Eclogues 1.1-10 Flashcards
Vocabulary for Vergil, Eclogue 1, based on the Haverford Bridge Program
common words have been removed; new words will not always be repeated in subsequent lists, but there is no systematic avoidance of repetition.
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patulus –a –um
opening, wide
recubō recubāre recubāvī recubātus
to be lying back or down; recline; be extended; lie
tegmen (tegumen) –inis n.
means of covering; skin
fāgus –ī f.
beech–tree
silvestris –e
pertaining to the woods, pastoral
tenuis tenue
thin
meditor meditārī meditātus sum
to think, rehearse
avēna –ae f.
a straw
fīnis fīnis m.
end, boundary; (in plural) territory
linquō linquere līquī
to leave, relinquish
arvum arvī n.
field
fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus
to flee, escape
lentus –a –um
flexible, sticky, slow
umbra umbrae f.
shadow
fōrmōsus (fōrmonsus) –a –um
beautiful
resonō resonāre resonāvī resonātus
to resound
doceō docēre docuī doctus
to teach
āra ārae f.
altar
tener tenera tenerum
tender
ovīle –is n.
sheep fold, sheep pen
imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus
to drench; permeate; wet; stain
agnus agnī m.
lamb (male)
errō errāre errāvī errātus
to wander, err
bōs bovis m.
ox
cernō cernere crēvī certus
to discern, separate
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus
to play; play with
calamus –ī m.
reed or cane; an arrow
agrestis agrestis agreste
rural, rustic
