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