Apuleius, Met. 3.1 Flashcards
aestus aestūs m.
heat; agitation, passion, seething; wave, surge, flood, tide
alternus –a –um
one after the other; alternating; by turns, in succession; every second
an
introduces an alternative question, or; introduces an Indirect Question, whether, if
Aurōra Aurōrae f.
Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, who precedes the horses of the sun–god; the east; the sun
caedēs caedis f.
murder, slaughter, massacre; assassination; feuding; slain, victims; blood, gore
caelum caelī n.
sky, heaven
carnifex –icis m.
executioner
cossim
in a squatting position
Chaldaeus –a –um
Chaldaean, Aramaic; of or belonging to the soothsayers
commodum
at this very moment, just
complicō, complicāre, complicāvīor complicuī, complicitum
fold, bend
cōnectō –nectere –nexuī –nexum
to bind together, connect, entwine, join, unite, link
cruor cruōris m.
blood (from a wound), bloodshed
delibūtus, a, um
smeared with, overflowing with (+ abl.)
dēnique
finally, in the end; and then; at worst; in short, to sum up; in fact, indeed
Diophanes –is m.
Diophanes, Greek name suggesting “profit”
eiulō –āre
to wail, to lament; to bewail, lament over
facinus facinoris n.
deed; crime; outrage
fleō flēre flēvī flētus
to cry for; cry, weep
foris foris f.
door
forum forī n.
public square, marketplace, forum
frequēns frequentis
crowded; numerous, full, frequented, populous; repeated, frequent, constant; frequens senatus: a senate with adequate attendance, a quorate senate
genū genūs n.
knee
grabāttus –ī m.
a low, cheap bed, pallet, cot