=Lamponius, ī=, m., a leader of the Marian party in the Civil war between Marius and Sulla. =languor, ōris=, m., _faintness_, _feebleness_, _weariness_. =Larcius, ī=, m., _T. Larcius (Flavus)_, the first dictator, 501 B.C. =largior, īrī, ītus sum=, _to give freely_, _distribute_; _bribe_. =largītiō, ōnis= [=largior=], f., _liberality_, _bribery_. =lascīvia, ae= [=lascīvus=, _sportive_], f., _jollity_. =lātē= [=lātus=, _broad_], adv., _broadly_, _widely_; _on all sides_, _far and wide_. =lateō, ere, uī, --=, _to lie hid_, _escape notice_. =Latīnē=, adv., _in Latin_. =Latīnus, a, um=, adj., _Latin_, _pertainingto Latium_; as subst., =Latīnī, ōrum=, pl. m., _the Latins_. =latrō, ōnis=, m., _a robber_, _brigand_. =latrōcinor, ārī, --= [=latrō=], _to be a robber_, _commit piracy_. =latus, eris=, n., _a side_; _flank_. =laudō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=laus=], _to praise_, _commend_. =laurea, ae=, f., _the laurel tree_. =laus, laudis=, f., _praise_, _fame_, _glory_; _ability_, _merit_. =lavācrum, ī= [=lavō=], n., _bath_. =lavō, āre, lāvī, lautus=, _to wash_, _bathe_. =laxō, āre, āvī, ātus=, _to loose_, _spread out_, _relax_. =lectīcula, ae= [dim. of =lectīca=, _couch_], f., _a litter_; _bier_. =lēctiō, ōnis= [=legō=], f., _a reading_. =lēgātiō, ōnis= [=legō=], f., _an embassy_. =lēgātus, ī= [=legō=], m., _an ambassador_, _legate_; _lieutenant_, _deputy_. =legiō, ōnis= [=legō=], f., _a legion_. =legō, ere, lēgī, lēctus=, _to gather_, _collect_; _select_, _appoint_, _choose_; _read_. =con--conlegō, ere, lēgī, lēctus=, _to collect_, _gather_; _obtain_, _get_, _acquire_. =dis--dīligō, ere, lēxī, lēctus=, _to single out_, _esteem_, _love_, _prize_. =ex--ēligō, ere, lēgī, lēctus=, _to pick out_, _choose_, _select_. =lēnitās, ātis= [=lēnis=, _soft_], f., _softness_, _smoothness_, _gentleness_, _mildness_. =lēniter= [=lēnis=, _soft_], adv., _softly_, _mildly_, _lightly_. =Lentulus, ī=, m., the name of a Roman family. 1. _(L.) Cornēlius Lentulus_, consul 275 B.C. 2. _L. Cornēlius Lentulus_, consul 237 B.C. 3. _P. Cornēlius Lentulus_, consul 71 B.C. =leō, ōnis=, m., =lion=. =Lepidus, ī=, m., _M. Aemilius Lepidus_, a member of the Second Triumvirate, consul 46 B.C. =Leptis, is=, f., a Phoenician colony in the northern part of Africa. =levis, e=, adj., _light_, _trivial_, _easy_. =lēx, lēgis=, f., _a law_, _decree_. =libenter= [=libēns=, _glad_], adv., _gladly_, _cheerfully_. =līber, era, erum=, adj., _free_; as subst., =līberī, ōrum=, pl. m., _children_. =līberālis, e= [=līber=], adj., _freeborn_, _noble_; _liberal_, _generous_. =līberālitās, ātis= [=līberālis=], f., _generosity_, _kindness_; _a gift_. =līberō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=līber=], _to set free_, _release_. =lībertās, ātis= [=līber=], f., _freedom_. =lībertīnus, ī= [=lībertus=], adj. used as subst., m., _a manumitted slave_, _freedman_. =lībertus, ī= [=līber=], m., _a freedman_. =libīdō, inis= [=libet=, _it pleases_], f., _pleasure_; _lust_, _wantonness_, _passion_.