Apuleius, Met. 4.29 Flashcards

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apprecor (adprecor) apprecārī

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to pray to, to adore, worship (very rare, perh. only in Hor. and App.)

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āra ārae f.

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altar

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caelestis caeleste

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from/of heaven

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caerimōnia (caeremōnia) –ae f.

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a religious usage, sacred rite, religious ceremony

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cinis cineris m. or f.

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ashes, embers, spent love/hate; ruin, destruction; the grave/dead, cremation

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Cnidus –ī f.

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town on the coast of Caria, in SW Asia Minor, where Venus/Aphrodite was worshipped

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commeō commeāre

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to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about

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cōnfluō –fluere –flūxī —

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to flow together, run together

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cōnspectus conspectūs m.

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view, range of sight; aspect, appearance, look; perception, contemplation, survey

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cultus –a –um

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cultivated; well-groomed; refined, sophisticated

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Cythēra –ōrum n. or Cythērē –ēs f.

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Cythera, an island south of Laconia, near which Venus was said to have been born of the foam of the sea

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dēfōrmō dēfōrmāre dēfōrmāvī dēfōrmātus

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to disfigure; clothe in mourning, sadden, darken

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disserō –serere –sēvī –situm

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To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there

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epulae epulārum (f. pl.)

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banquet, feast

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foedō foedāre foedāvī foedātus

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to pollute, spoil, dishonor, defile

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fremō fremere fremuī

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to groan, roar

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frequēns frequentis

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crowded; numerous, full, frequented, populous; repeated, frequent, constant; frequens senatus: a senate with adequate attendance, a quorate senate

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frīgidus –a –um

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cold, cool, chilly, frigid; lifeless, indifferent, dull

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immensum

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enormously

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immodicus –a –um

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beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate

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incendō incendere incendī incensus

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to set on fire; set fire to, kindle, burn; cause to flame/burn; keep fire burning; scorch; make fiery hot (fever/thirst); light up; cause to glow; intensify; inspire, fire, rouse, excite, inflame; provoke, incense, aggravate

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incorōnātus –a –um

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uncrowned

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indignātiō –ōnis f.

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displeasure, indignation, disdain

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īnsula īnsulae f.

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island; apartment block

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iter itineris n.
journey; road; passage, path; march [route magnum =\> forced march]
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mātūtīnus –a –um
pertaining to Matuta, goddess of the morning; in the morning, early, morning (\> Matuta)
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meātus –ūs m.
a going; passage, course, movement, motion (\> meo)
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mortālis –e
subject to death, mortal; of mortal nature, lineage, or descent; earthly, human; made by man, mortal; subst., mortales, ium, c., mortals, men, mankind; mortalia, ium, n., human affairs; fortunes, woes (\> mors)
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nāvigō nāvigāre nāvigāvī nāvigātus
to sail, navigate
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neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglēctus
to disregard, neglect, ignore, regard of no consequence; do nothing about; despise
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opīniō opīniōnis f.
belief, idea, opinion; rumor
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Paphos (–us) –ī f.
Paphos, a town in the western part of Cyprus, devoted to the worship of Venus
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pervagor –vagārī
to wander over, range through, rove about, overrun
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plācō plācāre plācāvī plācātus
to soothe, placate
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platēa –ae f.
street
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plūsculus –a –um
somewhat more, a little more
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porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum
to stretch forth, hold forth, lift; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend (\> pro and rego)
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praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus
to pass/go by; disregard/neglect/omit/miss; surpass/excel; go overdue; pass over
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prōcēdō prōcēdere prōcessī prōcessus
to proceed; advance; appear; come on stage
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prōgressus –ūs m.
an advance, progress, a going forward; increase; course
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propior propius; proximus –a –um
nearer; nearest
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propitiō –āre
to render favorable, to appease, propitiate
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pulvīnar –āris n.
a couch on which images of gods were placed at a banquet offered to the gods
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quassō quassāre quassāvī quassātus
to shake violently, toss, brandish, wave
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saeculum saeculī n.
age; generation, people born at a time; breed, race; mortal race; present time/age; century; worldliness; the world; heathenism; time; past/present/future [in ~ =\> forever]
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serō serere sēvī satum
to plant, sow
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simulācrum simulācrī n.
likeness, image, statue
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solvō solvere solvī solūtus
to loosen; pay, free, release; dissolve; (of ships) cast off, set sail
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specimen –inis n.
a means of seeing or knowing; token, symbol, emblem (\> specio, look)
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supplicō –āre
to kneel down, humble oneself, pray humbly, beseech, beg, implore, supplicate
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trānslātiō –ōnis f.
a carrying across, transfer, removal, transport; transformation
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vehemēns
violent, severe, vehement; emphatic, vigorous, lively
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viduus –a –um
deprived of a husband or wife, bereft, celibate; (of vines) unsupported by a tree
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virgō virginis f.
maiden, young woman, girl of marriageable age; virgin
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vultus vultūs m.
expression; face