Glossary of Latin Words.
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- accola:—a colonist; a cultivator of land where he was not born.
- accompliamentum:—accomplishment.
- accrescendi jus:—right of increase.
- acedia:—melancholy.
- acega:—a woodcock (scolopax rusticola).
- acellarius:—"a spenser," cellarer.
- acentus:—increase.
- acerrum, acerum:—steel.
- aceta:—a snipe, or woodcock.
- achaptare. See accapitare.
- achatum:—purchase, bargain.
- achersetus:—a measure of corn, conjectured to be a quarter.
- achevare:—to finish.
- acitula:—henbane.
- acolabium:—a farm, a tenement.
- acoluthus:—an acolyte. O. E. a colet.
- acopatus. See acupatus.
- acordum:—accord; assent.
- acquestra:—acquisition.
- acquietantia:—a discharge in writing, of money paid or debt due; quittance.
- acquietare:—to pay; to free or discharge.
- acquirere, adquirere:—to purchase; to acquit.
- acra:—an acre of land; a judicial combat, holm gang.
- acra anglicana:—20 English acres in the reign of Richard I. are said to be equal to 22 acres.
- acroisia:—blindness. For aorisia.
- actachiare. See attachiare.
- actilia:—armour and weapons; gear. See atilium.
- actio:—a legal demand of a right.
- actionare:—to prosecute.
- acto:—a haqueton, a padded or quilted tunic worn under the mail.
- actor:—a proctor or advocate in civil courts.
- actor dominicus:—the bailiff or attorney of a lord.
- actor ecclesiæ:—the advocate or pleading patron of a church.
- actor villæ:—the steward or head bailiff of a town or village.
- actornatus. See attornatus.
- actuarius:—the clerk who registers the acts of convocation.
- acuarium:—a needle case.
- acucio:—sharpening.
- aculus, acula:—an aglet, a metal tag.
- acupatus:—charged with (adculpatus).
- acuperium:—a whetstone.
- acupictor:—an embroiderer.
- acusile:—a trinket.
- acustumabilis, acustumatus:—liable to custom.
- acustumare:—to exact custom; to exempt from custom.
- acuta:—ague.
- acutecula:—a steel; a hone.
- ad. Sometimes used for "at" not "to" a place.
