Apuleius, Met. 3.8.1-4 Flashcards
āiō
to say (defective), assert; say yes/so, affirm, assent; prescribe/lay down (law)
anus anūs f.
old woman
āter atra atrum
black, dark
cadāver –eris n.
a dead body, carcass, corpse
caedō caedere cecīdī caesus
to chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize
certē (certius)
without doubt, certainly
circumfundō –fundere –fūdī –fūsus
to pour around; (passive) be situtated around
contegō –ere –tēxī –tēctus
to cover, clothe
dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī (currī) –cursus
run down, hurry
dēstituō dēstituere dēstituī dēstitūtum
deprive of support, abandon
eiulō –āre
to wail, to lament; to bewail, lament over
flēbilis –e
worthy of tears, lamentable
flētus fletūs m.
weeping, wiling, lamenting
horridus –a –um
rough, trembling, uncouth, shaggy, dishevelled
hūmānitās hūmānitātis f.
human nature; human feeling
iūs iūris n.
law; bonds (arising from a social relationship)
lacrimōsus –a –um
tearful
lātrō, ōnis, m.
robber, brigand
lectulus –ī m.
bed, couch
lex lēgis f.
law
litō litāre litāvī litātus
make a sacrifice or offering, propitiate (+ dat.)
lūgubriter
mournfully, sorrowfully (hapax legomenon)
maestus –a –um
sad, sorrowful; depressing
Misericordia Misericordiae f.
compassion (personified)
miseror (1)
feel pity or compassion
mulier mulieris f.
woman; wife; mistress
obserō (1)
bar, obstruct
oleagineus –a –um
of or belonging to an olive tree; resembling an olive
pannus –ī m.
rag
pār paris
equal
parvulus –a –um
very little; small, little
perimō –ere –ēmī –ēmptus
kill
plangor –ōris m.
lamentation
pōne
behind (adverb)
quīdam quaedam quiddam
a certain person, a certain thing
rāmus rāmī m.
branch
sinus sinūs m.
the hanging fold of a toga, a pocket, chest, breast; embrace; lap, bay, gulf
sōlācium sōlāci(ī) n.
comfort, consolation
sōlitūdō –inis f.
solitude, loneliness; desert, waste land
succurrō –currere –currī –cursūrum
bring help, aid
tolerō tolerāre tolerāvī tolerātus
to bear, endure, tolerate
tollō tollere sustulī sublātus
to lift, raise; destroy; remove, steal; take/lift up/away
uterque utraque utrumque
each of two
vestis vestis f.
garment, clothing, blanket; clothes; robe
viduitās –ātis f.
bereavement, widowhood
vindicta –ae f.
vengeance, punishment