Apuleius, Met. 9.12.2-4 Flashcards
adedō –ere –ēdī –ēsum
to eat away, gnaw at, consume
ānulātus –a –um
shackled, bound; furnished or ornamented with a ring
cālīgō –inis f.
mist, fog; misty, obscurity; darkness, dimness, obscurity; smoke; cloud of dust; blinding dust
candidō –āre
to make white, glittering, or bright
centunculus –ī m.
a small patch, patchwork; a plant, knotweed
cinis, cineris, m.
coitus coitūs m.
meeting, encounter, gathering; conjunction; meeting place, coalescence, union, sexual intercourse; fertilization; gathering, collection
cōpiōsus, a, um
rich, plentiful
dēpingō –pingere –pīnxī –pictum
to depict, portray, paint, draw; embroider
dīmicō dīmicāre dīmicāvī dīmicātus
to struggle, fight
dorsum –ī n.
the back; a ridge, reef of rocks; a bank
exiguus, a, um
small, short
eximiē
especially, exceptionally
famēs famis f.
hunger, famine
farīnulentus –a –um
floury (hapax)
fūmōsus –a –um
full of smoke, smoking, smoky, smoked
homunculus –ī m.
a little or weakly man, a manikin
indiguus –a –um
needing, in want
inoptābilis –e
undesirable, unpleasant
inumbrō inumbrāre inumbrāvī inumbrātus
to cast a shade upon; overshadow; shade