Ovid- VERSE Vocabulary checklist 1 Flashcards
Elegiac and Hexameter passages
agna, agnae (f)
lamb
agnus, agni (m)
lamb
amplexus, amplexus (m)
embrace
aratrum, aratri (n)
plough
auctor, auctoris (m)
author, originator, do- er, father
axis, axis (m)
vault of heaven; axle, chariot
careo, carere, carui (+ abl)
I lack, am without
columba, columbae (f)
dove
creo, creare, creavi, creatum
I create, make, give birth to
crinis, crinis (m)
hair
(re) curvus, curva, curvum
hooked, curved
cutio, cutiere, cussi, cussum
I shake, strike
desero, deserere, deserui, desertum
I abandon, forsake
furo, furere
I rage, am frenzied; I rush
gelidus, gelida, gelidum
icy, cold, frozen
geminus, gemina, geminum
twin, double; (plural) both
horreo, horrere, horrui
I bristle; I shudder at, fear
letum, leti (n)
death
lupa, lupae (f)
she- wolf
lupus, lupi (m)
wolf
nefandus, nefanda, nefandum
accursed, evil, wicked
nequeo, nequire, nequivi
I am unable
pariter
together, at the same time
pateo, patere, patui
I lie open, am clear