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Pēliacus –a –um: of Peleus; of Mt. Pelion

prognātus –a –um: born, produced

vertex verticis m.: whirlpool, whirlwind; top of the head; summit

pīnus –ūs or –ī f.: pine tree

liquidus –a –um: liquid, fluid; clear, unclouded

Neptūnus –ī m.: Neptune or Poseidon, god of the sea; the sea

nō nāre nāvī: swim; float, sail

Phāsis –idos m.: a river in Colchis, flowing into the eastern end of the Black Sea; city at the mouth of Phasis R.; by metonymy, Colchis

Aeēteus –a –um: of Aeëtes, king of Colchis and father of Medea

lēctus –a –um: chosen, choice, picked

Argus (Argīvus or Argeus or Argius) –a –um: Argive; by metonymy, Greek

rōbur rōboris n.: an oak tree, oak; the strongest element of anything

pūbēs –is f.: the adult male population; manpower

aurō aurāre: gilded; golden

Colchus –a –um: Colchis, the country of King Aeëtes, his daughter Medea, and the Golden Fleece, located at the eastern end of the Black Sea south of the Caucasus Mts.

āvertō avertere avertī aversus: divert; remove, steal

pellis pellis f.: pelt, skin, hide, fleece

vadum –ī n.: a shallow piece of water, shoal; (pl.) the waters of the sea

salsus –a –um: salty, briny; witty, clever

dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī (currī) –cursus: run down; travel over

puppis puppis f.: the stern or poop of a boat; by metonymy, boat, ship

caerulus (caeruleus) –a –um: sea-blue

verrō verrere verrī versum: sweep

abiēgnus –a –um: made of silver fir; poet., wooden

palma palmae f.: the front of the hand; the palm or palm leaf; the palm of victory; an oar

dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis

volitō volitāre volitāvī volitātus: fly about; move about rapidly; dart swiftly

flāmen –inis n.: a blast or gust of wind; wind, breeze

pīneus –a –um: of pinewood

coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus: join together; associate

īnflectō –ere –flexī –flexus: bend

texō –ere –texuī –textus: weave

carīna –ae f. : keel, hull; by metonymy, ship

rudis –e : still in its natural state; inexperienced, untried

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

Amphitrītē –ēs f.: wife of Neptune; the sea

rōstrum rōstrī n.: the snout or muzzle of an animal; the beak of a bird or ship

ventōsus –a –um: windy

proscindō –scindere –scidī –scissum: plow

torqueō torquēre torsī tortum: twist, whirl, spin in an eddy

rēmigium –iī n.: the action of rowing

spūma –ae f.: foam

incānescō –cānere –canuī —: become white or hoary

ēmergō –gere –sī –sum: come out of the water, emerge

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

candeō candēre –uī: shine, gleam, glisten, sparkle

gurges –itis m.: a swirling mass of water; sea

aequoreus –a –um: of the sea, maritime

mōnstrum mōnstrī n.: portent, prodigy, apparition; monster; a monstrous act, attrocity

Nērēīs –idis (–idos) f.: a Nereid, sea nymph born of Nereus and Doris

admīror admirārī admirātus sum: marvel or wonder at, admire

marīnus –a –um: of the sea, marine

nūdō nūdāre nūdāvī nūdātus: make naked, denude, bare

nympha –ae (nymphē –ēs) f.: a semidivine female nature spirit

nūtrīx nūtrīcis f.: nurse; breast

tenus: prep. w/ abl. or gen., up to, as far as

ex(s)tō ex(s)tāre ex(s)tāvī ex(s)tātus: stand out

cānus –a –um: white, whitened

Thetis –idis (–idos) f.: the Nereid Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles

Pēleus (disyllabic) –eī acc. Pēlea voc. Pēleu: son of Aeacus, mortal spouse of Thetis, father of Achilles

incendō incendere incendī incensus: set of fire; inflame

dēspiciō –ere –spēxī –spectum: look down on, scorn

Hymenaeus –ī m.: the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage

iugō iugāre iugāvī iugātus: join, hitch, yoke

ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration

optātus –a –um: wished for

hērōs –ōis m.: a hero

salveō –ēre: greetings! hail!

prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: offspring, progeny

compellō compellāre compellāvī compellātus: address, invoke

eximius –a –um: excepted; exceptional, choice

taeda taedae f.: pinewood, esp. as used in torches; torch; marriage torch, by metonymy, wedding

