Book 3 Flashcards
abdūcō abdūcere abdūxī abductus
to lead away, carry off; detach; entice, seduce, charm; withdraw
abrumpō abrumpere abrūpī abruptum
to break off, sever
abscindō –ere –scidī –scissus
to tear off, away, from; separate; tear
abscondō abscondere abscondī and abscondidī absconditus
to put out of sight, hide, conceal; to conceal; lose sight of, withdraw from
accessus –ūs m.
a going near to; an access, approach (> accedo)
Achaemenidēs –ae m.
Achaemenides, a companion of Ulysses
Achillēus –a –um
of Achilles; Achillean
Acragās –antis m.
Agrigentum, a city on the southern coast of Sicily, now Girgenti
Actius –a –um
Pertaining to Actium, a promontory and town of Epirus, celebrated as the scene of the decisive victory of Augustus over Antony and Cleopatra, in B.C. 31; Actian (> Actium)
Adamastus –ī m.
Adamastus, the father of Achaemenides
addīcō –ere –dīxī –dictus
to pronounce for; assign to; give up to
adimō adimere adēmī adēmptus
to withdraw, take away, carry off; castrate; deprive, steal, seize; annul; rescue
admoveō admovēre admōvī admōtus
to move, bring to
adoperiō –īre –operuī –opertus
to cover up, cover
Aeaeus –a –um
of Aeaea, the island of Circe; Aeaean or Colchian
Aegaeus –a –um
Aegaean; pertaining to the Aegaean
aequālis –e
equal; of the same age; fellow, companion; subst., companion (> aequo)
āerius –a –um
pertaining to the air; airy, aërial; rising into the air; towering, lofty; air–cleaving
aethra –ae f.
the cloudless air; serene sky; heaven
Aetna –ae f.
Aetna, a volcanic mountain on the eastern coast of Sicily
Aetnaeus –a –um
of Aetna; Aetnaean
adfābilis –e
that can be spoken to; easy to be approached (> adfor)
adfectō adfectāre adfectāvī adfectātus
to strive after, strive to obtain, aspire to, pursue, aim at, inspire
Agamemnonius –a –um
pertaining to Agamemnon; Agamemnonian, Argive, Greek
aggerō –ere –gessī –gestus
to bear to; heap upon, add to (> ad and gero)
agrestis agrestis agreste
rural, rustic
adlābor –lāpsus sum
to glide to; (with dat., rarely acc.), sail to, reach; advance, glide (with abl. of manner); fly to; descend, fall upon
Alphēus –ī m.
Alpheus, a river in Elis, supposed to disappear under the sea, and rise again as the fountain of Arethusa, in the island of Ortygia, near Syracuse
alternus –a –um
one after the other; alternating; by turns, in succession; every second (> alter)
altrīx –īcis f.
a nurse; mother–, nurse–, native–, birth– (> alo)
ambedō –ere –ēdī –ēsus
to eat round; to consume, devour, eat
anceps
two headed/fold/edged/meanings; faces two/opposite directions/fronts; twofold; on two sides/fronts (war/attack); undecided, drawn, hanging in balance (battle); double; w/two meanings; uncertain; dangerous, perilous; ambiguous; unsettled; doubtf
Anius –iī m.
Anius, a king of Delos and priest of Apollo
Antandros (–us) –ī f.
Antandrus, a coast town in Mysia, at the foot of Mount Ida
antenna –ae f.
a sail yard
Arcitenēns –entis
bow–bearing; subst. m., the archer; Apollo (> arcus and tenens)
āreō –ēre –uī
to be dry; wither; p., arens, entis, dry; dried up, shallow; dry, thirsty
Arethūsa –ae f.
Arethusa, a nymph; Arethusa, a fountain near Syracuse
armisonus –a –um
making arms to resound; with resounding arms (> arma and sono)
arripiō –ere –uī arreptum
to snatch, seize
aspargō –inis f.
a sprinkling upon; spray (> aspergo)
aspergō –ere –spersī –spersus
to sprinkle upon, to sprinkle (> ad and spargo)
asperō asperāre asperāvī asperātus
to make rough; raise, arouse, lift up (> asper)
attonō attonāre attonuī attonitus
to thunder at; p., attonitus, a, um, (fig.), stunned; agitated; amazed, astonished; afflicted, overwhelmed; spellbound, hushed (> ad and tono)
Averna –ōrum n.
Avernus, a lake near Naples, between Baiae and Cumae, in Campania, now Lago d’ Averno, near which was one of the entrances to Hades; hence, the lower world
Ausonia –ae f.
Ausonia, an ancient name of middle and lower Italy; Italy, in general
Ausonius –a –um
Ausonian; Italian; subst., Ausonii, orum, m., the Ausonians; Italians
auspex –icis m./f.
one who divines by watching birds; a diviner; (fig.), a leader, author, patron, guide, director (> avis and specio, look)
auspicium auspicī(ī) n.
divination (by the flight of birds)
avunculus avunculī m.
maternal uncle
bāca –ae f.
berry
bacchor bacchārī bacchātus
to revel
barathrum –ī n.
an abyss, chasm, gulf
Boreās –ae m.
