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plane, aperte dicereto speak openly, straightforwardly.Rate it:
Platonem legere et cognoscereto study Plato.Rate it:
Platonem legere, lectitareto read Plato.Rate it:
Platonem vertere, convertereto translate Plato.Rate it:
plaudere (not applaudere)to applaud, clap a person.Rate it:
plausum dare (alicui)to applaud, clap a person.Rate it:
plebem concitare, sollicitareto stir up the lower classes.Rate it:
plebem continereto hold the people in one's power, in check.Rate it:
plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidusa demagogue, agitator.Rate it:
plura in eam sententiam disputareto discuss a subject more fully on the same lines.Rate it:
pluribus verbis, copiosius explicare, persequi aliquidto give a full, detailed account of a thing.Rate it:
plus in re publica videreto possess great political insight.Rate it:
poculum mortis (mortiferum) exhaurire (Cluent. 11. 31)to drain the cup of poison.Rate it:
poema condere, facere, componereto write poetry.Rate it:
poena afficere aliquem (Off. 2. 5. 18)to punish some one.Rate it:
poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferreto suffer punishment.Rate it:
poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)to be punished for a thing, expiate it.Rate it:
poenam petere, repetere ab aliquoto exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:
poenam subireto submit to a punishment.Rate it:
poenas (graves) dare alicuito be (heavily) punished by some one.Rate it:
poenas alicui pendere (alicuius rei)to be punished by some one (on account of a thing).Rate it:
poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquoto revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf.Rate it:
poenas alicuius persequito exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:
poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvereto suffer punishment.Rate it:
poenas expetere ab aliquoto exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:
poesis genus ad Romanos transferreto transplant to Rome one of the branches of poesy.Rate it:
poesis scaenicadramatic poetry.Rate it:
poeta epicusan epic, heroic poet.Rate it:
poeta scaenicusa dramatic poet.Rate it:
poetica laude florereto be distinguished as a poet.Rate it:
pompa funebrisa funeral procession.Rate it:
ponereto propose, set a theme.Rate it:
ponere alicui, de quo disputetto set some one a theme for discussion.Rate it:
ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion.Rate it:
pons est in fluminethere is a bridge over the river.Rate it:
pontem dissolvere, rescindere, interscindere (B. G. 2. 9. 4)to break down a bridge.Rate it:
pontem facere in flumineto build a bridge over a river.Rate it:
populariter agereto play the demagogue.Rate it:
populi causam agereto be a leading spirit of the popular cause.Rate it:
populi favor, gratia popularispopular favour; popularity.Rate it:
populum facilem, aequum habereto have an appreciative audience.Rate it:
populum in deditionem accipereto accept the submission of a people.Rate it:
populum in deditionem venire cogereto reduce a country to subjection to oneself.Rate it:
populum in potestatem suam redigere (B. G. 2. 34)to reduce a country to subjection to oneself.Rate it:
populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse patito grant a people its independence.Rate it:
populum perdomare, subigereto subjugate a nation.Rate it:
populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)to make oneself master of a people, country.Rate it:
porrigi ad septentrionesto stretch northwards.Rate it:
portā ingredi, exireto go in at, go out of a gate.Rate it:
portas obstruere (B. G. 5. 50)to barricade the gates.Rate it:

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