Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.438-461 Flashcards
nēquīquam
in vain
ūdus –a –um
wet, damp
capillus capillī m.
hair
cessō cessāre cessāvī cessātus
to cease
Hesperus –ī m.
Hesperus (evening star)
succendō –ere –cendī –cēnsus
to set on fire from beneath; (fig.)
Aetna –ae f.
Aetna (the famous volcano of Sicily)
pruīnōsus –a –um
full of frost, frosty
irrequiētus –a –um
restless
tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.
darkness
rūrsus or rūrsum
back
almus –a –um
giving nourishment; blessed
hebetō hebetāre hebetāvī hebetātus
to make blunt; to make dull; to impair
sīdus sīderis n.
star
occāsus –ūs m.
going down; setting; the west
ortus ortūs m.
birth, rising
sitis –is f.
thirst
concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum
to produce, conceive
colluō (conluō) colluī collūtum
to wash thoroughly
strāmen –inis n.
straw
casa casae f.
cottage, house
foris foris f.
door
prōdeō prōdīre prōdiī prōditum
to come forward, come forth
anus anūs f.
old woman
torreō –ēre –uī tostus
to burn, boil
polenta –aef.
peeled barley
ēpōtus –a –um
drunk up, drained
macula –ae f.
spot
modo
only, just now
cauda –ae f.
the tail, coda
lacerta –ae f.
lizard
stellō stellāre ––– stellātus
to cover over with stars; to stud with stars; p.
gutta guttae f.
drop
