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aequor aequoris n.

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a smooth expanse; hence water, the sea

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āiō

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say

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Amastris –is f.

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the capital of Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey, on the central Black Sea coast)

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anteā

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adv. (ante + ea), previously

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aura aurae f.

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breeze, wind

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buxifer –era –erum

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producing box-trees (the Buxus yields boxwood, a close-grained, heavy, tough hardwood)

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cacūmen –inis n.

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peak, tip

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Castor –oris m.

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son of Leda and Tyndareus, twin brother of Pollux; one of a twin constellation used in navigation; patron (with his brother Pollux) of seafarers and ships

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celer celeris celere

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swift

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coma comae f.

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hair, lock of hair; foliage

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comō –āre –āvī –ātum

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be covered with hair or foliage

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Cyclades –um f.

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an island of the Cyclades; pl. the Cyclades, islands in the Aegean surrounding Delos

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Cytōrius –a –um

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of Cytorus, a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

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Cytōrus –ī m.

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a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

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cōgnitus –a –um

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known; sexually intimate

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dextera dextera f.

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the right hand

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dēdicō dēdicāre dēdicāvī dēdicātus

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dedicate, consecrate

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dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

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talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call

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ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus

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emit, bring forth, yield; publish

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erus –ī m.

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master

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faciō facere fēcī factus

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do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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ferō ferre tulī lātus

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bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

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fretum fretī n.

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any place where the sea boils up; sea

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gemellus –a –um

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twin (adj. or subst.)

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(H)adriāticum –ī n.

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Adriatic, as neut, subst., the Adriatic Sea

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horridus –a –um

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rough, rugged, wild, uncouth, harsh

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hospes hospitis m.

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guest, visitor; stranger

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imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus

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drench, steep; dip or wet for the first time; inaugurate, give first experience

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impetus impetūs m.

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forceful or rapid movement; attack

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impotens –entis

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powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

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incidō incidere incidī

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fall or impinge upon, occur

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inde

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thence, from that point

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īnsula īnsulae f.

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island

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iugum iugī n.

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yoke; ridge

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Iuppiter Iovis m.

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Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

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lacus lacūs m.

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laevā

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on the left

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limpidus –a –um

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clear, transparent

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linteum –ī n.

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linen cloth; napkin; sail

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loquor loquī locūtus sum

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speak; tell

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lītorālis –e

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of the shore

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lītus lītoris n.

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mare maris n.

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mināx –ācis

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menacing, threatening

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nam

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explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

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natō natāre natāvī natātus

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swim; float

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negō negāre negāvī negātus

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deny, refuse, say that… not

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nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum

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to be unable (to)

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novus –a –um

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latest, last

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nāvis nāvis f.

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nōbilis nōbile

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well-known, famous, illustrious

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opus n. (indeclinable)

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need, necessity, w. abl. of the thing needed

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orīgō –inis f.

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origin, beginning

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palmula –ae f.

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the palm of the hand; oar; palm tree or leaf

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phasēlus –ī m.

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a light ship, so-called because of its resemblance to a green bean

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Ponticus –a –um

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of or on the Black Sea

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praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

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go beyond, pass

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prius

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before, earlier

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Propontis –idis f.

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the Propontis or Sea of Marmora, between the Black Sea and the Aegean

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pēs pedis m.

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foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

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quiēs quiētis f.

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sleep, repose

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reconditus –a –um

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hidden away, secluded

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Rhodus –ī f.

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the island of Rhodes

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saepe

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secundus –a –um

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going along with, following; hence (of a wind) favorable; second

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seneō –ēre

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sibilus –ī m.

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any sibilant sound; hissing, whistling

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silva silvae f.

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forest, wood

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simul

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at the same time, together, as well; conj., as soon as

70
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sinus sinūs m.

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the cavity or fold produced by the looping of a garment (OLD); breast; bosom, refuge; a curved indentation in the coastline such as a bay or gulf

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stō stāre stetī statum

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suī sibi sē sē

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him-/her-/itself

73
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sīve or seu

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or if; whether … or (see sive)

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Thrācia –ae f.

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Thrace (roughly modern Bulgaria and European Turkey)

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tot

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indecl. adj., so many

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trabs trabis f.

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tree trunk, timber; by metonymy, boat; penis, “shaft”

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trux trucis

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harsh, fierce, cruel, savage

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ūllus –a –um

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ulterior –ius; ultimus –a –um

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last, final, farthest

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ūsque

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all the way (to), continuously, constantly

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uterque utraque utrumque

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indef. adj. & pron., each (of two)

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ve

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or (encl. conj.)

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veniō venīre vēnī ventum

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videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper

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vocō vocāre vocāvī vocātus

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call, summon, invite

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volō volāre volāvī volātus

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vōtum vōtī n.

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vow, prayer

88
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āiō

Catullus Vocabulary 1, Poems 1-60 (66 decks)

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