Book 6 Flashcards
abstrūdō –ere –trūsī –trūsus
to push or thrust off; to conceal, hide
accubō accubāre accubuī accubitus
to lie near or by, to recline; bend over, project (> ad and cumbo)
accumulō accumulāre accumulāvī accumulātus
to place heap on heap; heap up, load; honor (> ad and cumulo)
adamās –antis m.
that which cannot be overcome; the hardest iron, steel, adamant
admittō admittere admīsī admīssus
to urge on, put to a gallop; let in, admit, receive; grant, permit, let go
adorior adorīrī adortus sum
to assail, assault, attack, rise against (military/political/plague); accost, address, improperly influence; undertake, try, attempt, come to grips; begin, set to work
Adrastus –ī m.
Adrastus, king of Argos
adulterium adulterī(ī) n.
adultery; blending/mixing of different strains/ingredients; contamination
advolvō –ere –volvī –volūtus
to roll to; roll
Aeolidēs –ae m.
a son or descendant of Aeolus; Ulysses; Misenus; Clytius
aeripēs –edis
brazen– or bronze–footed, or hoofed (> aes and pes)
aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus
to glow, to be dried up or parched; boil up; heave, foam; fume; rage, seethe (> aestus)
Alōīdae –ārum m.
the stepsons of Aloeus, sons of Neptune and Iphemedia, named Otus and Ephialtes; giants who stormed Olympus and were slain by Apollo
alveus –ī m.
a cavity, hollow; the hollow trunk of a tree; (meton.), a boat (> alvus)
alumnus –ī m.
a foster–son (> alo)
āmoveō –ēre –mōvī –mōtus
to move away, take away, remove
Amphrysius –a –um
pertaining to the river Amphrysus; Amphrysian, an epithet of Apollo, who kept the flocks of Admetus on the Amphrysus; hence, of a priest or priestess of Apollo
Ancus –ī m.
Ancus Martius, the fourth king of Rome
Antēnoridēs –ae m.
a son or descendant of Antenor; Antenoridae, the three sons of Antenor, Polybus, Agenor, and Acamas
Arctos –ī f.
Arctos, the constellation of the Great and Little Bear, or of the Great Bear alone; the north
armus –ī m.
the shoulder, strictly at the shoulder blade; of beasts, shoulder; flank, side; of men, the shoulder
adsimilis –e
like, similar to
assuēscō assuescere assuēvī assuētum
to grow accustomed to
audēns –entis
venturing, daring; bold, brave; (compar.), audentior, bolder, more boldly
augustus –a –um
august, holy, majestic, dignified
auricomus –a –um
golden–haired; (fig.), golden–leaved, or with golden sprays (> aurum and coma)
autumnus autumnī m.
fall
bēlua –ae f.
a beast, large, monstrous, or hideous
Berecyntius –a –um
pertaining to Berecyntus, a mountain of Phrygia, sacred to Cybele
bibulus –a –um
drinking readily; absorbing quickly; dry (> bibo)
bifōrmis –is
of twofold shape or form, two–formed (> bis and forma)
Bōla –ae f.
Bola, a town, of the Aequi in Latium
bractea –ae f.
a thin plate of metal; gold–foil, –leaf
Briareus –eī m.
Briareus, or Aegaeon, one of the three Uranids, or sons of Uranus, giant monsters with a hundred (i.e. very many) hands
brūmālis –e
of the winter; wintry (> bruma)
Brūtus –ī m.
Brutus, a surname of the Junian gens, derived from Lucius Junius Brutus, the patrician leader who delivered Rome from the Tarquins
cadūcus –a –um
liable to fall; destined, doomed to fall, or die; slain (> cado)
caelifer –era –erum
heaven–bearing, sky–bearing (> caelum and fero)
Caeneus (dissyl.) –eos m.
Caeneus, a Thessalian girl, formerly named Caenis, transformed by Neptune into a boy; Caeneus, a follower of Aeneas
caenum –ī n.
dirt, mud, mire, slime
Cāiēta –ae f.
Caieta, the nurse of Aeneas; Caieta, a town and haven of Latium, named after the nurse of Aeneas (now Gaëta)
calcar –āris n.
a spur (> calx)
calidus –a –um
warm, hot; fiery, lusty; eager, rash, on the spot; having a warm climate/place
Camillus –ī m.
M. Furius Camillus, the conqueror of Veii, who expelled the Gauls from Rome after the capture of the city, B.C. 390
cānitiēs –ēī f.
hoaryness, grayness; gray hair; gray hairs, old age (> canus)
canōrus –a –um
tuneful, harmonious; resounding (> cano)
Capitōlium –iī n.
the Capitol
Caspius –a –um
of the Caspian Sea, Caspian; Asiatic
Castrum Inuī
Castrum Inui, a town in Latium near Antium and Ardea
catēna –ae f.
chain, fetter
Catō –ōnis m.
