Ovid- VERSE Vocabulary checklist 6 Flashcards
Elegaic and Hexameter Passages 21-24
amplector, amplecti, amplexus sum
I embrace
artus, artus (m)
limb
cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctum
I surround, encircle
complector, complecti, complexus sum
I embrace
Cupido, Cupidinis (m)
Cupid; desire
cupidus, cupida, cupidum
greedy; lustful
digitus, digiti (m)
finger
fera, ferae (f)
wild beast
fletus, fletus (m)
weeping, tears
flos, floris (m)
flower
formosus, formosa, formosum
handsome, beautiful
frons, frondis (f)
foliage, leaves, leafy branch
furtivus, furtiva, furtivum
secret, secretive
gemma, gemmae (f)
gem, precious stone
germana, germanae (f)
sister
germanus, germani (f)
brother
haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus
I drink, drain, consume
immitis, immite
rough, harsh, fierce
improbus, improba, improbum
wicked; persistent
invidia, invidiae (f)
jealousy; hatred
lacero, lacerare, laceravi, laceratum
I tear, magle
manes, manium (m. pl)
spirits of the dead; the Underworld
me miserum!
O wretched me! Alas for me!
membra, membrorum (n. pl)
limbs
metuo, metuere, metui, metutum
I fear
milita, militae (f)
military service
naufragus, naufragi (m)
shipwrecked person
nimius, nimia, nimium
excessive
nimium
too much, excessively
niteo, nitere
I shine
obstupesco, obstupescere, obstupui
I am dumbstruck, stunned
opacus, opaca, opacum
dense, thick
opto, optare, optavi, optatum (+ ut)
I choose; I wish for, desire (that)
pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictum
I paint, draw, colour
quare?
why?
rogus, rogi (m)
funeral pyre
sono, sonare, sonui, sonitum
I make a noise, utter, resound
surgo, surgere, surrexi, surrectum
I rise, rise up
tamquam
just as, like, as though
temerarius, temeraria, temerarium
rash, hasty
temere
rashly, hastily
Troianus, Troiana, Troinum
Trojan
turbo, turbare, turbavi, turbatum
I throw into confusion, disress
utinam (+ subjunctive)
would that…! if only…!
viduus, vidua, vidum
bereft, widowed
volucer, volucris, volucre
winged; (as a noun) bird