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Apuleius, Met. 9.13 Flashcards

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adipīscor adipiscī adeptus sum

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to gain, secure, win, obtain; arrive at, come up to/into; inherit; overtake

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canō, canere, cecinī, cantum

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sing

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canthērius –ī m.

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a gelding (a castrated horse); a horse of poor quality, a nag

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cariōsus –a –um

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decayed, rotten

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castīgātiō –ōnis f.

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a correcting, correction, censure, reproof

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cēlō celāre celāvī celātus

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to hide, conceal, keep secret; disguise; keep in the dark/ignorance; shield

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cervīx cervīcis f.

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neck, nape; severed head/neck

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circumcursiō –ōnis f.

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a running around

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cōgnitus –a –um

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known, noted, recognized

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contruncō –āre

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to cut down, cut to pieces

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contubernium –ī n.

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association; band, brotherhood

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cōpula –ae f

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a band, rope, thong, tie, fastening

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corium –ī n.

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skin

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costa –ae f.

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a rib; side

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cruciābilis –e

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tormenting, painful, excruciating, miserable; susceptible of torture

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dēbilis, e

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crippled, weakened, feeble

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dēmergō –ere –mersī –mersus

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to dip, plunge

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dētrūdō –ere –trūsī –trūsus

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to thrust down or away; push off from; reduce to

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exasperō –āre –āvī –ātus

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to make rough, to roughen

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exercitō –exercitāre

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to exercise frequently or diligently, practise; agitate, disturb

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exulcerō –āre

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to make sore; irritate

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follicō –āre (no perf)

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to expand and contract one’s self like a pair of bellows; to loose

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fūnestus –a –um

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deadly, fatal

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hiulcus –a –um

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gaping, split, cleft, opened, open

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ingignō ingignere ingenuī ingenitum

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to instil by birth or nature, to implant, engender.

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iūmentārius –a –um

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related to beasts of burden, beastly

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maciēs –ēī f.

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emaciation, leanness; ghastliness

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maereō, maerēre

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mourn

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mēta mētae f.

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limit, goal, boundary, turning point

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metuō metuere metuī

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to fear, dread

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mōlēs mōlis f.

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large mass

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multiscius –a –um

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knowing much, of great knowledge

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multivius –a –um

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having many ways, multivious

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mūlus mūlī m.

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mule; (metaphorically) a stupid person

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nāris –is f.

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a nostril; pl., nares, ium, the nostrils; the nose

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obitus –ūs m.

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an encounter, a visit; (more commonly) the act of dying, a death

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os ossis n.

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bone

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palea –ae f.

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a chaff; husk (of grain)\

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pectus pectoris n.

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chest, breast; heart

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poētica –ae f.

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the poetic art, poetry

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porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum

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to stretch forth, hold forth, lift; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend (> pro and rego)

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praesēpium, iī, n.

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an inclosure, fold, stall, smanger, trough, table, pen; hive (rel. to praesaepio)

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prīscus –a –um

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ancient, antique

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pulsus –ūs m.

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a striking or beating; tramp, reverberation (> pello)

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putrēdō –inis f.

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rotteness, putridity, festering; decompisition; excrement, bodily waste

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renūdō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to uncover, reveal

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scabiōsus –a –um

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rough, scrufy; mangy, scabby; afflicted with scabies

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sōlācium sōlāci(ī) n.

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comfort, consolation

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sparteus –a –um

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of a broom, made of broom

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tegmen (tegumen) –inis n.

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a means of covering; skin, hide; clothing

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tenus

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(prep. w. gen. or abl., placed after its case), as far as; up to; down to, to; to; hac tenus, separated by tmesis, thus far

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trītūra –ae f.

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a rubbing, chafing, threshing

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tussēdō –inis f.

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a cough

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ungula –ae f.

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a hoof (> unguis); talon

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uspiam

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at any place, anywhere, somewhe

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veternus –ī m.

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dirt

57
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vetus veteris

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old

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vulnus vulneris n.

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wound

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