Cato, a family name in the Porcian gens; M. Porcius Cato, called the Censor and also Senex; M. Porcius Cato the younger, who perished by his own hand at Utica; hence, called Uticensis
Cēcropidēs –ae m.
a son or descendant of Cecrops, pl., the Athenians
centumgeminus –a –um
hundredfold; of the hundred– (or many–) handed Briareus
Cerberus –ī m.
Cerberus, the three–headed watch–dog of Pluto
Chalcidicus –a –um
of Chalcis, the chief town of Euboea; Chalcidian
Charōn –ōntis m.
Charon, son of Erebus and Night, and ferryman of the Styx
chorēa –ae f.
a circling dance; a dance
circumferō –ferre –tulī –lātus –ferre
to bear round; pass around, sprinkle, purify by sprinkling; cast about
circumveniō circumvenīre circumvēnī circumventus
to surround, cheat
cīvīlis cīvīlis cīvīle
of/affecting fellow citizens; civil; legal; public; political; unassuming
cliēns clientis m.
customer (modern sense)
Cōcȳtus –ī m.
Cocytus, “the river of lamentation,” in the lower world
coerceō coercēre coercuī coercitus
to enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish
cognōminis –e
of the same, or his name (> cognomen)
Collātīnus –a –um
of Collatia, a town of the Sabines near Rome; Collatine (> Collatia)
cōmō comere cōmpsī cōmptus
to arrange; adorn, make beautiful; embellish
concha –ae f.
a shellfish; cockle shell, shell; a shell used as a trumpet; conch
cōnsultum cōnsultī n.
decree, decision
convallis –is f.
a valley completely inclosed by hills; a valley, vale
conventus conventūs m.
agreement, covenant; coming together; conjunction (astrology); Roman district; gathering, meeting; assembly, people in assembly; provincial court, “assize”; convent, monestary
Cora –ae f.
Cora, a town of the Volsci in Latium
Corinthus –ī f.
Corinthus, a city of the Peloponnesus, destroyed by Mummius, B.C. 146
corneus –a –um
made of horn
cornipēs –edis
horn–hoofed (> cornu and pes)
corporeus –a –um
bodily, corporeal (> corpus)
Corynaeus –ī m.
Corynaeus, a companion of Aeneas; Corynaeus, another Trojan
Cossus –ī m.
Cossus, a family name in the Cornelian gens; especially, A. Cornelius Cossus, who won the spolia opima from the king of Veii (B.C. 428)
creātrīx –īcis f.
she who brings forth; a mother (> creo)
cremō cremāre cremāvī cremātus
to burn
crūdēliter
cruelly, barbarously (> crudelis)
culter –trī m.
a plowshare; a knife (> colo)
Cūmae –ārum f.
Cumae, an ancient Greek town of Campania, west of Naples
Curēs –ium m.
Cures, a Sabine town east of Rome
custōdia custōdiae f.
custody, protection
cymba –ae f.
a boat, skiff
Daedalus –ī m.
Daedalus, the father of Greek sculpture, supposed to be of the time of Minos and Theseus, employed by Minos to build the Cretan Labyrinth
dēcerpō –ere –sī –tus
to pluck off; crop, pluck (> de and carpo)
Deciī –ōrum m.
several illustrious Romans of the Decian gens, especially the father and son Decius Mus, one killed in the battle of Vesuvius, B.C. 340, the other in the battle of Sentinum, B.C. 295
decorō decorāre decorāvī decorātus
to adorn, decorate; honor (> decus)
dēfleō –ēre –flēvī –flētus
to weep much; weep over, bewail, bemoan, lament
dēfungor dēfungī dēfūnctus sum
to finish, complete
Dēiphobē –ēs f.
Deiphobe, a name of the Cumaean Sibyl, daughter of Glaucus and priestess of Apollo and Diana
dēlūdō –ere –lūsī –lūsus
to deceive, mock, delude
dēscēnsus –ūs m.
a going down; descent (> descendo)
dīnumerō dīnumerāre dīnumerāvī dīnumerātus
to distinguish by number, enumerate, reckon, count
discessus discessūs m.
departure
discolor –ōris
of different color
discordia discordiae f.
disagreement, dissention
dispiciō –ere –spexī –spectus
to see distinctly, descry, perceive, discern (> dis– and specio, look)
distringō –ere –strīnxī –strīctus
to draw apart; draw, blind, stretch
doctus –a –um
taught, learned, skilled
Drūsus –ī m.
