41. Horace, Epode 1 vocabulary Flashcards
allabor (adlabor), allabî, allapsus
glide toward, fall, slide
assideô (adsideô), -sidêre, -sêdî, -sessum
sit by; stand by as a supporter; attend upon (the sick), take care of; beseige, blockade
arâtrum, -î, n.
plow
benignitas, -âtis, f.
an affable bearing towards others, kindness
Calaber, -bra, -brum
Calabrian, of Calabria (in Roman times roughly the heel of Italy, not, as now, the toe)
candens, candentis
shining white
Caucasus, -î, m.
the Caucusus mountains
Chremes, Chremêtis (or Chremis), m.
a typical miser in plays of Terence
Circaeus, -a, -um
of or pertaining to Circe (mother of Telegonus, founder of Tusculum)
* decet, -êre, decuit, — (impersonal) *
it is fitting
discingô, -cingere, -cinxî, -cinctum
to ungird; disarm
dîto (1)
enrich
fervidus, a, um
boiling, hot; impetuous
imbellis (inbellis), -e
anti-war; peaceful
illigô (inligô) (1)
tie on; fetter, entangle; bind
implûmis (inplûmis), -e
without feathers; unfledged, callow
iûcundus, -a, -um
pleasing, delightful
iugum, -î, n.
yoke; (mountain) ridge
iuvô, iuvâre, iûvî, iûtus
aid, help; (esp. in third person singular for “what use is it to…”)
Liburnus, -a, -um
Liburnian (i.e. Illyrian); (also a kind of small ship)
Lûcânus, -a, -um
Lucanian (i.e. pertaining to Lucania, in S. Italy)
mîlitô (1)
carry on a war; serve as soldier
minor, -us
smaller (comparative of parvus)
moenia, -ium, n. (plural)
fortifications, (city) walls
mûtô (1)
change; exchange
nepôs, -ôtis, m.
grandson, descendant
* nîtor, -î, nîxus or nîsus *
struggle; lean on, rely on
* occîdô, -ere, occîdî, occîsus *
slay, kill
* occidô, -ere, occidî, occâsûrus *
fall; sink, set; die
parum
too little, not enough
pascuum, -î, n.
a pasture
prôpugnâculum, -î, n.
bulwark, rampart
pullus, -î, m.
a young animal, a chick; (also used for persons as a term of endearment)
serpêns, -entis, m.
snake, serpent
sidus, -eris
constellation, star
sinus, -ûs, m.
fold, curve; bosom; bay
subeô, -îre, -îvî or -iî, -itum
enter; attack; support; climb
supernus, -a, -um
higher, celestial
superstes, -itis, adj.
surviving
* tangô, -ere, tetigî, tâctus *
touch
Tusculum, -î, n.
Tusculum, an ancient town of Latium, nr. modern Frascati
ûsque (ad)
all the way (to), even (to), as far as