Boreas, the god of the North Wind
Būthrōtum –ī n.
Buthrotum, a town of Epirus, opposite Corcyra
cacūmen –inis n.
a point, peak; summit
caespes –itis f.
turf, sod (> caedo)
cālīgō –inis f.
mist, fog; misty, obscurity; darkness, dimness, obscurity; smoke; cloud of dust; blinding dust
calor –ōris m.
warmth, heat, vital heat (> caleo)
Camarīna –ae f.
Camarina, a Syracusan colony on the southwest coast of Sicily
camīnus –ī m.
a furnace; forge; crevice, cavity
candeō –uī
to be of pure whiteness; p., candens, entis, white; at white heat; glowing
candor –ōris m.
shining, brilliant whiteness; whiteness (> candeo)
caprigenus –a –um
pertaining to goats; of the goat kind, of goats (> caper and root gen–)
captō captāre captāvī captātus
to grasp at, seize, captivate
carbasus –ī f. (pl. carbasa –ōrum n.)
linen, cloth or web of lawn; canvas; a sail
cauda –ae f.
the tail
Caulōn –ōnis m.
Caulon, or Caulonia, a town on the east coast of Bruttium
cautēs –is f.
a craggy or pointed rock, or cliff; rock, crag
Celaenō –ūs f.
Celaeno, one of the Harpies
Ceraunia –ōrum n. pl.
the Ceraunian peaks, a range of mountains on the coast of Epirus
certāmen certāminis n.
contest, competition; battle, combat, struggle; rivalry; (matter in) dispute
cētera
in other respects (n. pl. of ceterus, a, um)
Chāōn –onis m.
Chaon, a Trojan, brother of Helenus
Chāonia –ae f.
Chaonia, a country of Epirus, named after Chaon
Chāonius –a –um
of Chaonia; Chaonian
Charybdis –is f.
Charybdis, a whirlpool near the Sicilian coast, in the Straits of Messina, opposite the rock of Scylla; personified as a monster
chlamys –ydis f.
a mantle or cloak of woolen cloth, worn by the Greeks; a mantle
Circē –ēs or ae f.
Circe, a sorceress, daughter of Helios and Perse or Perseis
circuitus –ūs m.
circuit, circle
circumflectō –ere –flexī –flexus
to bend around; turn far round
circumvolvō –ere ––– –volūtus
to roll round; (pass.), to complete
Clarius –a –um
of Claros, a town in Ionia, noted for one of the oracles of Apollo located there; Clarian
coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus
to fit together; have sexual intercourse; collect, gather; meet; rally; enter agreement; unite, assemble, conspire; come/go together; mend, knit (wound)
cognātus –a –um
near by birth; kindred
cohibeō –ēre –uī –itus
to hold together, restrain, confine; check, curb, repress (> com– and habeo)
conlūstrō conlūstrāre conlūstrāvī conlūstrātus
to cast light upon; to look at, inspect, survey
commisceō –uī –mixtus or mistus
to mix together, freq.; blend, mingle
concors –cordis
of one mind or spirit; harmonious, friendly (> com– and cor)
cōnfundō cōnfundere cōnfūdī cōnfūsum
to pour together, confuse
cōnifer –era –erum
cone–bearing (> conus and fero)
cōnserō –eresēvī –situs or satus
to sow or plant
contāctus –ūs m.
a touching together or upon; touch (> contingo)
conterreō –ēre –uī –itus
to frighten greatly; terrify
continuō
immediately, straightway (> continuus)
contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus
to collect, contract, reduce
cōnus –ī m.
a cone; the metallic point or apex of a helmet
corneus –a –um
of cornel–wood (> cornus)
cornum –ī n.
the cornel cherry or cornel berry
cortex –icis m.
bark, shell
cortīna –ae f.
a caldron; kettle; (fig.), the tripod of Apollo; an oracle
Corybantius –a –um
of the Corybantes, priests of Cybele; Corybantian
Corythus –ī m.
Corythus, an ancient city of Etruria, later, and now Cortona
crēbrēscō –ere –crēbuī
to become frequent, prevail; to increase, swell; blow fresh (> creber)
crepitō crepitāre crepitāvī crepitātus
to make a rattling noise; creak, crackle, murmur, rustle; crack, crash; rattle; dash (> crepo)
Crēta –ae f.
Crete, a large island south of the Aegean Sea, now Candia
Crētaeus –a –um
of Clusium
crista –ae f.
a crest, plume; helmet
cruor cruōris m.
blood, bloodshed
cubīle cubīlis n.
place of rest, couch, bed
cultrīx –īcis f.
an inhabitant; protectress (> colo)
cultus cultūs m.
cultivation, civilization, dress, guise, appearance; habits, mode of life, life
Cūmaeus –a –um
of Collatia, a town of the Sabines near Rome; Collatine
cūnabula –ōrum n.
a cradle; birthplace (> cunae, cradle)
Cūrētēs –um m.
the earliest inhabitants of Crete, Cretans
curvō curvāre curvāvī curvātus
to bend, curve; swell; wind (> curvus)
Cybelē –ēs and Cybēbē –ēs –or ae f.
