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bellus –a –um
pretty, handsome, neat, pleasant, fine, agreeable, charming
circumsiliō circumsilīre
to leap around, dance around
cupīdō –inis f.
desire; object of desire (as term of affection); Cupid or Eros, companion of Venus/Aphrodite, personification of sexual desire
dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus
to swallow, gulp down, devour, consume
gremium gremi(ī) n.
lap, bosom
lūgeō lūgēre lūxī lūctum
to mourn, grieve
mellītus –a –um
of honey, sweet with honey
misellus –a –um
poor, wretched, unfortunate
ocellus ocellī m.
little eye; eyelet; darling
Orcus –ī m.
Orcus, the lower world, Hades; personif., the god of the lower world, Orcus, Dis, Pluto.
pīpiō pīpiāre pīpiāvī pīpiātus
to chirp, pip
rubeō rubēre rubuī
to be red, be ruddy
tenebricōsus –a –um
full of darkness, utterly obscure, shrouded in gloom, dark, gloomy
turgidulus –a –um
puffed, swollen
Venus –eris f.
Venus, goddess of love and beauty, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite, daughter of Jupiter and Dione; (meton.), love, lust