Thessalia –ae f.: Thessaly, region of Greece south of Macedonia associated with Peleus and his son Achilles

columen –inis n.: roof, summit, peak; a key person, top man

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

genitor genitōris m.: father; pl., parents

Neptūnius –a –um: of or belonging to Neptune

Tēthys Tēthyos f.: a sea-goddess, wife of Oceanus, mother of Doris, grandmother of Thetis

nepōs nepōtis m.: grandson, descendant

ōceanus –ī m.: Ocean, god of the sea, husband of Tethys

amplector amplectī amplexus sum: embrace

fīniō fīnīre fīnīvī fīnītus: mark out the boundaries; finish

conventus conventūs m.: a coming together, assembly, meeting

frequentō frequentāre frequentāvī frequentātus: fill with people; occupy, crowd, throng

oppleō –plēre –plēvī –plētum: fill up

laetor laetārī laetātus sum: rejoice, be glad

rēgia rēgia f.: palace

coitus (coetus) coitūs m.: meeting; band, company, group, crowd

prae: prep. w/ abl., before, in front of; in comparison with

dēclārō dēclārāre dēclārāvī dēclārātus: make known, declare, tell

Cieros: Cieros, old town in SW Thessaly

linquō linquere līquī: leave, quit

Phthioticus –a –um : of or in the region of Pthiotis in the southeast of Thessaly

Tempē indecl. n.: valley of the Peneus R. between Mt. Olympus and Mt. Ossa, famous for its scenic beauty

Crannon Crannōnis m.: a chief town in central Thessaly

Larīsaeus –a –um: of or at Larisa, capital of central Thessaly

Pharsālia –ae f.: town of Phrasalia

coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus: come together, meet

Pharsālicus (Pharsālius) –a –um: Pharsalian, of Pharsalus (in Thessaly)

mollescō –ere: become soft

collum collī n.: neck

iuvencus –ī m.: young bull or ox, bullock

humilis humile: low

curvus –a –um: bent, curving

pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus: clean, clear out; (refl.) apologize, excuse

vīnea –ae f.: grapevines

rāstrum –ī n.; usually pl.: rāstrī rāstrōrum m.: a type of hoe

glaeba –ae f.: a lump of earth, clod

prōnus –a –um: leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat

convellō –ere –vellī –vulsus: tug at; plow up, dislodge, uproot

vōmer –eris m.: a plowshare, the part of a plow that cuts the furrow

taurus taurī m.: a bull

falx falcis f.: a curved knife for pruning trees ad vines

attenuō attenuāre attenuāvī attenuātus: make thin, reduce, thin out

frondātor –ōris m.: a foliage tender, pruner

squālidus –a –um: rough; filthy

robigō (rub–) robiginis f.: rust; blight

arātrum –ī n: plow

quācumque: wherever

opulentus –a –um: wealthy, opulent

fulgeō fulgēre fulsī: shine brightly, gleam

splendeō –ēre –uī: shine, be bright, glitter

ebur –oris n.: ivory

solium –iī n.: a high-backed chair, throne

conlūceō –ēre: shine

pōculum pōculī n.: cup

rēgālis –e: kingly, royal, regal

splendidus –a –um: brilliant, bright, glittering

gāza –ae f.: treasure

pulvīnar –āris n.: a couch on which images of gods were placed at a banquet offered to the gods

geniālis –e: of or pertaining to a person's genius; of or pertaining to marriage

locō locāre locāvī locātus: place

Indus –a –um: a native of India

dēns dentis m.: tooth

poliō –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus: polish

tingō (tinguō) tingere tinxī tinctum: dip; dye

roseus –a –um: rosy, red

conchÿlium –ī n.: a mollusk, a shellfish that yields a costly purple dye; purple dye from the mollusk

purpura –ae f.: a shellfish yielding a purple dye; purple dye; any purple-dyed cloth

fūcus –ī m.: seaweed; dye (orig. that derived from a seaweed)

priscus –a –um: ancient, olden, old-fashioned, archaic

variō variāre variāvī variātus: adorn with contrasting colors; embroider; mottle, bruise

figūra figūrae f.: form, shape, aspect, appearance

mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable

fluentisonus –a –um: resounding with the noise of the sea

prōspectō prōspectāre prōspectāvī prōspectātus: gaze out

Dīa –ae f.: an Aegean island, usu. identified with Naxos

Thēseus –ī m.: son of Aegeus, seducer of Ariadne (later husband of her sister Phaedra), slayer of the Minotaur

tueor tuērī tūtus sum: look at, view, observe

indomitus –a –um: untamed; indomitable; violent

Ariadna (Ariadnē) –ae f.: Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, half-sister of the Minotaur

necdum: conj., and not yet, but not yet

vīsō vīsere vīsī vīsus: go to see; look at, gaze at, view

utpote: part., as one might expect, as is natural

fallax –ācis: treacherous, deceptive

exciō (excieō) –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus (–itus): rouse (from sleep)

arēna (harēna) –ae f.: sand, beach

immemor –oris: forgetful, heedless, feckless

rēmus rēmī m.: oar

irritus (inritus) –a –um: not ratified, null and void; empty, unfulfilled, vain

prōmissum –ī n.: a promise; a thing promised; prize

procella –ae f.: storm, gale

alga –ae f.: seaweed

Mīnōis –idis f.: a female descendant of Minos, Ariadne

ocellus ocellī m.: eye; as term of endearment, darling (dim. of oculus)

saxeus –a –um: made of stone

effigiēs –eī or effigia –ae f.: statue, effigy

bacchor bacchārī bacchātus: celebrate rites of Bacchus; act like a Bacchant, rave

prōspiciō prōspicere prōspexī prōspectum: look forth or out

ēheu: interj., Alas!

