Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.409-424 Flashcards
Cyanē –ēs f.
Cyane (spring in Sicily or its nymph)
Pīsaeus (Pīsanus) –a –um
of Pisa (the territory of Elis and Olympia, in the Peloponnese)
Arethūsa –ae f.
a spring at Syracuse; the nymph pursued by Alphaeus; she went under the sea and emerged in Syracuse
coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus
to come together
angustus –a –um
narrow
aequor aequoris n.
level surface; sea; plain
stagnum stagnī n.
standing water
Sīcelis Sīcelidis
Sicilian
gurges –itis m.
whirlpool
tenus
as far as (+gen. or abl.)
alvus –ī f.
(the abdomen); waist
gener generī m.
son–in–law
Anāpis –is m.
Anapis, a river (god) in Sicily
exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus
to pray effectually; entreat, prevail upon
Sāturnius –a –um
of Saturn; child of Saturn, Pluto
īmus –a –um
deepest, last
contorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus
to turn round entirely
lacertus –ī m.
the arm, esp. the upper arm
condō condere condidī conditus
to build, store up, place
īciō īcere īcī ictum
to strike
tellūs tellūris f.
earth
prōnus –a –um
sloping; heading down
crātēr –ēris m. [acc. sing. ēra pl. –ēras]
(large mixing bowl); crater (of a volcano, etc.)
