Pliny & Virgil (Selected) Common Vocab Flashcards
accendō, -ere, accendī, accēnsum
to kindle, enflame, enrage
accipiō, - ere, -cēpī, -ceptum
to receive
adversus, -a, -um
facing, opposing, unfavorable; against + acc.
aequor, -oris (n)
sea, the level (sea)
agō, -ere, ēgī, āctum
to drive, lead, do; dibe
altus, -a, -um
high, tall; deep; the sea
ārdeō, -ēre, arsī, arsum
to burn, be eager
arma, -ōrum (n)
arms, weapons
arvum, ī (n)
field, arable/cultivated field
arx, arcis (f)
citadel
at/ast
but; at leasta
āter, ātra, ātrum
dark, black
auris, -is (f)
ear
avunculus, ī (m)
uncle
bellum, ī (n)
war
caelum, ī (n)
sky
capillus, ī (m)
hair
capiō, -ere, cēpī, captum
to take, to seize, to catch
cārus, -a, -um
dear
cāsus, -ūs (m)
misfortune, chance
caterva, -ae (f)
group, retinue, band, troop
causa, ae (f)
reason, cause; for the sake of + gen.
certus, -a, -um
sure, certain, reliable
cinis, cineris (m)
ashes
circum
around, about + acc.
cīvitās, -ātis
city-state, citizenship
coepī, coepisse, coeptum
to begin
comes, itis (m/f)
comrade, companion
condō, -ere, condidī, conditum
to found; to hide
coniūnx, -iugis (m/f)
spouse; husband/wife
corpus, oris (n)
body
corripiō, -ere, -uī, correptum
to snatch
crēdō, -ere, credidī
to believe, trust + dat.
cūra, -ae (f)
care, concern, anxiety, worry
cursus, -ūs (m)
course, running; haste
Danaus, -a, -um
Danaan, Greek
dē
(down) from; about, concerning + abl.
dea, -ae (f)
goddess
dēbeō, -ēre, dēbuī
to ought; to owe
dēserō, -ere, -ruī, -ertum
to desert, abandon
deus, ī (m)
god
dexter, -tra, -trum
right; right hand
dīcō, -ere, dīxī, dictum
to say, speak, tell
diēs, diēī (m/f)
day (light)
dignus, -a, -um
worthy, worthy of + abl
dīvus, -a, -um
divine; god(dess); sky
dō, dare, dedī, datum
to give; to grant
dominus, -ī (m)
master, sir
domus, -ūs (f)
household; home
dūcō, -ere, dūxī, ductum
to lead, draw
dulcis, -e
sweet, pleasant
effundō, -ere, -fūdī, -fūsum
to pour, spread out
ēgredior, -ī, -gressum
to go out, disembark
enim
for, indeed
epistula, -ae (f)
letter
equidem
indeed, I for my part
ēripiō, -ere, -uī
to rescue, snatch from
excitō, -āre, -āvisse, -ātum
to wake, rouse up, raise
extrēmus, -a, um
farthest, outermost
faciō, -ere, fēcī, factum
to do, make
fāma, -ae (f)
fame, rumor, reputation
fātum, ī (n)
fate
fēmina, -ae (f)
woman
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum
to carry, bring; to endure
ferrum, ī (n)
iron; sword
figūra, -ae (f)
figure, shape, form
fingō, -ere, finxī, fictum
to make up, imagine
flamma, -ae (f)
flame
flūctus, -ūs (m)
wave
fortis, -e
strong, brave
fuga, -ae (f)
flight; haste
fugiō, -ere, fūgī
to flee, escape
gemitus, -ūs (m)
groan, sob, lament
gēns, gentis (f)
people, clan
genus, -eris (n)
birth, lineage; people, kind
gerō, -ere, gessī, gestum
to carry, wear, wage (war)
gravis, -e
heavy, serious, severe
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itum
to have, hold; to consider
hasta, -ae (f)
spear
hīc
here, in this place
hic, haec, hoc
this, these
hinc
hence, from this place
horreō, -ēre, -uī
to shudder, stand on end, bristle
iaceō, -ēre, iacuī
to lie (down)
ibi
there, in that place
īdem, eadem, idem
same
ignis, -is (m)
fire; lightning
imāgō, -inis (f)
image, ghost
imperātor, -ōris (m)
commander, emperor
imperium, -ī (n)
power, command
implicō, -āre, -uī, -itum
to enfold, entwine
incertus, -a, -um
uncertain, unsure, unreliable
incipiō, -ere, incēpī, inceptum
to begin, take on
īnfans, -ntis (m/f)
infant; unspeaking
īnfēlix, -īcis
unlucky, unfortunate
ingēns, -entis
huge, immense
inquam, inquis, inquit
I say, you say, he/she/it says
intendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentum
to stretch out, aim
inter
between, among + acc.
ipse, -a, -um
himself, herself, itself; very
īra, -ae (f)
anger, rage, passion
iubeō, -ēre, īussī, iussum
to order