Eclogues 1.1-10

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

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Question 2

patulus –a –um

Answer 2

opening, wide

Question 3

recubō recubāre recubāvī recubātus

Answer 3

to be lying back or down; recline; be extended; lie

Question 4

tegmen (tegumen) –inis n.

Answer 4

means of covering; skin

Question 5

fāgus –ī f.

Answer 5

beech–tree

Question 6

silvestris –e

Answer 6

pertaining to the woods, pastoral

Question 7

tenuis tenue

Answer 7

thin

Question 8

meditor meditārī meditātus sum

Answer 8

to think, rehearse

Question 9

avēna –ae f.

Answer 9

a straw

Question 10

fīnis fīnis m.

Answer 10

end, boundary; (in plural) territory

Question 11

linquō linquere līquī

Answer 11

to leave, relinquish

Question 12

arvum arvī n.

Answer 12

field

Question 13

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 13

to flee, escape

Question 14

lentus –a –um

Answer 14

flexible, sticky, slow

Question 15

umbra umbrae f.

Answer 15

shadow

Question 16

fōrmōsus (fōrmonsus) –a –um

Answer 16

beautiful

Question 17

resonō resonāre resonāvī resonātus

Answer 17

to resound

Question 18

doceō docēre docuī doctus

Answer 18

to teach

Question 19

āra ārae f.

Answer 19

altar

Question 20

tener tenera tenerum

Answer 20

tender

Question 21

ovīle –is n.

Answer 21

sheep fold, sheep pen

Question 22

imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus

Answer 22

to drench; permeate; wet; stain

Question 23

agnus agnī m.

Answer 23

lamb (male)

Question 24

errō errāre errāvī errātus

Answer 24

to wander, err

Question 25

bōs bovis m.

Answer 25

ox

Question 26

cernō cernere crēvī certus

Answer 26

to discern, separate

Question 27

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

Answer 27

to play; play with

Question 28

calamus –ī m.

Answer 28

reed or cane; an arrow

Question 29

agrestis agrestis agreste

Answer 29

rural, rustic