ANTE = before (of place and time).

antecedere = _come before_.

anteferre = _prefer_.

CIRc.u.m = around.

circ.u.mdare = _surround_.

circ.u.mducere } circ.u.mscribere } literally, and with secondary meaning, = _cheat_.

circ.u.mvenire }

COM-, CON- (c.u.m), CO-, COL-, COR-, = together.

(i) = _collectively._

conclamare = _shout together_.

commiscere = _mix together_.

(ii) = _completely_ (often apparently only pleonastic).

consectari = _follow persistently_.

confirmare = _strengthen_.

DE-, = down, from.

(i) = _down_, _down off_, _down to._

decidere = _fall down_, or _off_.

devenire = _come to_.

(ii) = _off_, _away_, _aside._

decedere = _depart_.

deflectere = _turn aside_.

deterrere = _frighten_.

(iii) = _completely._

depopulari = _lay waste_.

debellare = _bring a war to an end_.

(iv) = _un-_ (negative).

desperare = _despair_.

deesse = _be wanting_.

E-, EX-, EC-, EF-, = out of.

(i) = _out_, _forth._

excedere = _go out_.

effundere = _pour forth_.

(ii) = _throughout_, _to the end_, _thoroughly._

explere = _fill to the brim_.

exposcere = _earnestly ask_.

IN-, IM-, IR-, I-, = in, on, against.

(i) = _in_, _into_, _on._

includere = _shut in_.

incidere = _fall on_.

invidere = _look at_ (with ill intent),_envy_.

(ii) = _intensive_, almost _pleonastic_.

incipere = _take up_, _begin_.

implere = _fill_.

INTER = between.

(i) = _between_, _among._

intercedere = _come between_.

intellegere = _pick among_, _perceive_.

(ii) = _breaking a continuity._

intercludere = _shut off_, _blockade_.

interficere = _destroy_ (lit. _put between_).

OB-, OBS-, OC-, OF-, OP-, O-, = against, on account of.

(i) = _over against_, _before_ (as an obstruction).

offendere = _strike against_.

obloqui = _speak against_.

(ii) = _towards_, with the idea of _favour_ or _compliance_.

oboedire = _hearken to_.

obsequi = _follow compliantly_.

PER-, = through, along.

(i) = _through_, _all over._

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