Lucretius 3 Vocab Flashcards
1
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commoda
A
Blessings
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aveo
A
I yearn
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hirundo
A
A swallow
4
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delibat
A
Impairs
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prorsum
A
No need whatsoever
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aerumnis
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Tribulations
7
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venere parentant
A
They make sacrifices to their ancestors
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ferme
A
In general
9
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consanguinem
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Of kinsmen
10
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caenoque
A
In mire
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animus = mind anima = spirit mens = intellect
A
!
12
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ad organicas
A
To the musicians
13
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consilium
A
Understanding
14
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sapit
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Has sense
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exim
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Straightaway
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persubtilem
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Exceedingly delicate
17
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inchoat ipse
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Itself initiates
18
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se perciet
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Stirs itself into motion
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in promptu
A
Plainly
20
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perquam
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Exceedingly
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tantillo momine
A
Under the tiniest momentum
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cuncantior actus
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It’s motion more hesitant
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lapidum coniectum spicarumque
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A collection of stones and corn ears
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O bone
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Good sir
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est indepta
Has taken hold of
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extima membrorum circumcaesura
The outward countour is the limbs
27
est omnino nominis expers
The thoughts which it itself revolves
28
per caulas
Through the pores
29
augmen
Bulk
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ab de quae dividit ollis
Which from itself distributed among them
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interutrasque sitast
She stands between the two
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politos
Polished
33
proclivius
Too readily
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causa salutis
The cause of its existence
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quod genus
Just as
36
putrescunt
Rots away
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quoniam coniunctast causa salutis
Since their conjunction is necessary to their existence
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singula privis adposita alternis variare
Are placed one beside one alternatively in pairs
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dumtaxat
This much at least
40
culices
Gnats
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pupula
The pupil
42
adolevit
Has grown up
43
claudicat
Limps
44
convenit
It follows that
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fabricator uterquest
Are twin artificers
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exprimitur
Are forced out
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glomerata
In a mass
48
despienta
Raving
49
quasi vacillans
Staggering as it were
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ancipitique refutatu
By a double refutation
