Book 5 Flashcards
Acarnān –ānis
of Acarnania, a country between Epirus and Aetolia; Acarnanian
accelerō accelerāre accelerāvī accelerātus
to hasten; make haste (> ad and celero)
accurrō –ere –currī or –cucurrī –cursus
to run to; run, hasten up (> ad and curro)
acerra –ae f.
an incense box; a censer
Acesta –ae f.
Acesta, a town in Sicily, named after Acestes
Acherōn –ontis m.
the Acheron, a river of Hades; the lower world
acta –ae f.
the seashore; beach, shore
adiuvō adiuvāre adiūvī adiūvatus
to help, aid, abet, encourage, favor; cherish, sustain; be of use, be profitable
advēlō advēlāre advēlāvī advēlātus
to veil; wreathe, encircle, crown
adventō adventāre adventāvī adventātus
to come rapidly nearer; to approach, draw near (> advenio)
adventus adventūs m.
arrival, approach; visit, appearance, advent; ripening; invasion, incursion
advocō advocāre advocāvī advocātus
to summon, call
aemulus –a –um
striving to equal; competing, rivaling; envious; a rival for, aspiring
Aeolius –a –um
pertaining to Aeolus; Aeolian
adfīgō –ere –fīxī –fīxus
to fasten to, put to; perf. p. pass., clinging to
agna agnae f.
ewe–lamb
alacer alacris alacre
lively; active, eager; bold, darting, exulting; joyful
Alcīdēs –ae. m.
a descendant of Alceus; Hercules
Amāzonius –a –um
Amazonian (such as the Amazons used)
amoenus –a –um
charming; usually to the sight, delightful, pleasant
Anchīsēus –a –um
of Anchises
Anchīsiadēs –ae m.
son of Anchises; Aeneas
anhēlitus –ūs m.
hard–breathing; puffing, panting (> anhelo)
anhēlō anhēlāre anhēlāvī anhēlātus
to pant; of a furnace, to puff, roar (> am– and halo)
anhēlus –a –um
panting, gasping, throbbing (> anhelo)
annuus –a –um
of the year, yearly
aprīcus –a –um
open to the sun; sunny; sun–loving (> aperio)
arātrum –ī n
plough
Arcadius –a –um
of Arcadia
arcessō arcessere arcessīvī arcessītus
to send for, summon, indict; fetch, import; invite; invoke; bring on oneself
arduum –uī n.
a high place; height
adsuētus –a –um
usual, customary
adsultus –ūs m.
a leaping upon; an assault, attack (> ad and salio)
Atiī –ōrum m.
the Atii, a Roman gens
Atys –yos m.
Atys, a young comrade of Ascanius
Avernus –ī m.
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, Avernus; portus Averni, the harbor of Cumae, near Avernus
aurīga –ae m.
a charioteer; a groom
balteus –ī
a belt
Bēbrycius –a –um
Bebrycian, or Bithynian; of Bebrycia, a country in Asia Minor on the coast of Bithynia
Beroē –ēs f.
Beroë, the wife of Doryclus, an Epirote follower of Aeneas
bicolor –ōris
of two colors; mottled, dappled (> bis and color)
biiugus –a –um
of a two–horse team or chariot; coupled, yoked; chariot–; subst., a double team or two–horse chariot (> bis and iugum)
Būtēs –ae m.
Butes, a descendant of Amycus, king of Bebrycia; Butes, a Trojan, attendant of Ascanius; Butes, a Trojan
caestus –ūs m.
a gauntlet for boxing; thongs or straps loaded with lead, and bound round the hand and arm (> caedo)
calx –calcis f. and rarely m.
the heel ; the hoof of a horse, the fore foot, or hoof; a spur
carchēsium –iī n.
a large drinking vessel with two handles; bowl, beaker
Carpathius –a –um
of Carpathus, an island northeast of Crete; subst., Carpathium, ii, n., the Carpathian Sea
castellum castellī n.
castle, fort
cavea –ae f.
a hollow place; that part of the theater or circus which was occupied by the spectators; a theater; natural amphitheater (> cavus)
Cōrus –ī m.
