Ovid- VERSE Vocabulary checklist 4 Flashcards
Elegaic and Hexameter Passages 13-16
asper, aspera, aperum
harsh, cruel; ruinous
Boreas, Boreae (Gk acc. Borean) (m)
North wind
castus, casta, castum
chaste, virtuous
cerno, cernere, crevi, cretum
I look at, see; I decide
diva, divae (f)
goddess
divus, divi (m)
god
en!
Lo! Look!
ferus, fera, ferum
wild, savage, cruel
fluctus, fluctus (m)
wave, flood
frons, frontis (f)
forehead, brow; front
fulmen, fulminis (n)
lightning, thunderbolt
fulvus, fulva, fulvum
golden, tawny
Graius, Graia, Graium
Greek
imago, imaginis (f)
image, likeness; ghost
imber, imbris (m)
rain, shower
Iuno, Iunonis (f)
Juno (queen of the Gods)
luctus, luctus (m)
grief, sorrow, mourning
mereo, merere, merui, meritum
I deserve
minister, ministri (m)
servant
misceo, miscere, miscui, mixtum
I mix, confuse
modo…. modo….
at one time… at another…
nebula, nebulae (f)
cloud
niger, nigra, nigrum
black
nitor, niti, nisus/ nixus sum
I rest, lean on; I climb, strive