Frieze Vocabulary List

a dragging, drawing, an extending; stretch of space, tract, region of land, sea, or sky, 3.138. (trahō)

adj. (taurus), of bulls; bull’s-, 9.706.

a trial; essay; experiment; approach, 8.144. (temptō)

a square tablet; a ticket inscribed with the watchword; the watchword or password, 7.637.

Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, married to Peleus, of Thessaly, by whom she became the mother of Achilles, 5.825.

the name of a ship, 10.166.

a surname of Titus Manlius, who wore the collar or torques of a Gallic champion whom he had slain in single combat, 6.825. (torquēs, a twisted collar)

adj. (Teutonī), of the Teutons, Teutonic, Germanic, 7.741.

adj. (Tiberis), pertaining to the Tiber; Tiberine, 1.13, et al.; subst., Tiberīnus, m., the river-god, Tiber; the Tiber, 6.873.

a Titan, one of the six sons of Caelus and Terra; any descendant of a Titan; the Sun (son of Hyperion), 4.119.

across the path or course, 5.19; crosswise.

to have the honor of a triumph; with acc. of the country over which the triumph is held, to triumph over, conquer, 6.836. (triumphus)

adj. (taurus), of a bull or bull's, 1.368.

a dance in honor of Bacchus; a wild dance, 7.581.

the Timavus, a river at the head of the Adriatic, northwest of Trieste, 1.244, et al.

a follower of Camilla, 11.656.

a Rutulian, 12.513.

king of the Teleboans in the island of Capreae, 7.734.

num. adj. (trēs and centum), three hundred, 10.173, et al.

to melt; drip, be drenched, 1.173; to waste away, be wan, 12.221.

Tarentum, a city of Greek origin on the coast of lower Italy, 3.551.

Thebes, the capital of Boeotia, 4.470.

one of three original grand divisions of the Roman people; and retained as the designation of similar bodies of the people when they were multiplied; a (Roman) tribe, 7.708.

a tent, 1.469. (tendō)

to fear, dread, 1.661, et al.; show fear or terror; to tremble, 5.505.

son of Oeneus and Periboea, and father of Diomed, 6.479.

adj. (terra), made of earth; earthen, of earth, 11.850; earthly, earth-born, 6.732.

to pierce, transfix, 1.44.

(adv.), by chance; promiscuously, 9.329; in vain, 9.375.

(adj.), of threefold birth; threefold, having three bodies, 8.202; of three forms or names; triple, 4.511.

a Rutulian, son of Daucus, 10.391.

brother of Priam, lover of Aurora, by whom he became father of Memnon, 4.585, et al.

(adj.), pertaining to the Tarpeian rock or precipitous part of the Capitoline Hill at Rome; Tarpeian, 8.347.

the larger of the shinbones; a pipe or flute, as this bone was used for a musical pipe.

a band, fillet; hairband; ribbon, braid, forming the ends of the vitta, 5.269.

to cover, 3.25, et al.; cover in the funeral urn, inclose, 6.228; surround, encompass, 11.12; protect, defend, shield, 2.430; shelter, 3.583; hide, conceal, 3.236; shut up, 2.126; overshadow, 8.95.

(adj.), disagreeable; foul, loathsome, 3.228.

by so much, so much, 6.79. (tantus)

to be trembled at; dreadful, fearful, terrible, 2.199. (tremō)

the sons of Tyrrheus, 7.484. (Tyrrheus)

a board, plank, 1.119.

(adj.), Tarquinian; the designation of the Roman gens to which belonged Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus, 6.817; subst., Tarquinius, iī, Tarquinius or Tarquin, 8.646.

adj. (trēs and dēns), three-pronged, trident, 5.143; subst., tridēns, entis, m., a triple-pointed spear; trident, 1.138.

adj. (Tegea), of Tegea, a town in Arcadia; Tegean, Arcadian, 5.299.

to make tepid or warm; (pass.), to reek, 9.333.

a firebrand; brand, 7.506. (torreō)

a daughter of Tyndarus; Helen, 2.569.

a planking; floor, platform, story, 2.464. (tabula)

adj. (tenebrae), dark, dusky, murky, 5.839.

the people of Etruria; Etruscans, Etrurians, Tuscans, 11.629, et al.

to be moderately warm; to reek, 8.196.

to leap over; pass over, 10.658; fly through, 12.859. (trāns and saliō)

1. A Paeonian allied with the Trojans, and slain by Achilles, 6.483. 2. A Trojan.

an oar, 7.28.

Typhoeus or Typhon, a giant struck down to Hades by the thunderbolt of Jupiter.

the founder of Tibur, 7.671.

