice- 
re. 
Beautify, ornare, exornare, decorare, 
excolere; verbis adornare, oratione ex¬ 
ornare. 
BEAVER, castor, fiber. — Of a beaver, 
castoreus, fibrinus. 
BECALM (quiet), tranquillare, pacare, se- 
dare. -IT Becalmed at sea, a ventis 
destitutus. 
BECAUSE, quod, quia, quoniam, quum, 
propterea quod, eo quod, ideo quod ; — 
also by qui and quippe qui with the subj., 
or by a participial construction (as, Dio¬ 
nysius had his hair singed off with live 
coals, because he was afraid of the razor, 
Dionysius, cultros tonsorios metuens, 
candenti carbone sibi adurebat capil- 
lum ; the old Romans desired a monarchy, 
because they had not yet known the de¬ 
lightfulness of freedom, Romani veteres 
regnari volebant, libertatis dulcedine 
nondum expert!). - IT Because of, 
propter with the acmes. ; ergo with the 
genit. ; — (to express a hinderance), pra 
with the ablat. 
BECKON, signa dare or significare nutu, 
oculis, manibus, etc ; capite nutare, nutu 
capitis aliquid significaie ; nictare (with 
the eyes). — To beckon to any one, in- 
nuere alicui ; (with the finger), digito. 
—■ To beckon a man to one’s self, nutu 
aliquem ad se vocare. 
Beck, nutus. — To be ready at one’s beck, 
ad nuturn alicujus paratum or prasto 
esse. — To do a thing at one’s b., ad nu- 
tum alicujus aliquid facere. 
BECOME (take form, state, &c.), fieri, 
evadere,exoriri, exsistere ; creari, legi, 
eligi, (to be chosen). — Cicero became 
consul, Cicero consul factus est (was 
chosen) ; corisulatum iniit (entered on 
the office). — To become a perfect ora¬ 
tor, perfectum oratorem evadere. — 
To become surety for one, sponsorein fie¬ 
ri pro aliquo. — To become a beggar, ad 
mendicantem redigi. — From a beggar 
to become a rich man, ex mendico fieri di- 
vitem. — To become a proverb, in pro- 
verbium venire or cedere. — Become is 
often expressed by the inceptive form in 
scere : as, to become warm, calescere ; 
to b. rich, ditescere ; old, senescere. — 
Or the form of the expression may be 
changed; thus, it becomes summer, i.e. 
summer draws nigh, appetit lestas.- 
IT To become of. —- What will become of 
me? quid de me fiet ? — What do you 
think will become of you.? quid te futu- 
rum censes ? — What will become of lum ? 
quid illo fiet? 
B EC OME (Aeseem), aptum, accommodation 
esse alicui; decere aliquem; honestare 
aliquem (of outward ornament); conveni- 
re alicui, dignumesse aliquo, (of inward); 
decori, ornamento esse; decus afferre 
alicui or alicui rei. — JYot to become one, 
dedecere or indecere aliquem ; indeco¬ 
rum, dedecori, turpe esse alicui; in- 
dignum esse aliquo. — It is becoming, 
lequum est, par est, ( followed by infin.); 
convenit (by acc. and infin.). — It does 
not at all become an orator to be angry, 
oratorem irasci minime decet_ While 
you do what becomes you, dum, quod te 
dignuin est, facis. — You do as it be¬ 
comes you, facis quod par est facere. — 
This becomes not a wise man, hoc a sapi- 
ente alienum est- It becomes not your 
dignity, majesty, est prater dignitatem 
tuam, inferius majestate tu! est. It be¬ 
comes a young man, est juvenis (genii.; it 
is the part of a young man); it becomes me, 
you, &c., meum est, tuum est, etc. — This 
garment becomes me, decet me Irac ves- 
tis. 
Becoming, decens ; decorus, honestus, 
ingenuus; aptus, accommodatus, con¬ 
veniens, consentaneus; dignus, de- 
bitus, Justus. — In a becoming manner, 
decenter, venuste, decore, lioneste, ut 
decet, ut convenit, ut par est, ut jus- 
turn est, rite. 
