Amores 1.10 non-core vocabulary Flashcards
abdō -dere -didī -ditum
put away, withdraw; conceal, cover
adimō adimere adēmī ademptum
remove
adulter -erī m.
adulterer
Alcinous -ī m.
Alcinous, king of the Phaecians
Amȳmōnē -ēs f.
Amymone, one of the fifty daughters of Danaus
apertus -a -um
open, exposed; free
aquila -ae f.
eagle
arca -ae f.
chest; money box
Argī -ōrum m.
Argos (a city in the Peloponnese)
ariēs -etis m.
ram
armilla -ae f.
bracelet
avārus -a -um
greedy, miserly
āvehō -vehere -vehexī -vectum
carry off, bear away
benignus -a -um
kind, generous
callidus -a -um
clever, crafty, cunning
captō -āre
woo, court
carīna -ae f.
keel; ship
carpō carpere carpsī carptum
pluck
census -ūs m.
census, wealth
condūcō -dūcere -dūxī -ductum
lead together, unite; hire; bribe
conductor -ōris m.
contractor
dēdignor -ārī
refuse scornfully
dēvoveō -vovēre -vōvī -vōtum
devote, consecrate; curse, execrate
dōs dōtis f.
gift, endowment; dowry
emō emere ēmī emptum
buy, purchase
equa -ae f.
mare
Eurōtas -ae m.
the Eurotas river, the river of Sparta
ēventus -ūs m.
consequence, outcome, event, occurrence
exultō -āre
exult, rejoice, triumph
figura -ae f.
form, figure
formōsus -a -um
shapely, beautiful
gemma -ae f.
jewel, gem
imbellis -e
unwarlike; peaceful
indignus -a -um
unworthy, beneath one’s dignity, shameful
inemptus -a -um
un-bought
Iuppiter Iovis m.
Jupiter
Lēdē -ēs f.
Leda
lēnō -ōnis m.
pimp
liceor licērī licitus
bid for
locō -āre
place, position, set; hire out
lucrōsus -a -um
lucrative, profitable
lucrum -ī n.
profit
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsum
deceive; sport amorously, be promiscuous
mercābilis -e
purchasable
mercēs mercēdis f.
pay, reward; price; bribe
meretrix meretricis f.
prostitute
meritus -a -um
deserving, meriting
mitis -e
mild, soft, ripe
monīle -is n.
necklace
mōtus -ūs m.
motion, movement
numerō -āre
count; count out as payment
ovis -is n.
sheep
paciscor pacisci pactus sum
negotiate, seek through bargaining
pangō pangere pepigī pactum
fasten, fix; settle for, agree upon, contract for
paternus -a -um
of a father, paternal; ancestral
perennis -e
continual, perpetual
periūrium (pēiūrium) -ī n.
false oath, lie
Phrygius -a -um
Phrygian, a territory in Asia Minor; Trojan
plūma -ae f.
feather, down
pōmum -ī n.
fruit tree, fruit
prostō -stāre -stitī -stitum
offer oneself for sale
reditus -ūs m.
return, revenue
resānescō -sānescere -sānuī
be healed
Sabīnus -a -um
Sabine
scindō scindere scidī scissum
cut, rend, tear asunder
sēligō -ligere -lēgī -lectum
choose, select
siccus -a -um
dry, desiccated
simplex -icis
artless, naïve, lacking guile
sordēs -is f.
filth; greed
sordidus -a -um
filthy, foul, tarnished by greed
spolium -ī n.
plunder, spoils
sponte
(abl. sg. as adv.) naturally, by nature; voluntarily
summus -a -um
highest, uppermost; final
taurus -ī m.
bull
torum -ī n.
bed, couch, cushion
trāiciō -icere -iēcī -iectum
throw across; pierce, pass through
tribūnal -ālis n.
tribunal
tribuō tribuere tribuī tribūtum
grant, bestow, award
urna -ae f.
urn, pitcher
ūva -ae f.
grape
vacca -ae f.
cow
vendō -dere -didī -ditum
sell, vend
Venus -eris f.
Venus
vertex -icis m.
a whirl, whirlwind; summit, top of the head
viscus -eris n.
internal organs; womb
vītis -is f.
vine, grapevine