Amores 1.14 non-core vocabulary Flashcards
abrumpō -rumpere -rūpī -ruptum
break off, sever
acus -ūs m.
hairpin
admoveō -movēre -mōvī -mōtum
move to, apply to; (mil.) move up (into position)
anus -ūs f.
old woman, hag; sorceress
Apollō -inis m.
Apollo
arānea -ae f.
spider’s web; spider
arduus -a -um
towering, lofty
āter -tra -trum
dark, black
Bacchē -ēs f.
a Bacchante
Bacchus -ī m.
Bacchus
brācchium -ī n.
the forearm (elbow to hand), arm
cantō -āre
bewitch
capillus -ī m.
hair
captīvus -a -um
captured, captive
cedrus -ī f.
cedar
clāmō -āre
shout, call
clīvōsus -a -um
steep, hilly
colōrātus -a -um
colored
conspiciō -spicere -spexī -spectum
notice, attract attention, catch the eye of
consuētus -a -um
accustomed, usual
cortex -icis m.
bark, shell
crīnis -is m.
lock of hair; (pl. or collective sg.) hair
decens decentis
becoming, seemly, attractive
dēnsus -a -um
thick, dense; frequent
dēripiō -ripere -ripuī -reptum
snatch away, tear down
dēsistō -sistere -stitī
stand away, withdraw; desist
dīgerō -gerere -gessī -gestum
separate, spread
Diōnē -ēs f.
Dione, the mother of Aphrodite; often used for Aphrodite/Venus herself
dispendium -ī n.
expenditure, expense, loss
dispōnō -pōnere -posuī -positum
arrange, put in place; (mil.) to post, station
docilis -e
teachable, responsive (to styling)
emō emere ēmī emptum
buy, purchase
ērudiō -rudīre -rudiī -rudītum
to instruct, train; free from roughness
ferreus -a -um
made of iron; hard-hearted, cruel
fīlum -ī n.
thread, string
flexus -ūs m.
curl, wave; the act of bending or curling
formōsus -a -um
shapely, beautiful
gena -ae f.
cheek
Germānia -ae f.
Germany
gracilis -e
slender, thin