Chapters 9-11 Flashcards
cantō (1)
“sing.”
convenienter, adv.
“suitably.”
anfractus, ūs, m.
“bend”; “detour” (OLD 3c).
dēsidia, ae, f.
“idleness”
flātus, ūs, m.
“blowing, blast” (of the wind).
contendō, contendere, contendī, contentum
“go quickly, hasten” (OLD 5)
praedīcō, praedīcere, praedixī, praedictum
“say something before something else; fortell, prophesy”; the perfect passive participle often means “the above-mentioned, aforesaid” (OLD 1b).
orīgō, orīginis, f.
“origin, starting point.”
stirps, stirpis, f.
“stem; family, race.”
scius, a, um
“knowledgeable, expert.”
magus, ī, m.
“magician, sorcerer.”
haruspex (aruspex), icis, m.
“diviner.”
crēbrē, adv.
“densely; frequently.”
prophētō, āre, āvī
“prophesy.”
longinquō, adv.
“a long way off.”
dictō (1)
“dictate”; “prescribe.”
destruō, destruere, destruxī, destructum
“destroy.”
saeculum, ī, n.
“generation”; in pl. “a long or indefinite period.”
suādeō, suādēre, suāsī, suāsum
“recommend”
signō (1)
“indicate” (OLD 3).
versiculus, ī, m.
“a line of poetry.”
crēbrō, adv.
“densely; frequently.”
idiōma, atos, n.
“a peculiarity of language” (LL).
lignum, ī, n.
“wood”; “piece of wood, shaft.”
incantō (1)
“enchant” (CL); “chant, intone.”
anterior, ius
“earlier, previous” (CL but rare); “in the front.”
familia, ae, f.
“household.”
exprimō, exprimere, expressī, expressum
“translate” (OLD 7) or “express, describe” (OLD 8).
ēvertō, ēvertere, ēvertī, ēversum
“overturn.”
īdōlum (īdōlon), ī, n.
“apparition, image”; (LL) “idol.”
cultūra, ae, f.
“cultivation”; “worship, veneration” (see OLD 5).
catholicus, a, um
“universal” (LL).
prōpositum, ī, n.
“subject, theme” (OLD 3).
consumō (1)
“add up; complete; bring about.”
onerō (1)
“load.”
thēsaurus, ī, m.
“treasury”; in pl. often “treasures” (OLD 2).
prīmitus, adv.
“at first, to begin with.”
redimō, redimere, redēmī, redemptum
“make good, pay the cost of” (OLD 3).
fīnis, is, m.
“boundary”; in pl. often “territory” (OLD 2).
geminus, a, um
“twin”; “double” (OLD 6).
prōra, ae, f.
“the prow” (of a ship).
laevus, a, um
“left-hand, left.” in laevum (manum) means “to the left” (OLD 2).
fretum, ī, m.
“sound, channel.”
ostium, iī, n.
“door; (of a river) mouth.”
abscondō, abscondere, abscondī, absconditum
“hide.”
aliquantulum, adv.
“a little.”
porcīnārius, iī, m.
“pork-butcher”; (ML) “swineherd”
licet
“it is permitted,”; also a conjunction, “although” (OLD 4).
horreum, ī, n.
“barn.”
fūr, fūris, m.
“thief.”
latrō, ōnis, m.
“brigand, bandit.”
vel
“or”; “possibly, perhaps” (OLD 4).
dīrigō, dīrigere, dīrexī, directum
“direct” (one’s course, path, etc. OLD 3).
petra, ae, f.
“rock, boulder, crag.”
expedītus, a, um
“moving quickly” (OLD 2).
conspectus, ūs, m.
“sight, view.”
diabolus, ī, m.
“devil.”
