Amores 1.8 non-core vocabulary Flashcards
acervus -ī m.
heap, pile
admittō -mittere -mīsī -missum
send in; let in, allow
Aenēās -ae m.
Aeneas
amātor -ōris m.
lover
ancilla -ae f.
female slave
anīlis -e
old woman
anus -ūs f.
old woman, hag; sorceress
arcus arcūs m.
bow; arch, arc
arguō arguere arguī argūtum
accuse, charge; reveal, prove
atavus -ī m
grandfather
ātrium -ī n.
atrium
avus -ī m.
grandfather, forefather
blandior blandīrī blandītus sum
(+dat.) flatter, charm
cānescō -ere
become white or hoary; become old
carpō carpere carpsī carptum
pluck, harvest, despoil, fleece
cēra -ae f.
wax portrait bust
circum
around (adv. and prep. +acc.)
collum -ī n.
neck
commodō -āre
adapt, accommodate; lend, provide
concitō -āre
stir up, excite
consonus -a -um
harmonious
contrārius -a -um
opposite, opposed
corneus -a -um
made of horn
cubō cubāre cubuī cubitum
lie down, recline
cultus -a -um
elegant, polished, sophisticated; cultivated
dēcipiō -cipere -cēpī -ceptum
catch; cheat, deceive
dēfungor -fungī -functus sum
perform, discharge, finish; die
dēiciō -icere -iēcī -iectum
cast down
dēspiciō -dpicere -spexī -spectum
look down on; be contemptuous of
dipsas -adis f.
Dipsas; a kind of serpent whose bite causes violent thirst
distrahō -trahere -traxī -tractum
pull apart, tear to pieces
duplex -icis
double, folded; deceitful, duplicitous
dūro -āre
last, endure; harden
ēloquium -i n.
eloquence
emō emere ēmī emptum
buy, purchase
ēn
lo! behold!
equa -ae f.
mare
ērubescō -rubescere -rubuī
grow red, blush
ēvocō -āre
call out, summon
exclūdō -clūdere -clūsī -clūsum
shut out
excutiō -cutere -cussī -cussum
shake out
externus -a -um
external, outside; foreign
fīlum -ī n.
thread, string
findō findere fidī fissum
split apart
flagītō -āre
ask for repeatedly
foris foris f.
door
formōsus -a -um
shapely, beautiful
fulgeō fulgēre fulsī
shine brightly, flash
fulminō -āre
flash like lightning
geminus -a -um
twin, double
gena -ae f.
cheek
glomerō -āre
form into a ball; mass together
grāmen -inis n.
herbs, especially magical ones
grandis -e
great, large
gremium -ī n.
lap, bosom
grex -egis m.
herd, flock
gypsātus -a -um
whitened with gypsum
haereō haerēre haesī haesitum
stick, adhere
here
(adv.) yesterday
Homērus -ī m.
Homer
iānua -ae f.
door, entrance
immundus -a -um
unclean, foul
impius -a -um
impious, wicked
inānis -e
empty, void; foolish, trifling
inaurātus -a -um
gilt
ingeniōsus -a -um
talented, naturally clever
inops -pis
without means; poor, destitute
invidiōsus -a -um
envious, hateful
Īsis -dis f.
Isis, an Egyptian goddess
lābor lābī lāpsus sum
fall down, slip
lacrimō -āre
weep, shed tears
lacrimōsus -a -um
tearful
Lār Laris m.
Lar, household god
lascīvia -ae f.
playfulness; wantonness, licentiousness
laxus -a -um
wide, loose, spacious
lēna -ae f.
brothel-keeper, madam, procuress, go-between
lībum -ī
cake
līcium -ī n.
thrum, end of a thread; a thread
liquidus -a -um
clear, liquid
līvidus -a -um
bluish; envious
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsum
sport amorously, be promiscuous
lupa -ae f.
she-wolf, prostitute
lūsus -ūs m.
play, game
lyra -ae f.
lyre
magus -a -um
magical
Mārs Mārtis m.
Mars
mel mellis n.
honey
Memnōn -onis m.
Memnon
mercēs mercēdis f.
price
nātālis -is m.
a birthday
nēve or neu
and not, nor, and that not, and lest
niteō nitēre nituī
shine, sparkle
nocturnus -a -um
by night, nocturnal
nōnnumquam
(adv.) sometimes
nota -ae f.
sign, secret writing
nūbilum -ī n.
darkness; cloud
nūtrix -īcis f.
nurse
obsum -esse -fuī
be a disadvantage
occulō -culere -culuī -cultum
conceal
occultē
(adv.) without being noticed
ocellus -ī m.
a (little) eye
oppositus -a -um
hostile, opposed
palla -ae f.
cloak
parcus -a -um
thrifty, frugal
Pēnelopē -ēs f.
Penelope
periūrō (pēierō) -āre
swear a false oath
plūma -ae f.
feather, down
plūs plūris
more
postmodo
(adv.) later, presently
praecipuē
(adv.) especially, particularly
proavus -ī m.
great-grandfather; ancestor
prodo prodere prodidi proditus
project, thrust forward; bring forth, produce, give birth to
pudīcus -a -um
modest, chaste, virtuous
pūpula -ae f.
the pupil (of the eye)
purpureus -a -um
purple
pūrus -a -um
clean, pure, innocent
rapīna -ae f.
robbery, plundering, pillage
recurvō -āre
bend back; curve backwards
redimō -imere -ēmī -emptum
buy back; buy out of slavery
rēgnō -āre
rule, reign; be in control
relentescō -ere
slacken; become less ardent
repellō repellere reppulī repulsum
drive back, repel
rēte -tis n.
net, trap
rhombus -ī m.
a wooden object which, when attached to a string and twirled in the air, produced a loud hissing sound, the volume of which depended on the force of the motion
rīvālis -is m.
rival
roseus -a -um
rosy
rūga -ae f.
wrinkle
rūgōsus -a -um
wrinkled
rusticitās -ātis f.
lack of sophistication
Sabīnus -a -um
Sabine
senecta -ae f.
old age
senescō senescere senuī
grow old, deteriorate
simulō -āre
pretend; produce, simulate, feign
simultās -ātis f.
a state of animosity, a feud
sitis -is f.
thirst
situs -ūs m.
site, position; neglect, disuse; rot, mold
sōbrius -a -um
sober, moderate
solidus -a -um
dense, firm, solid
sollers -rtis
clever, skilled
spatiōsus -a -um
wide, spacious, large
spectābilis -e
visible, notable, remarkable
stillō -āre
drip with
stipula -ae f.
stubble
surdus -a -um
deaf
suspicor -ārī
suspect, suppose
Tatius -iī m.
Tatius
temerō -āre
violate, desecrate, defile
testificor -ārī
give proof of
thalamus -ī m.
marriage bed; bedchamber
torqueō torquēre torsī tortum
cause to rotate, spin
tractō, tractāre
draw, drag, haul
ūdus -a -um
wet, damp
ūrō ūrere ussī ustum
burn
vānescō -ere
disappear, vanish
venēnum -ī n.
drug, venom; dye
Venus -eris f.
Venus
vertex -icis m.
a whirl, whirlwind; summit, top of the head
vīrus -ī n.
bodily fluid, secretion
vīvus -a -um
alive, living
volātilis -e
able to fly, fleeting
