Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.409-424 Flashcards

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Cyanē –ēs f.

A

Cyane (spring in Sicily or its nymph)

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Pīsaeus (Pīsanus) –a –um

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of Pisa (the territory of Elis and Olympia, in the Peloponnese)

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Arethūsa –ae f.

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a spring at Syracuse; the nymph pursued by Alphaeus; she went under the sea and emerged in Syracuse

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coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus

A

to come together

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5
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angustus –a –um

A

narrow

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aequor aequoris n.

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level surface; sea; plain

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stagnum stagnī n.

A

standing water

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Sīcelis Sīcelidis

A

Sicilian

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gurges –itis m.

A

whirlpool

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tenus

A

as far as (+gen. or abl.)

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alvus –ī f.

A

(the abdomen); waist

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12
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gener generī m.

A

son–in–law

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Anāpis –is m.

A

Anapis, a river (god) in Sicily

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exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus

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to pray effectually; entreat, prevail upon

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Sāturnius –a –um

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of Saturn; child of Saturn, Pluto

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īmus –a –um

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deepest, last

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contorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus

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to turn round entirely

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lacertus –ī m.

A

the arm, esp. the upper arm

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condō condere condidī conditus

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to build, store up, place

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īciō īcere īcī ictum

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to strike

21
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tellūs tellūris f.

A

earth

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prōnus –a –um

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sloping; heading down

23
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crātēr –ēris m. [acc. sing. ēra pl. –ēras]

A

(large mixing bowl); crater (of a volcano, etc.)