Apuleius 6.20.1-2 Flashcards
explicō explicāre explicāvī/explicuī explicātus/explicitus
(to untangle) explain
mūnus mūneris n.
duty (public show, esp. with gladiators)
prōspicuus –a –um
looking forward, looking into the future
turris turris f.
tower
vāticinātiō –ōnis f.
a prophecy
moror morārī morātus sum
to delay
pergō pergere perrēxī perrēctus
to proceed
Taenarus (Taenaros) –ī m. or Taenarum –ī n. Taenarus
a promontory in Greece (Cape Matapan), thought to be an entrance to the underworld
sūmō sūmere sūmpsī sūmptus
to take up
rīte
with the proper rites; duly, correctly
stīps stīpis m
a small offering of money
offula (offula) –ae f.
small piece of food, scrap
dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī (currī) –cursus
to run down
meātus –ūs m.
going; passage
asinārius –iī m.
a donkey driver or owner
dēbilis –e
disabled, maimed
amnicus –a –um
of or pertaining to a river
vector vectōris n.
one who carries
supernatō –āre
to swim above or on top, to float
mortuus -a -um
dead
spernō spernere sprēvī sprētum
to reject
textrīx –īcis f.
a female weaver
subdolus –a –um
cunning, deceitful
prex precis f.
prayer
canis canis m. or f.
dog
cibus cibī m.
food
rabiēs, rabiēs, f. (abl. rabiē)
savagery