Cybele, the principal goddess of Phrygia, corresponding to the “Magna Mater” of the Romans, and often identified with Rhea and Ops; Cybele, a mountain in Phrygia sacred to Cybele
Cyclades –um f.
the Cyclades, the islands grouped around Delos in the Aegean Sea
Cyclōps –ōpis m.
a Cyclops, one of the Cyclopes, fabulous giants of Sicily, supposed to have a round eye in the middle of the forehead
cymbium –iī n.
a small, skiff–shaped drinking cup; cup
cyparissus –ī f.
a cypress
Danaus –a –um
of Danaus, king of Argos; Greek; subst., Danai, orum, m., the Greeks
Dardanus –ī m.
Dardanus, son of Jupiter and Electra, father of the Trojan line of kings, and thus progenitor of the Romans
dēcipiō dēcipere dēcēpī dēceptus
to deceive, cheat
dēiciō dēicere dēiēci deīctum
to throw down, eject
Dēlius –a –um
of Delos; Delian, an epithet of Apollo, who was born in Delos (> Delos)
delphīn –īnis and delphīnus –ī m.
a dolphin
dēmissus –a –um
let down; hanging down; low, subdued; downcast (> demitto)
dēns dentis m.
tooth
dēnūntiō dēnūntiāre dēnūntiāvī dēnūntiātus
to denounce
dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus
to put/lay down/aside/away; let drop/fall; give up; resign; deposit/entrust/commit; lift off; take off (clothes); have (hair/beard/nails) cut; shed (tusks); pull down, demolish; plant (seedlings); set up, place; lay to rest; fire
dērigēscō –ere –riguī
to grow completely stiff; to be cold, stiff; to be cold, stiff, paralyzed with fear; stand staring
dēripiō –ripere –ripuī –reptum
to snatch away, tear down
dēscrībō dēscrībere dēscrīpsī dēscrīptus
to describe
dēsīdō –ere –sēdī
to sink down
Dictaeus –a –um
of Dicte, a mountain in Crete; Dictaean, Cretan (> Dicte)
dīdūcō –dūcere –dūxī –ductum
to draw apart, separate
diffīdō diffīdere diffīsus sum
to distrust
dignō dignāre
to consider worthy
dīgressus –ūs m.
a going away; a departure, parting
dīmoveō –ēre –mōvī –mōtus
to move apart or away; remove, dispel; divide
Diōnaeus –a –um
Pertaining to Dione, mother of Venus; Dionaean (> Dione)
discernō –ere –crēvī –crētus
to distinguish one thing from another; determine, distinguish, decide; perceive; mark, set off; work, embroider
dispendium –ī n.
expenditure, expense, loss
dispergō –ere –spersī –spersus
to sprinkle, shower around; disperse, scatter; diffuse, dissolve (> dis– and spargo)
dispōnō dispōnere dispōsuī dispōsitus
to place, arrange, distribute
dissiliō –īre –uī
to spring apart; burst asunder; be rent asunder; break in twain (> dis– and salio)
distō distāre distāvī distātus
to stand apart; be distant
Dōdōnaeus –a –um
of Dodona; Dodonaean
Donūsa –ae f.
Donusa, an island between the Cyclades and Crete, one of the Sporades
Drepanum –ī n.
Drepanum, a town on the western coast of Sicily, now Trapani
Dūlichium –iī n.
Dulichium, an island southeast of Ithaca, belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses
ecquis –ecquid
(subst. interr. pron., denoting vehement feeling ), whether anybody? anything, any one; anybody? who, what, anything? freq.; (adv.), ecquid, as to anything, in any respect or degree? perchance? at all? (> ec and quis)
ecquis
whether any
elephantus –ī m.
elephant
ēlīdō –ere –līsī –līsus
to dash forth, out, up; suffocate, strangle; force out, cause to start out (> ex and laedo)
Ēlis –idis f.
Elis, one of the countries of the Peloponnesus, west of Arcadia
ēloquor ēloquī ēlocūtus sum
to speak out, express
Helōrus –ī m.
Helorus, a river on the S. E. coast of Sicily
Enceladus –ī m.
Enceladus, a giant, son of Caelus and Terra
ēnītor ēnītī ēnīsus/ēnīxus sum
to struggle, strive
Eōus –ī m.
Eous, the dawn god
Ēpīros (Ēpīrus) –ī f.
Epirus, the country on the Adriatic coast, west of Thessaly and Macedon, now Albania
epulor –ātus sum
to banquet, feast; w. abl., to banquet, feast upon; w. acc., feast upon (> epulae)
ērigō ērigere ērēxī ērēctus
to raise, erect, build, set up; rouse, excite, stimulate
ēructō ēructāre ēructāvī ēructātus
to belch out; to vomit, throw forth or out; discharge
Eurōus –a –um
pertaining to Eurus, the southeast wind; eastern (> Eurus)
exaestuō exaestuāre exaestuāvī exaestuātus
to boil up, foam up, rage; to be agitated, to burn
exciō –īre –cīvī or ciī –ītus and excieō –itus
to rouse up or forth; call forth, assemble; arouse, excite, agitate; stir, shake
exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus
to pray effectually; entreat, implore
exposcō –ere –poposcī
to ask importunately; to beg, entreat, seek
exquīrō exquīrere exquīsīvī exquīsītus
to seek out
exsecror –ātus sum
to curse bitterly; execrate, curse (> ex and sacro)
exsertō exsertāre exsertāvī exsertātus
to stretch or thrust forth (> exsero)
exstruō –ere –strūxī –strūctus
to build up; erect; raise, spread; build; p., exstructus, a, um, raised by, reclining on. exstructum, i, n., an elevated seat or tribunal
exsul exsulī m.
