=Attalus, ī=, m., kings of Pergamus. 1. _Attalus I._, 241-197 B.C. 2. _Attalus Philadelphus_, 159-138 B.C. 3. _Attalus Philometor_, 138-133 B.C. =Attalus, ī=, m., king of Paphlagonia. =atterō, ere, trīvī, trītus= [=ad= + =terō=, _to rub_], _to rub against_, _rub away_, _wear_; _destroy_, _waste_. =attingō=, see =*tangō=. =attrītus=, see =atterō=. =attulī=, see =adferō=. =auctor, ōris= [=augeō=], m., _producer_, _originator_, _cause_. =auctōritās, ātis= [=auctor=], f., _authority_, _power_; _influence_, _weight_, _dignity_. =auctus, a=, um, see =augeō=. =audāx, ācis= [=audeō=], adj., _bold_, _daring_, _audacious_. =audeō, ēre, ausus sum=, _to dare_, _attempt_. =audiō, īre, īvī, ītus=, _to hear_, _hear of_, _listen to_. =ob--oboediō, īre, īvī, ītus=, _to give ear to_, _hearken_, _listen_; _yield_. =audītōrium, ī= [=audiō=], n., _a lecture hall_. =auferō=, see =ferō=. =Aufidius, ī=, m., the name of a Roman gens. See =Orestēs=. =augeō, ēre, auxī, auctus=, _to increase_, _spread_; _praise_, _honor_; _enrich_. =Augustus, ī=, m., a title of honor given to Octavianus in 27 B.C., and after him to all the Roman emperors. =Aureliānus, ī=, m., _Lucius Domitius Aureliānus_, Roman emperor, 270-275 A.D. =Aurēlius, a, um=, adj., _Aurelian_; esp. _via Aurēlia_, the Aurelian road. =Aurēlius, ī=, m., the name of a Roman gens. _Aurēlius Alexander_, Roman emperor, 222-235 A.D. See =Antōnīnus, Cotta=. =aureus, a, um= [=aurum=], adj., _golden_, _of gold_; _embroidered with gold_. =Aureus mōns=, m., a mountain in Upper Moesia. =aurum, ī=, n., _gold_. =Aurunculēius, ī=, m., the name of a Roman gens. See =Cotta=. =auspicium=, ī [=avis= + =*speciō=], n., _divination by watching the flight, or noting the cries, of birds_; _an omen_; _auspices_. =ausus=, see =audeō=. =aut=, conj., _or_; =aut … aut=, _either … or_. =autem=, conj., always postpositive, _but_, _however_, _moreover_. =auxilium, ī= [=augeō=], n., _help_, _aid_; pl., _auxiliary troops_ (usually foreign and light armed). =avārē= [=avārus=, _greedy_], adv., _greedily_. =avāritia, ae= [=avārus=, _greedy_], f., _greed_, _avarice_. =Aventīnus, ī=, m. (sc. =mōns=), _the Aventine_, one of the seven hills of Rome. =āvertō=, see =*vertō=. =avidus, a, um=, adj., comp. =avidior=, _desirous_, _eager,_ _greedy_. =avis, is=, f., _bird_. =avunculus, ī= [dim. of =avus=], m., _mother’s brother_, _uncle_. =avus, ī=, m., _grandfather_, _ancestor_. B. =Babylōn, ōnis=, f., capital city of the Babylonian-Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia, on the Euphrates. =Bacaudae, ārum=, pl. m., the name of the revolting peasants in Gaul in the reign of Diocletian. =Balbīnus, ī=, m., _(D. Caelius) Balbīnus_ was elected emperor by the Senate, but was slain by the soldiers at Rome, 238 A.D. =barbaria, ae= [=barbarus=], f., a strange land, a foreign country (opposed to Greece and Italy). =barbaricus, a, um= [=barbarus=], adj., _foreign_, _strange_; as subst., =Barbaricum, ī=, n., _strange land_.