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)