BED (place of rest), lectus, lectulus; lectus 
cubieularis, cubile, (to sleep on); torus 
(more poet.) ; grabatus (a low couch- 
bed, fur the sick and for students); lectus 
genialis (the marriage-bed ):— (bed, not 
bedstead), culcita (e.g. plumea, stramen- 
ticia).- i little bed, lectulus. — A bed¬ 
stead, sponda. — Bed-chamber, dormito- 
rium (with or without cubiculum). — A 
bed-fellow, in eodem lecto Cubans ; tori 
or thalami consors ; conjux. — Straw- 
bed, lectus stramenticius ; culcita stra- 
rnenticia(onh/ the bed).—Bed and bedding, 
strata, stragula; also with cubicularia.— 
Spread a bed, lectum sternere. — Bed¬ 
clothes, vestimenta stragula. — To go to 
bed, ad lectum transgredi, cubitum ire 
or discedere, dormitum se conferre.— 
Put one to bed, collocare aliquem in cu- 
Dili. — To keep one’s bed, in lecto esse 
(to lie in bed) ; lecto teneri; lecto affix- 
uill esse. — To confine one to his bed (of 
old age, disease, &c.), aliquem lecto affi- 
gere. — To be brought to bed, parturn 
edere ; parere : of a child, parere infan- 
tern, partu edere in-fantem. — Bed-rid, 
clinicus, lecto affixes.-ir (in a gar¬ 
den), area, pulvinus ; little b., areola, 
pulvinulus; the pulvinus was terrace¬ 
like. — To divide into beds, areis distin- 
guere, in areas dividere. — A violet- 
bed, violarium.- 11 (of a river), al¬ 
veus. -11 An oyster-bed, ostrearium ; 
ostrearum vivarium (artificial). — Beds 
of sulphur, sulphurata (sc. loca). - 
11 (a layer), stratura, corium ; tabulatuin. 
BEDAUB, linere, oblinere; perlinere ; 
perungere. 
BEDEVV, irrorare. — Bedewed, roratus, 
roscidiis. 
BEDIZEN, exornare. 
BEDLAM, domus qua continentur ho¬ 
mines insani or mente capti.- 11 (a 
bedlamite), homo insanus, furiosus. 
BEDRAGGLE the clothes, vestem per lu- 
luin or rorem trahere. 
BEE, apis.— d little onq, apicula. — A bee- 
garden,npiurium. -A bee-house, apiarium, 
alvearium. — Bee-hive, alvus or alveus, 
vasculuin, domicilium, tectum (apitim). 
— A swarm of b., examen (apium). — 
The care of bees, apium cura or cultus, 
alveorum cura. — The raising of bees, 
res apiaria; apium cultus. — A bee- 
master, apiarius, apium custos, etc., mel- 
larius, melitturgus. — Sting of a bee, 
ictus apis ; the instrument itself, aculeus 
(apis). — A drone-bee, fucus. — Bees 
that bring in the honey, (apes) gerulte. 
BEECH, fagus (fagus silvatica, L.). — 
Beech-mast, glans fagea. 
Beeches, fageus, faginus, fagineus. 
BEEF, (caro) bubula. — Roast 6 ., assuin 
bubulum. — Beeves, pecus bubulum, 
pecus (-oris), boves. 
BEER, cerevisia. — Hew b., mustum ce- 
levisiic. — Fresh, cerevisia recens; 
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strong, valida; small, dilutior ; hard , 
acrior or acri sapore. — A beer-cask, do 
burn cerevisi*. 
BEET, beta. 
BEETLE (an insect), scarabsus. -. 
IF (heavy mallet), fistuca (rammer to dries 
in stakes, &c.) ; pavicula ( a pavier’sbee¬ 
tle); tildes, tudicula, (for bruising, olives 
for instance) ; malleus gravis or major. 
