Propertius 4.9 Flashcards
interdicta viris metuenda lege piatur // quae se summota vindicat ara casa.
an altar forbidden to men is worshiped by law that must be feared, (an altar) which preserves itself in a secluded house.
interdictus a um
forbidden
metuenda
must be feared
summota
removed, banished
Amphitryoniades
son of amphitryon
iuvencos egerat
he was driving cattle
invictos
unconquered
percorosus a um
cattle-rich
statuit
he halted
stagno (1)
to make a pool/be stagnant
velificabat
he used to sail
infidus a um
untrustworthy
incolumes
unharmed
polluo, polluere, pollui, pollutum
pollute, defile
incola, ae
resident, inhabitant
partitos
divided
manifestae rapinae
of flagrant theft
aversus a um
facing backwards
cauda, -ae
tail
implacidus a um
savage
diruit
it demolishes
Maenalio ramo
with an arcadian branch (club)
clava, ae (f)
club
arua boaria
the cattle fields
mugitus us (m)
lowing, mooing
pascua vestra
your pastures (n pl)
sicco palato
with a dry palate
sitis sitis
thirst
feta
fertile, fruitful (us a um)
procul
far away
inclusas puellas
cloistered girls
lucus i (m)
sacred grove
saepserat
it had surrounded
nemus nemoris (n)
glade
fons fontis (m)
spring, fountain
fontes piandos
the purified springs
sacra
sacred places
retecta
uncovered
devia
out of the way (us a um)
puniceae vittae
punic headbands
velabant
they were veiling
putris casa
decaying house (nom)
luxerat
it had been shining
populus
poplar tree
aedis aedis (f)
temple
multa umbra
dense shade
huc
here
ruit
he hurried
luditis
you (pl) play
pandite
open
hospita fana
welcoming temple
egens
in need of (pcple)
sonantia
sonans - sounding, resounding
lympha, ae (f)
water
succeptus a um
taken, caught, acknowledged*
clava ae (f)
club
irrita tela
useless spears
quod si
indeed if, but if
amarus a um
bitter
clausisset
would (not) have closed
noverca
stepmother
sin
but if
perusta
us a um burnt completely
palla ae f
robe
diurnus a um
daily
colo
on/to the distaff
fascia ae f
band, ribbon
alma sacerdos
kind priestess
puniceus a um
scarlet
canus a um
white
verendus a um
aesome awe inspiring
vates vatis (m)
seer
abscede
imper depart
cede agedum
let’s go! depart
linque
leave
secreti limitis
of a hiddenpath
postis postis m
post, doorpost
concutio, ere ussi ussum
to shake violently, to agitate
opacus a um
shaded
aestus aestus
heat, fire
iratam sitim
angry thirst