Poetic Vocab Flashcards
adno, adnare, adnavi, adnatus
swim to, swim near,
aedes, -is, f
temple, pl. house
alveus, -i m
channel, river
anima, -ae f
breath, life, soul
ardor, oris m
burning, love, lover
artus, -us m
limb, limbs
arva, -orum n pl
fields, land
aura, -ae f
breeze
candidus, -a, -um
bright, white, clear
carina, -ae f
boat
celsus, -a, -um
high
cubo, -are, -ui, -itus
I lie down (ill)
cuspis, -idis f
spear
daps, dapis f
feast
decus, -oris n
glory
dimico, dimicare, dimicavi, dimicatum
fight
diva, -ae f
goddess
divus, -i m
god
ensis, -is m
sword
famula, -ae f
(female) slave
famulus, -i m
slave
fas n
fate, destiny
flavus, -a, -um
yellow, golden
fluctus, -us m
wave
focus, -i m
hearth, family, home
for, fari, fatus sum
say, speak
formosus, -a, -um
handsome, beautiful
foveo, fovere, fovi, fotum
warm, cherish
freta, -orum n pl
straits, sea
improbus
wicked, persistent
instar + gen
as big as
lacertus, -i m
arm
lar, laris m
household god
lectus, -i m
bed
letum, -i n
death
limen, liminis n
entrance, house
limes, -itis m
path, boundary
lucus, -i m
wood
maestus, -a, -um
sad
manes, -ium n pl
spirits of the underworld
marmor, -oris n
marble, sea
merus, -i m
wine
minister, -tri m
servant
moenia, -ium n pl
defences, walls, city
navita, -ae m
sailor
nemus, -oris n
wood, forest, grove
notus, -i m
South wind
numen, -inis n
god, divine will
occasus, -us m
setting; west
ops, opis f
might, power
opes pl
resources, means, wealth
ortus, -us m
rising, east
penates, -ium m pl
household gods; house
plango, plangere, planxi, planctus
beat, strike
polus, -i m
sky
pontus, -i m
sea
pratum, -i n
meadow
priscus, -a, -um
ancient, former, old fashioned
progenies, -ei f
offspring
proles, -is f
offspring
prora, -ae f
prow, ship
ratis, -is f
ship
rabur, -oris n
oak, strength, picked men
rubesco, rubescere, rubui
blush
saeculum, -i n
generation, century
sceptrum, -i n
sceptre, rule, realm
sedulus, -a, -um
busy
serenus, -a, -um
clear, bright
sidus, -eris n
star
simulacrum, -i n
image; shade, ghost
sinus, -us m
curve, lap, sail
sors, sortis f
lot, fate
spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratum
breathe, blow, am alive
superi, -orum m pl
the gods
supremus, -a, -um
highest, last
supremum, -i n
end
tellus, -uris f
land, earth
tepeo, tepere, tepui
I am warm, in love
torus, -i m
bed, couch
trux, trucis
fierce, savage
vadum, -i n
shallow water, sea
vates, -is m
seer, poet, singer
velum, -i m
sail