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Verbs and Related Words: Mental and Sensory Operations

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



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