exile
externus –a –um
outside, foreign, strange
exterreō –ēre –uī –itus
to frighten; alarm, startle, terrify; flutter in terror; p., exterritus, a, um, startled; roused
fastus –ūs m.
haughtiness, pride, arrogance
favīlla –ae f.
ashes, embers, cinders
ferreus –a –um
made of iron
fluidus –a –um
flowing, fluid, running; dropping (> fluo)
focus –ī m.
a fireplace, hearth; home; place where the funeral pyre has been consumed, place of burning; fire, firebrand
formīdō formīdāre formīdāvī formīdātus
to be in dread; to dread, fear; p., formidatus, a, um, formidable, dreadful
frēnum –ī n
bridle, reins
frondeō –ēre
to be leafy; to bear or put forth leaves; frondens, leafy; green; still bearing leaves (> frons)
Gela –ae f.
Gela, an ancient Greek town of Sicily on the river Gela
Gelōus –a –um
belonging to Gela; of Gela (> Gela)
generātor –ōris m.
one who begets; a breeder (> genero)
gestāmen –inis n.
that which is carried; equipment, weapon, defense; crown (> gesto)
Geticus –a –um
pertaining to the Getae; Getan, Thracian (> Getae)
glaciālis –e
of ice; icy (> glacies)
globus –ī m.
any body of a spherical form; a globe, ball; sphere; phalanx, battalion, mass of assailants; a mass of smoke or dust; a cloud
Cnōsius –a –um
pertaining to the Sidicini, or people of Teanum and its territory in the northern part of Campania; Sidicinian
Gradīvus –ī m.
the one who steps or marches; Gradivus, an epithet of Mars (> gradior)
Grāiugena –ae m.
a native Greek, a Greek (> Graius and gigno)
gubernātor –ōris m.
a helmsman, pilot (> guberno)
gutta guttae f.
drop
Gyaros –ī f.
one of the Cyclades, between Tenos and Ceos
habitō habitāre habitāvī habitātus
to inhabit, dwell; live, stay
hāmus –ī m.
a hook, ring
Harpȳia –ae f.
a Harpy, a fabled monster, half woman and half bird
Helenus –ī m.
Helenus, a prophet, son of Priam, carried away captive by Pyrrhus to Epirus, where he became the husband of Andromache and ruler of a small kingdom
Herculeus –a –um
of Hercules; Herculean (> Hercules)
Hermionē –ēs f.
Hermione, daughter of Menelaus and Helen, and wife of Orestes
erus –ī m.
an owner, householder, master, lord
hīscō –ere
to gape, open the mouth; speak in broken utterances, falter (> hio)
horrificus –a –um
occasioning horror; terrible, fearful (> horreo and facio)
hospitus –a –um
welcoming; friendly, hospitable; foreign, strange; friendly (> hospes)
hostīlis hostīlis hostīle
hostile
ūmeō –ēre –ēre
to be wet, moist
humilis humile
humble
iaculum –ī n.
a thing hurled; a spear, dart, or javelin (> iacio)
Īasius –iī m.
Iasius, son of Jupiter and Electra, brother of Dardanus, and beloved by Ceres
Īdomeneus –eī m.
Idomeneus, king of Crete, and conspicuous among the Greek chiefs at Troy
īlex –icis f.
the holm–oak, scarlet oak, ilex
inlaetābilis –e
joyless; sad, mournful
inluviēs –ēī. f.
that which is deposited by washing; dirt, filth (cf. eluo)
immergō –ere –mersī –mersus
to plunge into, immerse in, w. acc. and abl.
immeritus –a –um
undeserving; guiltless
immūgiō –īre –īvī or iī –ītu
to bellow within; roar, resound
immundus –a –um
unclean, foul
implācātus –a –um
unappeased; insatiable
impūnē
with impunity
incassum
in vain
incīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus
to cut into; cut upon; cut (> in and caedo)
incōnsultus –a –um
uninstructed, unadvised, without advice
incrēdibilis incrēdibilis incrēdibile
incredible; extraordinary
incrēscō –ere –crēvī –crētus
to grow in; grow up; increase, w. dat.
