Poetry Vocabulary Connor pages 2 + 3 Flashcards
gramen, -inis n
grass
guttur, -uris n
throat
improbus
wicked, persistent
instar + gen
as big as
lacertus, -i m
arm
lar, laris m
household god
lassus, -a, -um
weary, tired
lectus, -i m
bed, couch
letum, -i n
death
limen, liminis n
entrance, house
limes, -itis m
path, boundary
lucus, -i m
wood
lumen, -inis n
light, day, eye
lux, lucis f
light, day
maestus, -a, -um
sad
Manes, -ium n pl
spirits of the dead; the underworld
marmor, -oris n
marble, sea
merus, -i m
wine
minister, -tri m
servant
moenia, -ium n pl
defences, walls, city
Musa, -ae f
Muse; song, poetry
nata, -ae f
daughter
natus, -i m
son
navita, -ae m
sailor
nefas n
sin, crime
nemus, -oris n
wood, forest
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
opto 1 + ut
I choose; wish for, desire (that)
orbis, -is m
circle; country, world
ortus, -us m
rising; east
pelagus, -i m
sea
Penates, -ium m pl
household gods; house
plango, -ere, planxi, planctus
I 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
puppis, -is f
ship
ratis, -is f
ship
rabur, -oris n
oak; strength; picked men
rubesco, -ere, rubui
I blush
ruina, -ae f
fall; ruin, destruction
saeculum, -i n
generation; century
salvus, -a, -um
safe
sceptrum, -i n
sceptre, rule, realm
sedulous, -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 1
I breathe, blow; am alive
subeo, -ire, subii, subitus
I go under; approach, come to mind
superi, -orum 2 m pl
the gods
supremus, -a, -um
highest; last
supremum, -i n
end
tectum, -i n
roof; house
tellus, -uris f
land, earth
tenebrae, -arum f pl
darkness, night
tepeo 2
I am warm; in love
torus, -i m
bed, couch
trux, trucis
fierce, savage
ut
as, when, although, even though
vado, -ere
I go
vadum, -i n
shallow water; sea
vates, -is m
seer; poet, singer
velum, -i m
sail
velum dare
to sail
virgo, -inis f
maiden, girl
votum, -i n
vow, prayer
vulgus, -i n
crowd; common people