Catullus 64.132-163 Flashcards

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āerius –a –um

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pertaining to the air; airy, aërial; rising into the air; towering, lofty; air–cleaving

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ā

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expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty

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āles –itis m./f.

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large bird, bird of prey; an omen or augury (from watching birds)

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āmittō amittere amīsī amīssus

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to lose; lose by death; send away, dismiss; part with; let go/slip/fall, drop

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apiscor –apiscī aptus sum

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to seIze, grasp; obtain

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āra ārae f.

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altar

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attamen

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nevertheless

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āvehō –ere –vehere –vehexī –vectum

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to carry off, bear away

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blandus –a –um

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flattering, charming, pleasant; attractive

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candidus –a –um

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white, fair

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cernō cernere crēvī certus

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to sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide

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certō

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certainly, definitely, really, for certain, for a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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Charybdis –is f.

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Charybdis, a whirlpool near the Sicilian coast, in the Straits of Messina, opposite the rock of Scylla; personified as a monster

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clēmentia –ae f.

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mildness, gentleness, mercy

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concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum

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to hold, conceive, commit

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cōnūbium –iī n.

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marriage

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cōnsternō –erestrāvī –strātus

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to strew over; cover, strew

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cor cordis n.

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heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)

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crūdēlis crūdēle

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cruel, hardhearted, unmerciful, severe, bloodthirsty, savage, inhuman; harsh, bitter

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cubīle cubīlis n.

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place of rest, couch, bed

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cupidus –a –um

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desirious (+ gen.)

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cupiō cupere cupiī/cupivī cupītus

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to wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well

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cūrō cūrāre cūrāvī cūrātus

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to arrange/see/attend to; take care of; provide for; worry/care about; heal/cure; undertake; procure; regard w/anxiety/interest; take trouble/interest; desire

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dēsertus –a –um

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desolate; abandoned; uninhabited, solitary, lonely

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dēsum deesse defuī

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to be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

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dēvotus –a –um

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accursed; vowed as an offering

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dictum dictī n.

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word; saying

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dīlacerō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to tear to pieces

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discēdō discēdere discessī discessum

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to go away, depart

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discerpō –ere –cerpsī –cerptus

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to pluck asunder, to tear in pieces; disperse (> dis– and carpo)

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dīvus (dīus) –a –um

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divine; godlike; subst., divus, i, m., a god, freq.; the image of a god; diva, ae, f., a goddess

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dulcis dulce

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sweet, pleasant

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ēripiō ēripere ēripuī ēreptus

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to tear away, snatch away

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exspuō –uere –ui –ūtum

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to spit out

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fallax –ācis

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deceitful, treacherous, false

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famulor –ārī –ātus sum

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to be a servant

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fēmina fēminae f.

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woman; wife

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fera ferae f.

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wild animal

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fidēlis fidēle

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faithful/loyal/devoted; true/trustworthy/dependable/reliable; constant/lasting

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flectō flectere flēxī flexus

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to bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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germānus –ī m.

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brother

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gīgnō gignere genuī genitus

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to create, bring forth, beget, bear

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horreō horrēre horruī

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to dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance

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Hymenaeus –ī m.

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the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage

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immemor –oris

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unmindful, forgetful

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immītis –e

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hard, harsh, cruel

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iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum

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to bring into, instill

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irritus –a –um

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invalid, void

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iūcundus –a –um

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pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing

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iūrō iūrāre iūrāvī iūrātus

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to swear; call to witness; vow obedience to; [jus jurandum => oath]; conspire

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leaena –ae f.

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lioness

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lētum letī n.

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death

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libīdō libidinis f.

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desire/longing/wish/fancy; lust, wantonness; will/pleasure; passion/lusts (pl.)

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linquō linquere līquī

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to leave, relinquish

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liquidus –a –um

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clear, liquid, melodious

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lympha –ae f.

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clear spring water; water

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metuō metuere metuī

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to fear, dread

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miserēscō –ere

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to feel pity, alone, or w. genit. (> misereo)

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mortuus –a –um

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dead

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neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglēctus

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to disregard, neglect, ignore, regard of no consequence; do nothing about; despise

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nūmen nūminis n.

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divine power/will, divinity, divine spirit, numen

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optātus –a –um

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desired, longed for, much desired; (adv.), optato, according to one’s wish; in good time

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parcō parcere pepercī parsus

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to forbear, refrain from; spare; show consideration; be economical/thrifty with

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patrius –a –um

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father’s, paternal; ancestral

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perfidus –a –um

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faithless, treacherous, false

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periūrium (pēiūrium) –ī n.

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false oath, lie

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permulceō –ēre –mulsī –mulsus or mulctus

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to stroke; calm, soothe, cheer

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portō portāre portāvī portātus

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to carry a load, transport

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potius

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rather, more

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praeceptum praeceptī n.

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teaching, lesson, precept; order, command

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praeda praedae f.

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booty, loot, spoils, plunder, prey

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praegestiō –īre

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to have an overpowering desire, be especially eager for

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praemium praemi(i) n.

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prize, reward; gift; recompense

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praestō

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ready, available, at hand, waiting, on the spot, at one’s service

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prīscus –a –um

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ancient, antique

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prōmissum –ī n.

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a promise; a thing promised; prize

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prōmittō prōmittere prōmīsī prōmissus

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to promise

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purpureus –a –um

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purple

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quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam

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who, pray? what, pray? who? what?

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quod

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because, the fact that

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quondam

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formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter

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rapax –ācis

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predatory, rapacious

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rūpēs –is f.

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a rock, cliff, crag, ledge, freq.; quarry (> rumpo)

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satiō satiāre satiāvī satiātum

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to satisfy, sate

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Scylla –ae f.

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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

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sēdēs sēdis f.

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seat, chair; home, residence; settlement, habitation

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sermō sermōnis m.

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conversation, discussion; rumor; diction; speech; talk; the word

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serva servae f.

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female slave

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sīcinē

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sic + interrog. –ne: is this the way?

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spērō spērāre spērāvī spērātus

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to hope (for)

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spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus

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to foam (> spuma)

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Syrtis –is f.

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shoals on the N. African coast between Carthage and Cyrene

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Thēseus –ī m.

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Theseus

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tumulō –āre

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to cover with a burial mound; bury

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turbō turbinis f.

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whirlpool, whirlwind

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vāstus –a –um

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empty, devastated

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ve

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or (postpositive enclitic)

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versor versārī versātus

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to be involved

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vestīgium vestīgi(ī) n.

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step, track; trace; footstep

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vestis vestis f.

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garment, clothing, blanket; clothes; robe