Apuleius 1.1.3-4 vocabulary Flashcards
exōrdior exōrdīrī exōrsus sum
to lay the warp (in weaving); to begin
paucus –a –um
(pl.) a few; (sing.) small
accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus
to receive
Hymettos –ī m.(f.)
Mt. Hymettus, a famous mountain in Attica
Atticus –a –um
Attic; Athenian
Isthmos, ī, m. (f.)
The Isthmus (of Corinth)
Ephyraeius –a –um
Corinthian (Ephyra was a nymph associated the city’s foundation)
Taenaros –ī m. (f.)
Taenarus, a southern promontory of the Peloponnese, in Spartan territory
Spartiāticus –a –um
Spartan
glaeba –ae f.
lump of earth; clod; soil, territory
fēlīx fēlīcis
fortunate
aeternum
eternally
liber librī m.
book
condō condere condidī conditus
(to build); to store up
vetus veteris
old
prōsāpia –ae f.
stock, race, family
ibī
there; then
lingua linguae f.
tongue; language
Attis, Atttidis
Attic, Athenian
prīmus -a -um
first
pueritia pueritiae f.
boyhood
stīpendium stīpendi(ī) n.
wages (for a soldier); tour of duty (military)
mereō merēre meruī meritum
to earn
mox
soon; later
urbs, urbis, f.
city
Lātius –a –um
of Latium, Latin
advena –ae m./f.
visitor, stranger
studium studiī n.
(eagerness); study, intellectual study
Quīritēs, Quīritium, m.pl.
Romans, Roman citizens (a more archaic and formal term than Romani)
indigenus –a –um
native, native born
aerumnābilis –e
troublesome, painful
nūllus –a –um
none, no
magister magistrī m. master, chief, teacher
master, chief, teacher
praeeō –īre –īvī –or iī –itus –īre
to precede, lead the way
adgredior (aggredior) aggredī aggressus sum
to approach
excolō –ere –uī –cultus
to cultivate completely; refine
