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Verbs and Related Words: Verbs Which Affect the Location of the Object

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Verbs Which Affect the Location of the Object
English Latin
hold teneo, tenui, tentus
send to, let go, admit admitto
blow, stroke, accent (of verse) ictus
drink bibo, bibi, bibitus
throw iacio, ieci, iactus
roll, revolve, ponder volvo, volvi, volutus
hang, depend on pendeo, pependi
throw forward proicio
give out, publish edo, edidi editus
turned apart, different, diverse diversus
undertake suscipio
offer, place before offero, obtuli
snatch away, rescue eripio
retain retineo
carry, carry on gero, gessi, gestus
carry porto, -avi -atus
close claudo, clausi, clausus
pour out effundo
strike, beat, knock pulso, -avi, -atus
tie, fasten, connect necto, nexui, nexus
force cogo, coegi, coactus
sell vendo, vendidi, venditus
give as a share, attribute tribuo, -bui, -butus
take, select, assume sumo, sumpso, sumptus
lead down, accompany deduco
lead out, raise up educo
surround, put around circumdo, -dedi, -datus
entrust to, command mando, -avi, -atus
lead towards adduco
possess possideo, -sedi, -sessus
take back, recover, receive recipio
carry down, report defero
put down, put aside depono
have, hold habeo, habui, habitus
conceive, catch, receive concipio
drag, handle, manage tracto, -avi, -atus
bring, carry fero, tuli, latus
open aperio, aperui, apertus
scatter differo distuli
find out comperio, comperi, compertus
try experior, expertus
fix, fasten, attach, transfix figo, fixi, fixus
column of soldiers, band agmen, agmin-
yoke iugum
throw under, place under, subdue subicio
carry, bear veho, vexi, vectus
apply adhibeo, adhibui, adhibitus
put under, subdue, substitute subdo, -didi, -ditus
drive about, vex, consider, observe agito, -avi, -atus
join together coniungo
carry through perfero
offer, furnish, give praebeo, -bui, -bitus
move moveo, movi, motus
send, send forth or away, throw mitto, misi, missus
demand, require, exact exigo, exegi, exactus
eat edo, edi, esus
begin, entrust to committo
empty, draw out haurio, hausi, haustus
throw across, bring across traicio
remove removeo
promise, send forward promitto
desert, forsake desero. -serui, -sertus
port portus
entrust to, recommend commendo
send back, concede, grant remitto
add, give to, place addo, -didi, -ditus
bring back, report, it matters refero
seize, snatch, grab rapio, rapui, raptus
except, take out, take up excipio
send away, stop dimitto
bring together confero, collatus
catch, perceive deprehendo, -prehendi, -prehensus
throw about, boast, discuss iacto, -avi, -atus
lead back, reduce reduco
do, drive, act ago, egi actus
consume, spend consumo
drag, draw , take traho, traxi, tractus
sustain sustineo
hold together, contain contineo
permit, give up, throw permitto
give up, hand over, communicate trado, -didi, -ditus
top vertex, vertic-
carry before, show, prefer praefero
shake quatio, quassi, quassus
present dono, -avi, -atus
leader dux, duc-
bring on, attack infero
drive upon, push forward impello
mix, mingle misceo, miscui, mixtus
put forward, propose propono
put on, assume induo, indui, indutus
leave, depart linquo
pour a libation, sacrifice, touch, take from libo, -avi, -atus
mate, wife, husband coniunx, coniug-
place, put pono, posui, positus
begin incipio
overhang impendeo
lift, remove tollo, sustuli, sublatus
wife uxor
throw at adicio
urge, drive on, press urgeo, ursi
drive, strike pello, pepuli, pulsus
throw down deicio
turned away, adverse, hostile adversus
perceive percipio
deceive decipio
join, unite, connect iungo, iunxi, iunctus
suspend, hang up suspendo
gate porta
captive captivus
remaining reliquus
dip, immerse, sink mergo, mersi, mersus
buy emo, emi, emptus
turn away, avert averto
cover operio, operui, opertus
put upon or in impono
lead, raw duco, duxi, ductus
finish, relate, go through perago
spread out, expand, explain pando, pandi, passus
give back, return reddo, -didi, -ditus
obtain obtineo
scatter spargo, sparsi, sparsus
turn, change, overthrow verto, verti, versus
bring forth, advance profero
drive out, expel expello, expuli, expulsus
bring forth, betray prodo, -didi, -ditus
find reperio, repperi, repertus
turn back, return reverto
prohibit prohibeo
throw against, oppose, expose obicio
gift donum
put together, compose, arrange compono
pertain pertineo
arrange, furnish, instruct instruo, instruxi, instructus
husband maritus
transfer, convey, change translate transfero
give, offer, put do, da-, dedi, datus
send away, lose amitto
throw into or on inicio
lie, recline iaceo, iacui, iaciturus
take down or away, lover, humiliate detraho
carry away aufero, abstuli, ablatus
bring to affero, attuli, allatus
get, take capio cepi, captus
bring out, utter effero, extuli
hang, weigh, consider, pay pendo, pependi, pensus
leave, abandon relinquo, reliqui, relictus
seize, lay hold of corripio, -ripui, -reptus
place near, put to appono
accept accipio, -cepi, -ceptus
pour, scatter fundo, fudi, fusus
pluck carpo, carpsi, carptus
turn around, be engaged in verso, -avi, -atiis
strew, lay low, cover sterno, stravi, stratus
convert, turn towards converto



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