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Eminus from a distance is from afar: as "we fight with stones from a distance."
Cominus at close quarters is from nearby: as "we fight with a sword at close quarters."
"I love you eque atque illum equally as [I love] him" is the same as "I love you just as I love him."
"Et" is often taken as expositivus explanatory rather than general: as "the snow is candid and white." Sometimes it is taken as "per": as "you have heard and it was fame." It is also taken as "per": as "Jesus born of Mary and that very virgin."
And it is often doubled original: "duplicatur" for elegance in different matters: as "citizens and enemies are terrified."
Aereum made of brass is that which is entirely made of brass. Aeratum partially brass-plated, however, is that which is so in part.
Ergo and igitur are applied to shorter conclusions.
Quare, quamobrem, quapropter are for longer conclusions.
Aestimo I estimate pertains to price and means to consider and tax. And it is derived from es and thimé Greek for price.
Existimo I think/judge, however, is to opine or judge. And first it is aestimare to estimate, then existimare to judge.
Etsi, quamquam, tametsi are joined to the indicative verb at the beginning of an opening or speech. Rarely with other moods unless in other clauses: Cicero, "Although I can scarcely provide enough for secular affairs." Ex is compounded with intentatio stretching/attempting to mean expleo I fill out. Extra outside means, for example, excludo I exclude. Ad or per means, for example, ex dignitate, usu, utilitate according to dignity, use, utility. Exanimatus fearing and perturbed. Exanimis dead.
Exemplum example is incorporeal; it is the thing itself that we imitate or follow.
Exemplar model, however, is corporeal, from which we make something similar. Rarely is one taken for the other. Exemplarium copy is sometimes read for exemplar.
Exercitium exercise is for the young. Exercitatio exercise is the most Latinate term.
Excubiae sentry duty are daytime and nighttime. Vigiliae night watch are only nighttime.
Extempore at once is suddenly, immediately, or by the condition of the time.
f Faustum prosperous comes from fauendo favoring. Infaustum unlucky is ill-omened or unfortunate.
Faber craftsman is not only of metals, as the common folk believe, nor only of wood, but of all things using a hammer for construction.
And thus, with an adjunct, it is faber lignarius carpenter, faber argentarius silversmith.
Facies face/figure is from nature and refers to the body. It is the surface. But vultus expression/face comes from the will and refers to it.
Faciliter easily is barbaric; the Latin is facile.
Facinus deed/crime is a fact, and it is taken in a bad sense and in a good sense according to the adjectives added to it.
Factio faction is the consensus and conspiration of evil men, and a division of citizens. They are factiosi factious who make such a division through right or wrong. Seditio sedition, however, is when the matter is called to arms, when the people discord from themselves and are said to be apart.
Fateri to confess is under compulsion. Profiteri to profess, however, is voluntarily. Hence professor and professio.