Ovid- VERSE Vocabulary checklist 2 Flashcards
Elegiac and Hexameter Passages 5-8
adfor, adfari, adfatus sum
I address
aestus, aestus (m)
heat; surging sea; passion
Aquilo, Aquilonis (m)
North Wind
arcus, arcus (m)
bow; curve
arduus, ardua, ardum
high, steep; difficult
caedo, caedere, cecidi, caesum
I slaughter, kill
carina, carinae (f)
boat, ship
carpo, carpere, carpsi, carptum
I pluck; (of a road) I take
citus, cita, citum
quick, swift, rapid
citius (comparative adverb)
more quickly
cito (adverb)
quickly
fateor, fateri, fassus sum
I confess, acknowledge
fatum, fati (n)
fate
heu!
Alas!
iacto, iactare, iactavi, iactatum
I toss about, hurl; I boast
liquidius, liquidia, liquidium
clear
meritus, merita, meritum
deserving; deserved
meritum, meriti (n)
deserts, what one deserves
monstrum, monstri (n)
monster
mortalis, mortale
mortal, human
navita, navitae (m)
sailor (= nauta)
no, nare, navi
I swim (often in compounds)
nubilus, nubila, nubilum
cloudy
nubila, nubilorum (n. pl)
clouds
numen, numinis (n)
divinity, divine power; god
nympha/e, nymphae (f)
nymph; young woman, bride
[ops,] opis (f)
help; power
opes, opum (f. pl)
resources, wealth
palus, paludis (f)
marsh, pool
paternus, paterna, paternum
of one’s father; ancestral
patrius, patria, patrium
of one’s father; ancestral
paveo, pavere, pavi
I am struck with fear
proles, prolis (f)
offspring, child, descendant
propero, properare, properavi, properatum
I hurry, am quick
ratius, ratius (f)
boat
regius, regia, regium
royal
scopulus, scopuli (m)
rock, cliff
sidereus, siderea, sidereum
starry
subeo, subire, subi(v)i, subitum
I go under, approach; I come to mind
tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum
I handle, touch; I try, attempt
tenebrae, tenebrarum (f. pl)
darkness, night
timidus, timida, timidum
fearful, faint- hearted
vastus, vasta, vastum
enormous, vast
vertex, verticis (m)
summit, peak; whirlpool