Drusus, the family name of several distinguished Romans
eburneus or eburnus –a –um
of ivory; ivory; ivory–hilted (> ebur)
effingō –ere –fīnxī –fīctus
to mold out, shape forth; form, fashion; portray, represent; counterfeit, imitate (> ex and fingo)
egestās –ātis f.
poverty, destitution, penury, need, want, personified (> egeo)
ēluō –ere –uī –ūtus
to wash out or away
ēnō ēnāre ēnāvī ēnātus
to swim out or away; (fig.), to fly away
Ēridanus –ī m.
Eridanus, a Greek name of the river Po; the river in the lower world which flows forth and forms the Po in the upper world
Eriphȳlē –es f.
Eriphyle, the wife of Amphiaraus, slain by her son Alcmaeon, for her treachery to her husband
Evadnē –ēs f.
Evadne, the wife of Capaneus, who cast herself on the funeral pile of her husband
euhāns –antis –p. n. and a.
crying Euhan! shrieking madly, celebrating (> Evan or Euan, i.e. Bacchus)
Euboicus –a –um
of Euboea, an island on the eastern coast of Greece; Euboean
ēvehō –ere –vexī –vectus
to carry forth; carry up, raise, elevate
ēventus ēventūs m.
outcome, result, success; event, occurrence; chance, fate, accident
excolō –ere –uī –cultus
to till completely; cultivate; refine, perfect, polish
exinde (abbrev. exin)
from that place; thence, of place; of time, thereafter; thereupon, then
expōnō expōnere exposuī expositus
to set/put forth/out; abandon, expose; publish; explain, relate; disembark
exsomnis –e
sleepless (> ex and somnus)
exstō exstāre exstāvī exstātus
to stand forth or out; rise above
exsurgō –ere –surrēxī
to rise up; rise; stand
Fabius –iī m.
Fabius, the name of a gens conspicuous in Roman history, of whom the most illustrious was Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, who commanded the armies as dictator after the battle of Lake Trasimene
Fabricius –iī m.
Fabricius, a Roman family name, esp. C. Fabricius, consul, B.C. 281 and 278, conspicuous in the war with Pyrrhus
fascis –is m.
a bundle; burden, pl., fasces, ium, the fasces or bundle of rods, a symbol of authority, borne by the lictors before the higher magistrates of Rome, (meton.), civil honors
fēcundus –a –um
bringing forth; fruitful, productive; teeming
feretrum –ī n.
a bier (> fero)
ferrūgineus –a –um
of the color of iron rust; dusky, dark (> ferrugo)
fibra –ae f.
a fiber; root; entrail.
Fīdēna –ae and Fīdēnae –ārum f.
Fidena, a town of the Sabines, on the Tiber, five miles northeast of Rome
fidēs –is; mostly in the pl. fidēs –ium f.
a lute string, string, or stringed instrument
figūra figūrae f.
form, shape
fīlum –ī n.
thread, string
findō findere fidī fissum
to split apart
fissilis –e
easily split; fissile (> findo)
fodiō fodere fōdī fossum
to dig
fornix –icis m.
an arch, vault
fraxineus –a –um
pertaining to the ash tree; of ash wood, ashen, ash (> fraxinus)
frequentō frequentāre frequentāvī frequentātus
to crowd together, frequent
frondēscō –ere –fronduī
to put forth leaves (> frondeo)
frūstror –ātus sum
to render vain; frustrate, baffle, disappoint (> frustra)
fulcrum –ī n.
a support, prop, post, foot (> fulcio)
fūmeus –a –um
smoky; smoking (> fumus)
funditus
completely, utterly, entirely
fungor fungī fūnctus sum
to perform, occupy oneself
Gabiī –ōrum m.
Gabii, a town of Latium at the foot of the Alban hills
Gallus –a –um
Gallus
Garamantes –um (acc. pl. –as) m.
the Garamantes, a barbarian tribe of Northern Africa, in the modern Fezzan
geniālis –e
pertaining to, or sacred to the birth–spirit, or guardian genius; genial, joyous, happy, festive (> genius)
glaucus –a –um
dark; sea–green
Gracchus –ī m.
Gracchus, the name of a Roman family in the gens Sempronia, especially Tiberius and Gains
grex gregis m.
herd, flock
guttur –uris n.
windpipe, throat
hiātus –ūs m.
a gaping; throat; opening; cleft, chasm, vortex, abyss (> hio)
hiō hiāre hiāvī hiātus
to yawn, gape; to distend or open the mouth; p., hians, antis, with open mouth