īnfernus –a –um
that which is below; of Hades, infernal (> inferus)
īnflectō –ere –flexī –flexus
to bend; (fig.), move, sway, change; (pass.), to be bent or swayed
īnflō īnflāre īnflāvī īnflātus
to blow into; fill, inflate, swell
īnfōrmis –e
shapeless; deprived of beauty, deformed, blank, waste; misshapen, hideous; uncouth, foul; unseemly, dishonored
īnfrendeō –ēre and īnfrendō –ere
to gnash
inhorrēscō inhorrēscere inhorruī —
to be rough; of the sea, rise up, become rough, swell; to cause to bristle
īnserō īnserere īnseruī īnsertus
to fasten or put in; insert
īnspērātus –a –um
unhoped for; unexpected
īnsurgō –ere –surrēxi –rēctus
to rise to; w. dat.; rise, spring to, ply; (without case), lift or raise one’s self, rise upward
intempestus –a –um
unseasonable; unpleasant; gloomy, dark; of unhealthy atmosphere or climate, malarious, unhealthy
interluō –ere
to wash between; flow between
interpres –etis m./f.
an agent between parties; a mediator, messenger; author; prophet
intremō –ere –uī
to tremble; quake
Īonius –a –um
Ionian; subst., Ionium, ii, n., the Ionian sea
Ithaca –ae f.
Ithaca, the island of Ulysses in the Ionian sea
iuvencus –ī m.
young bull, bullock
lac –lactis n.
milk; juice
Lacedaemonius –a –um
Lacedaemonian, Spartan
lacerō lacerāre lacerāvī lacerātus
to tear, mutilate; wound; rend (> lacer)
Lacīnius –a –um
of Lacinium, a promontory near Croton, on the southern coast of Italy; Lacinian; Diva Lacinia, the Lacinian goddess; Juno (> Lacinium)
lacrimābilis –e
that calls for tears; piteous; causing tears; woeful, disastrous (> lacrimo)
Lāertius –a –um
of Laertes, father of Ulysses, Laertian (> Laertes)
lampas –adis f.
a light, torch; firebrand
lāniger –era –erum
bearing wool; fleecy (> lana, wool, and gero)
Lāomedontiadēs –ae m.
a son or descendant of Laomedon, pl., the Trojans (> Laomedon)
lapidōsus –a –um
full of stones; hard as stone, stony (> lapis)
lavō lavāre lāvī lōtus
to wash, bathe; soak
lebēs –ētis m.
a kettle or caldron
Lēdaeus –a –um
pertaining to Leda; Ledaean; daughter of Leda; descendant of Leda (> Leda)
lentō lentāre lentāvī lentātus
to make flexible; of oars, bend, ply (> lentus)
lentus –a –um
pliant, flexible, tough, tenacious, sticky; slow
lētifer –era –erum
death–bringing; deadly (> letum and fero)
levāmen –inis n.
an alleviation; relief, mitigation; solace (> levo)
Leucātēs –ae m.
Leucata, a promontory of the island of Leucadia, off the coast of Acarnania
libēns –entis
willing; well–pleased, ready, gladly, freely
Lilybēius –a –um
of Lilybaeum, the western promontory of Sicily; Lilybaean (> Lilybaeum)
linteum –ī n.
linen cloth; sailcloth; a sail (> linum)
liquefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus –pass.; liquefīō –fierī –factus sum
to render liquid; melt, liquefy (> liqueo and facio)
līquor līquī
to be in a liquid state; run, ooze, trickle, flow; p., liquens, entis, liquid, fluid
lītoreus –a –um
litoral, of the seashore
Locrī –ōrum m.
the Locriam, inhabitants of Locris, in Greece, Locri Epizephyrii, in Bruttium, the Opuntii, of Opus, in Locris
longinquus –a –um
far distant, in space or time; distant, remote, long (> longus)
lōrīca –ae f.
a leather corselet; a corselet of any material; a hauberk, cuirass, coat of mail (> lorum)
lūcidus –a –um
bright, shining, gleaming, glittering; clear (> luceo)
lūdus lūdī m.
game, play, sport, pastime, entertainment, fun; school, elementary school
luēs –is f.
a pestilence, plague, contagion, blight; disorder, infection
lūstrum –ī n.
a purifying atonement; the national lustrum or atoning sacrifice, the suovetaurilia, made at Rome every fifth year, at the taking of the census; the period of a lustrum, five years; an indefinite period; age (> luo, to atone)
Lyctius –a –um
of Lyctus, a town in Crete; Lyctian, Cretan
Lycūrgus –ī m.
Lycurgus, son of Dryas, and king of the Thracian Edoni, punished by Bacchus with madness, and driven to self–destruction, on account of his opposition to the Bacchanalian orgies
maciēs –ēī f.
emaciation, leanness; ghastliness
maculō maculāre maculāvī maculātus
to spot; stain; defile
māla –ae f.
cheek
mandō mandāre mandāvī mandātus
to entrust, commit to one’s charge, deliver over; commission; order, command
mandō –ere –mandī –mānsus
to chew, bite, champ; eat, devour; of falling in battle, bite the dust
Mānēs –ium m.
the deities of the lower world, gods or powers below, the spirits or souls of the dead in Hades, ghosts, shades, Manes, penalties of the lower world, punishments, expiations, purgatory, abode of the dead
mānō mānāre mānāvī mānātus
to drip, flow
medium medi(ī) n.
middle
Megarus –a –um
of or belonging to Megara; pertaining to the Sicilian Megara; Megarean (> Megara)
Meliboeus –a –um
of Meliboea in Thessaly; Meliboean (> Meliboea)
meritus merita meritum
deserved, due
minae –ārum f. pl.
battlements, threats
Mīsēnus –ī m.