(adj.), Thracian, 1.316, et al.; subst., Thrēissa, a huntress, 11.858.

adj. (Tīryns), of Tiryns, a town in Argolis, where Hercules was brought up; Tirynthian; subst., Tīrynthius, iī, m., the Tirynthian; Hercules, 7.662.

adj. (trāctō, handle), that can be handled; indulgent, yielding, flexible, 4.439; nōn trāctābilis, unfavorable, inclement, 4.53.

to transfer by writing; enroll, 5.750; transfer, convey, 7.422.

to sustain; support, maintain, 8.409; endure, 8.515. (cf. tollō)

to run across; flash or shoot across, 5.528; traverse, 9.111.

the earth, 6.140; ground, soil, earth, 1.358; land, 1.171; a land (of an island), 1.34; a country, territory, state, kingdom, 11.245; personified, Tellūs, the goddess Tellus or Earth, 4.166.

to bore through; pierce, penetrate, 2.38; take out by boring, bore out, 3.635. (terebra, an instrument for boring)

adj. (Tiberis), pertaining to the Tiber; Tiberine, 1.13, et al.; subst., Tiberīnus, m., the river-god, Tiber; the Tiber, 6.873.

to make indecent; to soil, disfigure, defile, 12.611. (turpis)

a touching; touch, 2.683. (tangō)

an ox as the breaker of the sod in plowing; the “Team” or “Wain”; pl., Triōnēs, um, m., the constellation of the greater and lesser bear, 1.744.

adj. (Tītān), Titanian, consisting of Titans, 6.580; of Titanian origin, 6.725.

to slaughter, kill, slay, 2.494. (trux and caedō)

adj. (turris and gerō), turret-bearing, tower-crowned, 7.631; 10.253.

1. Thoas, a Greek chief, 2.262. 2. An Arcadian, follower of Pallas, 10.415.

to carry over; transfer, remove, 1.271; give over, 2.327.

Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, 6.814.

it irks, wearies, disgusts me, thee, etc.; I (thou, he, etc.) am wearied, tired, 4.451.

to burn, scorch, roast, parch, 1.179; rush, roll, 6.550; of a river bank, 9.105; p., torrēns, entis, subst., a torrent, 7.567.

a three-footed vessel or seat; a tripod, 5.110; the seat of the priestess of Apollo; an oracle, 3.360.

a crossway; by-path or narrow way; a pass, 11.515; course, line, track, 5.610.

adj. (turris), turreted, 8.693; crowned with turrets; with crown of towers, 6.785; tower-like, towering, lofty, 3.536.

thunder, 4.122, et al.; thunderbolt, 8.391. (tonō)

to swim or sail across, 6.671; fly across or through, 4.245. (trāns and nō)

incense, 1.417, et al.

a shepherd of Latium, in the service of Latinus, 7.532, et al.

adj. (truncus), stripped of its branches, 3.659; mutilated, maimed, mangled, 6.497; broken, shattered, 11.9.

an island in the Aegean about five miles from shore in sight of Troy, 2.21.

adj. (terreō and faciō), causing terror; dread-inspiring, alarming, terrifying, dreadful, dread, 5.524.

(adj.), Thracian, 5.536, et al.

to attemper; combine in due proportions; with acc., regulate, adjust; refresh; allay, moderate, calm, 1.146; restrain, 1.57; with abl. or dat., abstain from, 2.8. (tempus)

a Trojan, 2.32, et al.

a toga of purple cloth, or one of white cloth with horizontal purple stripes, worn by Roman dignitaries, and ascribed to the primitive Latin kings, 7.612.

an engine for hurling missiles by means of twisted ropes; a catapult or ballista, 11.616; punishment by the rack, torture, 8.487. (torqueō)

(num. adj., indecl.), thirty, 1.269.

a coverlet; tapestry, hanging; a carpet, 9.358; abl. pl., tapētīs (perhaps from tapētum, ī), with housings, 7.277.

tremulous, quivering, 7.395. (tremō)

of Trojan descent; Trojan, 3.359; Trōiugenae, ārum, c., Trojans, 8.117. (Trōia and cf. gignō)

to be silent, not to speak, 2.94; to be still, quiet, hushed, 4.525; leave unmentioned; p., tacēns, entis, noiseless, silent, 6.265.

Theseus, son of Aegeus, and king of Athens, who descended with Peirithous into Hades to aid him in his attempt to carry away Proserpina, 6.121, et al.

to drive through, thrust, 12.508; of the object which is stabbed, pierce, 12.276.

adj. (trēs and līcium, thread), of three threads or leashes; of three layers of thread; three-ply; triple, 3.467.

to protect, defend, 2.677; befriend, 5.343. (tueor)