BEFALL (happen to), alicui cadere, acci- 
dere, (for the most part of misfortune) ; 
alicui contingere (usually of fortunate 
conjunctures) ; alicui usu venire, eveni- 
Te.-H (to happen), cadere, incidere, 
accider e,(mostly in an unfavorable sense; 
also with casu); contingere (usually of 
good things) ; evenire, usu venire. — 
To abide whatever may befall, quemeum- 
que sors tulerit casum subire. 
BEFIT, aptum, accoinmodatum esse aii- 
cui, alicui rei or ad aliquid, idorieum 
esse ad aliquid, convenire ad aliquid, 
decere aliquem. 
BEFORE, prep, (in space or lime), ante (of 
space or time) ; ob (of the surface of a 
tiling, of course only in space), pro (de¬ 
notes direction from something behind). — 
Before the city, ante urbem. — the camp, 
ante castra, pro oastris. —the door, ante 
januam. — the feet, ante pedes. — the 
eyes, ante oculos (e. g. positum esse); ob 
oculos (e. g. versari). — the time, ante 
tempus, ante diem. — To drive a herd 
before him, pra se armentum agere. — 
To praise a man before his face, in os ali¬ 
quem laudare. — To have the river before 
him, flu men pra se habere. — The day 
before the marriage, pridie nuptiarum. — 
The day before that, pridie ejus diei. — 
All philosophers before him, omnes ante 
eum philosophi. — Before the time of Ju¬ 
piter, ante Jovem. — Before my censor¬ 
ship (before I was censor), ante me censo- 
rem. —- Before death (while living), ante 
obitum, vivus. — This before is also ex¬ 
pressed by compound verbs : thus, to 
stretch a thing before a thing, aliquid pra- 
tendere alicui rei; to ride before one, ali¬ 
quem equo antei're ; to go before one, 
aliquem antei're, antegredi, antecedere. 
— A little before(of time) maybe expressed 
sometimes by sub with accus. — He died 
before his father, prior quam pater morie- 
batur.-11 (in the presence or sight of), 
coram. —Before one, coram aliquo, pr.e- 
sente aliquo; inspectante aliquo (while 
one is looking on ).— To speak before the 
people, coram populo dicere (when they 
are accidentally present); apud populum 
dicere (when they are present in their po¬ 
litical capacity, and have the right of decis¬ 
ion). — This before is also expressed by a 
verb with its case; as, to rise before one, 
alicui assurgere ; to humble himself before 
one, alicui se submittere. — Before all, 
palam; coram omnibus.-11 (denot¬ 
ing motion or direction forwards, into the 
presence of), ad (to), in (with accus., in¬ 
to). — To come before one’s eyes, in ali¬ 
cujus conspectum venire. — To bring 
one before a judge, aliquem ad judicem 
adducere ; something, aliquid ad judi¬ 
cem deferre. — Call one before the court, 
aliquem in jus vocare.-11 (denoting 
superiority), ante (of preference or superi¬ 
ority), prater (more than). — To be before 
Alexander, ante Alexandrum esse. — To 
love one before the rest, aliquem prater 
ceteros amare. — To be before one, ante- 
eellere alicui. — To prefer a thing before 
a thing, jTraponere, anteponere, prafer- 
re, anteferre aliquid alicui rei. - 
1i The thing now before us, h;ec res. 
Before, without case, is often rendered by 
ante or pra in composition: — ante, an- 
tea ; antehac (before this, hitherto): — 
prius, citius : — in fronte ; ante pectus, in 
pectore : — supra (above). — Go you 
before, I will follow, I pra, sequar. — 1 
ought to have declared the matter before, 
oportuit rem pranarrasse me. — You 
must speak before , we afterward, vos prio- 
res esse oportet, nos posterius dicere. 
— To go before, praire, priorem ire. — 
The enemy pressing on them before, quum 
h*sy s instareta fronte. — Shortly before, 
paulo ante. — Long before, nnilto ante, 
ante multo, longe ante. —A few days 
before, paucis ante diehus, paucisdiebus 
ante. — He who was consul the year be¬ 
fore, superioris anni consul. — As I have 
