Amores 1.15 non-core vocabulary Flashcards
Accius -iī m.
Accius
adedō -ere -ēdī -ēsum
consume
Aenēius -a -um
of Aeneas
Aesonius -a -um
of or descended from Aeson
animōsus -a -um
bold, spirited
Apollō -inis m.
Apollo
arātrum -ī n
plough
Arātus -ī m.
Aratus
arcus arcūs m.
bow; arch, arc
Ascraeus -a -um
belonging to Ascra
aurifer -era -erum
gold-bearing
Battiadēs -ae m.
descendent of Battus (the founder of Cyrene)
benignus -a -um
kind, generous
blandus -a -um
flattering, caressing
cantō -āre
sing
Castalius -a -um
Castalian
Cerēs -eris f.
wheat
cothurnus -ī m.
buskin
cultus -a -um
elegant, polished, sophisticated; cultivated
Cupīdō -inis m.
Cupid
dēns -ntis m.
tooth
dēpereō -perīre -periī
destroy completely
edāx -ācis
voracious, greedy
ēdisco -discere -didicī
learn thoroughly, study
Ennius -iī m.
Ennius
Ēōus -a -um
of the east, of the dawn
exitium -ī n.
going out; destruction, death
fallax -ācis
deceitful, treacherous, false
falx -cis f.
scythe, sickle
flāvus -a -um
golden; fair-haired, blonde
frīgus -oris n.
cold, coldness
frux -ūgis f.
crops, fruits, grain
Gallus -a -um
Gallus
Hesperius -a -um
of the west, western
iactūra -ae f.
loss (of stature/prestige)
Īdē -ēs f.
Mount Ida
ignāvus -a -um
lazy, idle
improbus -a -um
inferior, bad; shameless
incurvus -a -um
bent, curved
iners -tis
crude, lacking skill; lazy, idle
lēna -ae f.
brothel-keeper, procuress
līvor -ōris m.
envy
Lucrētius -iī m.
Lucretius
Lycōris -idis f.
Lycoris
Maeonidēs -ae m.
Homer
Menandros -drī m.
Menander
meretrix meretricis f.
prostitute
mīlitia -ae f.
military service, warfare
ministrō -āre
serve, attend to, take care of
mustum -ī n.
must
myrtus -ī m./f.
myrtle
obiciō -icere -iēcī -iectum
throw in the way, reproach; charge, accuse
pascor -ī
feed, nourish
patiens -ntis
long-suffering, patient; hardy
perennis -e
continual, perpetual
poculum -ī n.
drinking-cup, goblet
prostituō -stituere -stituī -stitūtum
prostitute
pulverulentus -a- um
covered with dust, dusty
rapidus -a -um
swift, tearing
ratis -is f.
ship
resecō -secāre -secuī -sectum
cut, cut back
Rōma -ae f.
Rome
silex -icis m.
flint; any hard stone
Simoīs -oentis m.
a small river near Troy, flowing into the Scamander
sollicitus -a -um
troubled
Sophoclēus -a -um
Sophoclean, of Sophocles
strēnuus -a -um
brisk, prompt, vigorous
sublīmis -e
lofty, elevated
superstes -itis
surviving, remaining alive after death
suprēmus -a -um
highest, uppermost; final
Tagus -ī m.
the river Tagus (in Lusitania) produced much gold and provided Rome with great wealth
Tenedos -ī f.
Tenedos
Tibullus -ī m.
Tibullus
Tītyrus -ī m.
one of the shepherds in Virgil’s Eclogues and actually the first word of Eclogue 1
triumphō -āre
triumph, have a triumph
triumphus -ī m.
triumph, triumphal procession
tueor tuērī tūtus sum
look at, behold; watch over, protect
tumeō tumēre tumuī
swell, puff up
ūva -ae f.
grape
Varrō -ōnis m.
Varro
verbōsus -a -um
wordy, verbose
vīlis -e
cheap, worthless; contemptible; of inferior rank
vīvus -a -um
alive, living
volvō volvere volvī volūtum
roll, wind, twist round