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phasēlus –ī m.: a light ship, so-called because of its resemblance to a green bean

natō natāre natāvī natātus: swim; float

trabs trabis f.: tree trunk, timber; by metonymy, boat; penis, "shaft"

nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum: to be unable (to)

praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus: go beyond, pass

palmula –ae f.: the palm of the hand; oar; palm tree or leaf

volō volāre volāvī volātus: fly 5

linteum –ī n.: linen cloth; napkin; sail

mināx –ācis: menacing, threatening

(H)adriāticum –ī n.: Adriatic, as neut, subst., the Adriatic Sea

Cyclades –um f.: an island of the Cyclades; pl. the Cyclades, islands in the Aegean surrounding Delos

Rhodus –ī f.: the island of Rhodes

horridus –a –um: rough, rugged, wild, uncouth, harsh

Thrācia –ae f.: Thrace, the land in southeastern Europe north of the Hellespont

Propontis –idis f.: the Propontis or Sea of Marmora, between the Black Sea and the Aegean

trux trucis: harsh, fierce, cruel, savage

Ponticus –a –um: of or on the Black Sea

anteā: adv. (ante + ea), previously 10

comō –āre –āvī –ātum: be covered with hair or foliage

Cytōrius –a –um: of Cytorus, a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

sibilus –ī m. : any sibilant sound; hissing, whistling

Amastris –is f.: the capital of Paphlagonia

buxifer –era –erum: producing box-trees (the Buxus yields boxwood, a close-grained, heavy, tough hardwood)

cōgnitus –a –um: known; sexually intimate

orīgō –inis f.: origin, beginning 15

cacūmen –inis n.: peak, tip

imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus: drench, steep; dip or wet for the first time; inaugurate, give first experience

impotens –entis: powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

fretum fretī n.: any place where the sea boils up; sea

erus –ī m.: master

laevā: on the left

Iuppiter Iovis m.: Jupiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

lītorālis –e: of the shore 21

limpidus –a –um: clear, transparent

lacus lacūs m.: lake

reconditus –a –um: hidden away, secluded

seneō –ēre: to be old 25

quiēs quiētis f.: sleep, repose

dēdicō dēdicāre dēdicāvī dēdicātus: dedicate, consecrate

gemellus –a –um: twin (adj. or subst.)

Castor –oris m.: son of Leda and Tyndareus, twin brother of Pollux; one of a twin constellation used in navigation; patron (with his brother Pollux) of seafarers and ships