Misenus, son of Aeolus, a skillful trumpeter, who followed Hector in the Trojan war, and afterwards Aeneas, and was drowned on the coast of Campania
miserandus –a –um
to be pitied; p., unhappy; wretched; deplorable, direful (> miseror)
monumentum monumentī n.
reminder; memorial, monument, tomb; record, literary work, history, book
mūgiō –īre –īvī or iī
to low, bellow; (fig.), of a trumpet; of the tripod; to make a roaring sound, rumble, of the ground
Myconos –ī f.
Myconos, one of the Cyclades, N.E. of Delos
myrtus –ī m./f.
myrtle
Nārycius –a –um
of Naryx, a town of the Locri; Narycian (> Naryx or Naricium)
natō natāre natāvī natātus
to swim
nāvifragus –a –um
shipwrecking (> navis and frango)
nauta nautae m.
sailor
nauticus –a –um
of ships; pertaining to seamen or sailors; nautical
Naxos –ī f.
Naxos, one of the Cyclades, east of Paros, noted for its wine and the worship of Bacchus
nemorōsus –a –um
abounding in woods, woody (> nemus)
Nērēīs –idis or idos f.
a Nereid, any one of the daughters of Nereus and Doris, a sea–nymph (> Nereus)
Nēritos –ī f.
Neritos, a small island near Ithaca
nīmīrum
without doubt, doubtless, indisputably, certainly, surely, truly
nīsus nīsus m.
a pressing upon, pressure, push, striving, exertion, labor, effort
nivālis –e
snowy; snow–covered; snowy (> nix)
nota notae f.
mark, note
notō notāre notāvī notātus
to mark, sign, secret writing
nūbilus –a –um
cloudy; subst., nubilum, i, cloudy weather; pl., nubila, orum, clouds (> nubes)
obluctor –ātus sum
to strive, struggle, press against
oborior –orīrī –ortus sum
to arise, appear
obscēnus –a –um
filthy, indecent, loathsome, foul; horrible (> caenum)
obsidiō obsidiōnis f.
siege, blockade
obvertō –ere –vertī –versus
to turn towards; turn round (towards the sea); p., obversus, a, um, turned or turning, wheeling; turning against; directly opposite, facing towards.
Ōlearos –ī f.
Olearos, one of the Cyclades, southwest of Paros
oleum –ī n.
olive oil, oil
operor –ātus sum
to work; be occupied with, engaged in (w. dat.); of religious rites, to sacrifice (> opus)
Orestēs –is or –ae m.
Orestes, driven temporarily mad by the Furies, avenged the murder of his father Agamemnon by killing his mother Clytemnestra
Ortygia –ae f.
quail–island; Ortygia, an ancient name of Delos; Ortygia, an island forming part of the city of Syracuse
ostentō ostentāre ostentāvī ostentātus
to exhibit, display
ovis –is n.
sheep
ovō ovāre ovāvī ovātus
to shout, rejoice; triumph; p., ovans, antis, exulting, joyous, shouting, triumphant; of things
Pachynum –ī n.
Pachynum or Pachynus, the southeastern promontory of Sicily
palaestra –ae f.
a place for wrestling or exercize; pl., wrestling, gymnastic, or palaestric games
Palinūrus –ī m.
Palinurus, the pilot of Aeneas; promontory said to have been named from him, Palinurus, now Palinuro
palmōsus –a –um
full of palm trees; palmy (> palma)
Pantagiās –ae m.
Pantagias, a river on the east coast of Sicily
Paros –ī f.
Paros, an island in the Aegean, one of the Cyclades, celebrated for its statuary marble
paternus –a –um
fatherly
paulum
a little (> paulus, small)
Pelōrus –ī m. and Pelōrum –ī n.
Pelorus, the northeastern cape of Sicily
penna pennae f.
feather
peragō peragere perēgī perāctum
to finish, end
perficiō perficere perfēcī perfectus
to complete, accomplish
Pergameus –a –um
of Pergamus, Pergamean; Trojan Pergamea (sc. urbs), the city built by Aeneas in Crete (> Pergamus)
permētior –mēnsus sum
to measure completely; traverse
Petēlia –ae f.
Petelia, a town on the eastern coast of Bruttium
Phaeāces –um m. pl.
the Phaeacians, the Homeric name of the inhabitants of Corcyra, the modern Corfu
Philoctētēs –ae m.
Philoctetes, son of the Thessalian king Poeas of Meliboea, companion of Hercules, from whom he inherited the bow and arrows with which he killed Paris
Phīnēius –a –um
pertaining to Phineus, king of Salmydessus, who was smitten by the gods with blindness and tormented by the Harpies, for putting out the eyes of his sons (> Phineus)
Phoebēus –a –um
pertaining to Phoebus or the sun; Phoebean (> Phoebus)
piceus –a –um
of pitch; smoking with pitch, pitchy; pitch–black (> pix)
pīctūrātus –a –um
adorned with painting; embroidered (> pictura)
pīgnus –oris n.
a pledge, stake, token, assurance (rel. to pango and paciscor)
pīnus –ūs or –ī
a pine tree, pine.; (meton.), a ship; a torch; a pine brand or torch
pistrīx –īcis f.
a sea monster (cf. pristis)
Plēmyrium –iī n.
