Ovid- VERSE Vocabulary checklist 5 Flashcards
Elegaic and Hexameter Passages 17-20
Aurora, Aurorae (f)
(goddess of) Dawn
avis, avis (f)
bird
bos, bovis (c.)
ox, cow
cithara, citharae (f)
lyre
cor, cordis (n)
heart
concumbo, concumbere, cubui, cubitum
I lie, fall (in compounds)
decet, decere, decuit
it is fitting, right, decent
delecto, delectare, delectavi, delectatum
I delight, amuse
domo, domare, domui, domitum
I subdue, overcome
facies, faciei (f)
shape, appearance; face
figura, figurae (f)
shape, figure, form, image
fores, forium (f. pl)
door
fun(n)us, fun(n)eris (n)
funeral, death
genitor, genitoris (m)
father
glacies, glaciei (f)
ice
gratus, grata, gratum
welcoming, pleasing
herba, herbae (f)
grass; herb
immeritus, immerita, immeritum
undeserving; undeserved
iugum, iugi (n)
yoke; mountain ridge
iuvo, iuvare, iuvi, iutum
I help; I am pleasing
iuvat (impers.)
it is pleasing
lateo, latere, latui
I lie hidden
nequiquam
in vain
niveus, nivea, niveum
snowy, white
nocturnus, nocturna, nocturnum
nocturnal, of the night
orbus, orba, orbum
deprived, bereft (of, +abl)
osculum, osculi (n)
kiss
pactus, pacta, pactum
agreed, settled
-pleo, -ere, -plevi, -pletum
I fill (in compounds)
polus, poli (m)
pole; sky, heaven
ruina, ruinae (f)
fall, ruin, destruction
sileo, silere, silui
I am silent, am still
sitis, sitis (acc. -im) (f)
thirst
superi, superorum (m. pl)
gods
supremus, suprema, supremum
highest; last
tardus, tarda, tardum
slow, delaying
triumphus, triumphi (m)
triumph
Troia, Troiae (f)
Troy
turpis, turpe
ugly, shameful, disgraceful
vacca, vaccae (f)
cow
votum, voti (n)
vow; promise, wish, prayer