Corus or Caurus, the northwest wind
Centaurus –ī m.
A Centaur, a fabulous monster, with a human head and neck and the body of a horse; Centaurus, the name of a ship in the fleet of Aeneas (fem.)
cerebrum –ī n.
the brain
cētus –ī m.; cētos –ī n.; pl.
cete, whales, sharks, sea–monsters
Chimaera –ae f.
Chimaera, a monster, said to have infested Lycia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and breathing out fire; Chimaera, the name of one of the ships of Aeneas
circulus –ī m.
a circle or orbit; ring; chain, torques, collar (> circus)
circus –ī m.
a circle, circuit, circular area; surrounding multitude or throng of spectators
Cisseus –eī m.
Cisseus, a king of Thrace, said by a late myth to have been the father of Hecuba; Cisseus, a Rutulian
claudus –a –um
limping, lame
clāvus –ī m.
a nail, a peg; a helm
Cluentius –iī m.
Cluentius, a Roman gentile name
concavus –a –um
completely hollow; hollow, concave
congressus –ūs m.
a coming together; conflict, assault; pl., an interview (> congredior)
cōnītor –nīxus or nīsus sum
to lean or brace one’s self against; struggle, strive, put forth all one’s strength; strain every nerve
cōnsanguineus –a –um
having common blood; kindred; subst., consanguineus, i, m., a brother; kinsman (> com– and sanguis)
cōnsessus –ūs m.
a sitting together; an assembly (others, place of assembly; others, tribunal or platform); an assembly (> consido)
cōnsonō cōnsonāre cōnsonuī
to sound at once or together; sound loudly; resound
cōnsurgō –ere –surrēxī –surrēctus
to rise together, rise up; rise at once; rise; rise or spring to the oars, ply
contentus –a –um
content, satisfied
contus –ī m.
a pole
coruscō coruscāre coruscāvī coruscātus
to push with the horns; move quickly hither and thither; shake, brandish, wave, swing; flash; glisten.
crassus –a –um
thick, fat, crass
crepō crepāre crepuī crepitus
to rattle; creak, crack; rustle
Cressa –ae f.
Cretan woman
Crīnīsus –ī m.
Crinisus, a river in the southwestern part of Sicily
crūdus –a –um
bloody, raw; of untanned hide, of raw hide; covered with blood, bloody; fresh, strong, vigorous; rough, green; deadly, cruel, fatal
cuneus –ī m.
a wedge; a wedge–shaped battalion; battalion; dare cuneos, to form battalions; pl., cunei, orum, the seats of the theater; an assembly
Cȳmodocē –ēs and Cȳmodocēa –ae f.
Cymodoce, a Nereid
Darēs –ētis (acc. Darēta and Daren) m.
Dares, a Trojan boxer
dēbellō dēbellāre dēbellāvī dēbellātus
to war to the end; to put down by war; subdue, conquer
dēbilis –e
disabled, maimed, crippled; feeble, useless (> de and habilis)
dēcidō –ere –cidī
to fall down; fall (> de and cado)
dēclārō dēclārāre dēclārāvī dēclārātus
to declare/announce/make known; indicate, reveal, testify, show/prove; mean
décor –ōris m.
elegance, grace, beauty, charm, ornament
dēmentia –ae f.
madness, frenzy, folly (> demens)
Dēmoleos –ī m.
Demoleos, a Greek slain by Aeneas in battle
dēpellō dēpellere dēpulī dēpulsus
to drive off, expel
dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus
to catch, seize
dēprōmō –ere –prōmpsī –prōmptus
to draw forth
dēsīgnō dēsīgnāre dēsīgnāvī dēsīgnātus
to mark out, arrange
dētrahō –ere –trāxī –tractum
to take away from
dēturbō dēturbāre dēturbāvī dēturbātus
to cast down; strike down; drive away, remove
Didymāōn –onis m.
Didymaon, an artist, mentioned only by Virgil
digitus digitī m.
finger
Diōrēs –is m.