Plemyrium, a promontory in Sicily, near Syracuse
plūma –ae f.
feather, down
polluō –ere –uī –ūtus
to soil, pollute, defile; break, violate
Polydōrus –ī m.
Polydorus, son of Priam and Hecuba
Polyphēmus –ī m.
Polyphemus, a cyclops, son of Neptune
portendō –ere –tendī –tentus
to stretch, hold forth; to foretell, portend, presage (> pro and tendo)
potius
rather, more
praecelsus –a –um
very high, lofty
praedīcō praedīcere praedīxī praedictus
to say beforehand; foretell, prophesy, predict; forewarn; p., praedictus, a, um, foretold.
praepes –etis
hastening before, swift, fleet; winged
praepinguis –e
very fat; rich
praesideō –ēre –sēdī
to sit before; preside over, rule over, w. dat. (> prae and sedeo)
praetendō –ere –tendī –tentus
to hold out before; stretch forth, extend, wave; stretch, extend before; oppose; (fig.), pretend, promise
praeterlābor –lāpsus sum
to glide, flow along by; sail past or by
praetervehor –vectus sum –pass. of praetervehō –as dep. a.
to go by; pass, sail by
pressō pressāre pressāvī pressātus
to press hard; squeeze, press; milk
Prīamidēs –ae m.
son of Priam
proavus –ī m.
great–grandfather; ancestor
prōdigium –iī n.
a prognostic, sign, prodigy, wonder, portent; monster
prōgredior prōgredī prōgressus sum
to go, come forth, go forward, march forward; advance, proceed, make progress
prōiectus –a –um
projecting, jutting (> proicio)
prōluviēs –ēī f.
a flowing forth; excrement, discharge (> proluo)
prōsper –or –more frequently –prōsperus –a –um
favorable to one’s hope; propitious, favorable, auspicious (> pro and spes)
prudentia prudentiae f.
discretion; good sense, wisdom; prudence; foresight
pūbēscō –ere –pūbuī
to be growing up (> pubes)
pulsō pulsāre pulsāvī pulsātus
to hit, beat
quadrupēs –edis
four–footed; subst., c., a quadruped, animal, beast; courser, steed (> quattuor and pes)
quaesō quaesere
to beg, ask, ask for, seek
quercus –ūs f.
an oak tree; (meton.), an oak leaf crown
quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam
who, pray? what, pray? who? what?
quō
that, to the end that, in order that; quo magis, by how much more, that the more
rādīx rādīcis f.
root
rādō rādere rāsī rāsum
to scratch; inscribe
rāmus rāmī m.
branch
rārēscō –ere
to become thin; to part or begin to stand open; to open (> rarus)
recordor recordārī recordātus sum
to remember, recollect
recubō recubāre recubāvī recubātus
to be lying back or down; recline; be extended; lie
redimiō –imīre –imiī –imītum
to encircle (with a garland)
relegō –ere –lēgī –lēctus
to gather again; pass by, survey again; coast again
renārrō renārrāre renārrāvī renārrātus
to relate again; recount
repositus –(repostus) –a –um
replaced; treasured up, cherished; buried; remote (> repono)
requiēs –ētis or ēī f.
repose, rest; respite; support, comfort; cessation
resonō resonāre resonāvī resonātus
to sound again, resound, ring, reecho
retrōrsus
backwards, back; again (> retro and versus from verto)
Rhoetēus –a –um
of Rhoeteum, a promontory on the coast of the Troad; Rhoetean; Trojan
rīte or rītū
+ gen., in the manner of, like
rīvus –ī m.
brook, stream
rōrō rōrāre rōrāvī rōrātus
to be moist with dew; (fig.), to drop, drip (> ros)
rubēscō –ere –rubuī
to grow or turn red; begin to glow, redden (> rubeo)
rudō –ere –īvī –ītus
to send forth a loud, rough sound; bellow, roar, of men; of beasts; of the roaring sound of the rushing water (p. gen. pl., rudentum)
Sallentīnus –a –um
pertaining to the Sallentini, a people in Lapygia, southeast of Tarentum, Salentine
salūtō salūtāre salūtāvī salūtātus
to greet; wish well; visit; hail, salute
Samē –ēs f.
Same, a name of Cephallenia, in the Ionian sea, west of the Gulf of Corinth
Scylacēum –ī n.
Scylaceum, a town on the Bruttian coast
Scylla –ae f.
Scylla, dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messana opposite Charybdis; personified as a monster, half woman and half fish; Scylla, one of the ships of Aeneas
secundō secundāre secundāvī secundātus
to secondly
sēgnis sēgne
slow, sluggish
Selīnūs –ūntis f.
Selinus, a town on the southwestern coast of Sicily
sēmēsus –a –um
half eaten (> semi– and edo)
sēmustus –a –um
half burned, half consumed (> semi– and uro)
Sibylla –ae f.
a prophetess, a sibyl; the Cumaean sibyl, Deiphobe
Sicānus (Sicānius) –a –um
Sicilian, Sicanian (> Sicani)
sīdereus –a –um
abounding in stars, starry; star–lighted; glittering, flashing (> sidus)
Sīrius –iī m.
