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