Confessions 1.16.25 Flashcards
adulterium adulterī(ī) n.
adultery; blending/mixing of different strains/ingredients; contamination
adulterō –adulterāre
to commit adultery
caelestis caeleste
from/of heaven
** cōnscendō –ere –scendī –scēnsus **
to ascend, climb; mount; embark on (> com– and scando, climb)
dīvīnus –a –um
divine, of a deity/god, godlike; sacred; divinely inspired; supernatural; prophetic
Ēva (Hēva) ae f.
Eve, the first woman
** fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus **
to mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearance/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely
flāgitiōsus –a –um
shameful, disgraceful, infamous, profligate, dissolute
flāgitium flāgiti(ī) n.
shame, disgrace; scandal, shameful act, outrage, disgraceful thing; scoundrel
flūmen flūminis n.
river, stream; any flowing fluid; flood; onrush [adverso ~ => against current]
formīdolōsus (formīdulōsus) –a –um
full of dread
imitor imitārī imitātus sum
to imitate
Iuppiter Iovis m.
Jupiter; (in poetry) the sky, the heavens
lēnōcinor –ārī –ātus sum
to pander, flatter, humor, wheedle
līgnum lignī n.
wood; firewood; trunk/stump/tree; timber; beam/post; wood (material); stave; wood thing/part, writing–tablet, spear shaft; stone (of fruit), shell (nut); the Cross; staff, cudgel, club; gallows/stocks; [~ pedaneum => altar step]