Sirius or Canicula, the dog–star
situs sitūs m.
situation, position, site; structure; neglect, disuse, stagnation; mold
sōlāmen –inis n.
a means of consoling; a solace; consolation (> solor)
sollicitus –a –um
concerned, worried; upset, troubled, disturbed, anxious, apprehensive
sorbeō –ēre –uī
to suck; absorb, draw on
sortītus –ūs m.
a drawing of lots; allotment (> sortior)
specula –ae f.
a lookout; watch–tower; eminence, hill; a height (> specio, look)
spīna –ae f.
a thorn; the vertebrae, spine, backbone
spīrābilis –e
that may be breathed; vital (> spiro)
stāgnō –āvī –ātus
to be stagnant, to form a standing pool; to overflow, so as to form standing pools or lakes; overflow (> stagnum)
sterilis –e
unproductive, unfruitful; barren
stīpes –itis m.
a log or post, stem, trunk of a tree; club
Strophades –um f.
the Strophades, two small islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Messenia, where the Harpies were allowed to remain, and where Zetes and Calais turned back from the pursuit of them
Stygius –a –um
pertaining to the Styx; of Hades; Stygian (> Styx)
submittō submittere submīsī submissum
to place under, submit
subtēmen –inis n.
that which is woven under or passed under or across the warp in weaving; the cross thread, weft, woof or filling; thread (> subtexo)
subter
(prep. w. acc. and abl.), below, beneath, under, beneath
subtexō –ere –texuī –textus
to weave beneath; to veil or cover from below; cover, veil
suēscō –ere –suēvī –suētus
to become accustomed, to be wont, used, accustomed
supīnus –a –um
backwards, bent backwards, thrown backwards, on the back, supine
suppleō –ēre –plēvī –plētus
to fill up; to supply, furnish (> sub and pleo, fill)
tābidus –a –um
melting away; wasting, consuming (> tabeo)
tābum –ī n.
corrupt matter; putrid blood; gore (> tabeo)
Tarentum –ī n.
Tarentum, a city of Greek origin on the coast of lower Italy
tepidus –a –um
warm, tepid
taeter –tra –trum
disagreeable; foul, loathsome
textilis –e
woven, embroidered (> texo)
Thapsus –ī f.
Thapsus, a city and peninsula of the eastern coast of Sicily
Thrāx –ācis
Thracian; subst. pl., Thraces, um, Thracians
Thrēicius –a –um
Thracian; Thracian in character, northern
Thymbraeus –a –um
of Thymbra, a town in the Troad, in which was a temple of Apollo; hence, Thymbraean, an epithet of Apollo (> Thymbra)
tonat tonāre tonuit
to it is thundering
torvus –a –um
stern, grim, wild; savage, lowering; fierce; shaggy; adv., torvum and torva, sternly, wildly
trāctus –ūs m.
a dragging, drawing, an extending; stretch of space, tract, region of land, sea, or sky (> traho)
trāns
across, over; beyond; on the other side; (only local relations) (+ acc.)
trānsmittō –ere –mīsī –missus
to send across; bear or convey across or over; give over; to cross, pass over, fly over, with acc. of the space crossed over; to make across, of a passage or voyage
trānstrum –ī n.
a cross–timber; a thwart, transom, or bench for rowers; bench (> trans)
tremēscō –ere
to begin to tremble; to tremble, quake; to tremble at (> tremo)
trilīx –īcis
of three threads or leashes; of three layers of thread; three–ply; triple (> tres and licium, thread)
Trīnacria –ae f.
the three–cornered land, Sicily, Trinacria
tripus –odis m.
a three–footed vessel or seat; a tripod; the seat of the priestess of Apollo; an oracle
Trōiugena –ae m./f.
of Trojan descent, Trojan, Troiugenae, arum, c., Trojans (> Troia and cf. gigno)
truncus –a –um
stripped of its branches; mutilated, maimed, mangled; broken, shattered (> truncus)
turrītus –a –um
turreted; crowned with turrets; with crown of towers; tower–like, towering, lofty (> turris)
ūber ūberis
rich, fruitful, fertile
veneror venerārī venerātus sum
to venerate
verberō verberāre verberāvī verberātus
to beat, hit
vērum
but indeed, but yet, yet, but
vetustās vetustātis f.
age, antiquity
victrīx –īcis f.
a female conqueror; in triumph; as adj., victorious (> vinco)
vīmen –inis n.
a flexible twig; osier, sprout, shoot, sprig, stem
virgultum –ī n.
a growth of brambles (used only in the plural); a thicket, grove; shrubs; shoots or sprigs (> virga)
viridis –e
green
virīlis virīlis virīle
male, manly, virile
vīsum vīsī n.
vision
umbrō umbrāre umbrāvī umbrātus
to overshadow
undōsus –a –um
billowy, stormy; sea–washed (> unda)
volēns –entis
willing, ready, unresisting, spontaneously
volitō volitāre volitāvī volitātus
to fly around
Zacynthus –ī f.
Zacynthus, an island in the Ionian sea opposite Elis
