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