Diores, a son of Priam and companion of Aeneas
dirimō –ere –ēmī –ēmptus
to take asunder; to separate; break off, end; decide (> dis– and emo)
discurrō –ere –cucurrī –or currī –cursus
to run apart; to ride in different directions; to move in patrols, or hurry to and fro as patrols; (impers.), discurritur, they hurry in different directions
dīverberō dīverberāre ––– dīverberātus
to strike asunder, cleave, cut
domitor –ōris m.
a tamer; ruler, sovereign (> domo)
Doryclus –ī m.
Doryclus, a follower of Aeneas
ēdoceō –ēre –uī –tus
to teach completely; communicate, declare
effētus –a –um
no longer producing; exhausted; incapable (w. gen.) (> ex and fetus, productive)
effringō –ere –frēgī –frāctus
to break out or open; crush, dash out (> ex and frango)
ēiectō ēiectāre ēiectāvī ēiectātus
to cast forth; vomit (> ex and iacto)
Ēlysium –ī n.
Elysium, land of the happy dead
ēmētior –mēnsus sum
to measure out or off; pass over, traverse
Entellus –ī m.
Entellus, a Sicilian boxer
Ēpytidēs –ae m.
son of Epytus, a follower of Aeneas, and master of the equestrian games
equester –tris –tre
pertaining to a horseman; equestrian (> eques)
Erycīnus –a –um
Pertaining to Eryx, Erycinian (> Eryx)
Erymanthus –ī m.
Erymanthus, a mountain in Arcadia
ēvinciō –īre –vinxī –vinctus
to bind round; crown, wreathe; bind
Eumēlus –ī m.
Eumelus, a Trojan
ēvolvō –ere –volvī –volūtus
to roll out or forth; unroll a scroll or volume; hence, (fig.), reveal, declare
Euryalus –ī m.
Euryalus, a Trojan youth among the followers of Aeneas
Eurytiōn –ōnis m.
Eurytion, brother of the Lycian archer Pandarus, and follower of Aeneas
exanimō exanimāre exanimāvī exanimātus
to deprive of life; p., exanimatus, a, um, without breath, breathless; disheartened; terrified (> ex and anima)
exedō –ere –ēdī –ēsus
to eat out, hollow out, devour; consume, destroy
exōsus –a –um
hating much; usually w. an obj. acc.; hostile, adverse to, hating
exsaturābilis –e
that can be satisfied (> exsaturo)
exsors –sortis
without share, lot, or part; deprived of; not provided or given by lot; unallotted, undesignated; different from others; distinguished, 8.552.
extendō –ere –tendī –tentus or tēnsus
to stretch forth; stretch, extend; continue; magnify, advance
fallax –ācis
deceitful, treacherous, false
favor favōris m.
favor, goodwill
ferrātus –a –um
furnished or covered with iron; iron; iron pointed, iron shod; iron spurred, armed with the spur (> ferrum)
fimus –ī m.
mire, slime
fīnitimus –a –um
neighboring, bordering, adjoining
flagellum –ī n.
a scourge or whip; thong (dim. of flagrum, a whip)
flexilis –e
flexible, pliant (> flecto)
flexus –ūs m.
curl, wave; the act of bending or curling
fluitō fluitāre fluitāvī fluitātus
to float (> fluo)
foedē
foully, basely, shamefully (> foedus)
frīgeō –ēre –frīxī
to be cold, stiff with cold; stiffened, rigid with death; to be benumbed, paralyzed, torpid
frondōsus –a –um
full of leaves, leafy; woody (> frons)
fulgor –ōris m. or fulgur –ūris n.
lightning, flash, brightness
fūror –ārī fūrātus sum
to steal
generō generāre generāvī generātus
to sire, create
genius –iī m.
the birth–spirit; a tutelar deity, or guardian genius (> geno, gigno)
Glaucus –ī m.
Glaucus, a fabled fisherman of Boeotia, one of the Argonauts, who was transformed into a sea–god; Glaucus, the father of Deiphobe, the Cumaean sibyl; Glaucus, a Lycian prince, allied with Priam, and slain by Ajax, son of Telamon
grāmineus –a –um
of turf, grassy (> gramen)
gubernāculum –ī n.
a helm (> guberno, steer)
gȳrus –ī m.
a circle, circular track, ring; circuit; coil