fluctuō fluctuāre fluctuāvī fluctuātus: surge like a wave; be in turmoil

flāvus –a –um: yellow, gold-colored, blonde

subtīlis –e: fine-textured, delicate

mitra –ae f.: an oriental headdress tied under the chin with ribbons

contegō –ere –tēxī –tēctus: cover up; shelter

amictus –ūs m.: a mantle or cloak

teres –etis: smooth; rounded

strophium –iī n.: a twisted band supporting a woman's breast

lactēns –entis: milky; milk-white

vinciō vincīre vīnxī vīnctum: fasten, tie, bind

papilla –ae f.: nipple; breast

dēlābor –lāpsus sum: fall, slip down

passim: dispersedly, all over the place

sāl salis m.: salt; fig., of a quality that gives character and flavor, wit; by metonymy, the sea

allūdō (adl-) –ere –lūsī –lūsus (alludiō -āre): play with

fluitō fluitāre fluitāvī fluitātus: flow; float, drift

vicis vicis f.: a recurring occasion for action,turn; plight or situation

pendeō pendēre pependī: hang; depend, rely

perditus –a –um: ruined; depraved

ā: expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty

assiduus –a –um: settled; constantly present, persistent, unremitting

lūctus lūctūs m.: the expression of grief; lamentation, grief, sorrow

externō –āre –āvī –ātum: drive out of one's wits, madden, panic

spīnosus –a –um: thorny, prickly

Erycīna –ae f.: Venus, goddes of Mt. Eryx in Sicily

serō serere sēvī satum: sow, plant

ferōx ferōcis: fierce

Pīraeus –ī m.: the Piraeus, port of Athens

attingō attingere attigī attāctus: touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention

iniūstus –a –um: unjust

Gortȳnius –a –um: of Gortyn, poet., Cretan

perhibeō –ēre –uī –itus: present, bestow; say, hold, maintain, give out

crūdēlis crūdēle: savage, cruel

pestis pestis f.: physical destruction; plague, affliction, bane

Androgeōnēus –a –um: of Androgeos, son of Minos and Pasiphaë

exsolvō –ere –ī –solūtus: unfasten; discharge, pay

ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus: select, choice

innūptus –a –um: unwed

Cecropia –ae f.: Athens, the city of Cecrops, first king of Attica.

daps dapis f.: a sacrifical meal; any feast or meal; food

Mīnōtaurus –ī m.: the Minotaur, son of Pasiphaë

angustus –a –um: narrow

vexō vexāre vexāvī vexātus: buffet, harry, ravage, afflict

Athēnae Athēnārum f.: Athens

prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum: fling forth, throw forward; renounce

potius : more, more than, rather

Crēta –ae (or Crētē –ēs) f.: Crete, large island south of the Aegean Sea, home of King Minos and Ariadne

nītor nītī nīxus sum: lean; press onward; rely, depend

lēnis –e: easy, gentle

magnanimus –a –um: noble-spirited, brve, bold

Mīnōs –ōis m.: Minos, legendary king of Crete, husband of Pasiphaë, father of Ariadne and Phaedra

cupidus –a –um: desirous, eager

cōnspiciō cōnspicere cōnspexī cōnspectus: catch sight of, lay eyes on

suāvis suāve: agreeable, pleasant

exspīrō exspīrāre exspīrāvī exspīrātus: exhale, pant, emit (a fragrance); be exhaled

odor –ōris m.: smell, odor, fragrance

lectulus –ī m.: bed, couch (dim. of lectus)

complexus –ūs m.: embrace

Eurōtas –ae m.: the river that runs through Sparta

praecingō –cingere –cinxī –cinctum: encircle, stand around

myrtus –ī m./f.: the myrtle tree, a bushy shrub with oval leaves and fragrant white or rosy flowers, common to southern Europe

distinctus –a –um: separate, different, distinct

vernus –a –um: of spring, vernal

priusquam or prius quam: before; until; sooner than

flagrans –ntis: flaming, burning, intense

dēclīnō dēclīnāre dēclīnāvī dēclīnātus: lower, decline

concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum: take in, catch, conceive, contract (a disease); conceive (a child), produce, be the mother of

funditus: from the bottom up; utterly

exardescō –ardescere –arsī –arsum: catch fire, blaze up

medulla medullae f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

heu: interj., alas

miserē: wretchedly, with piteous result, unhappily

exagitō –āre –āvī –ātum: stir up

immītis –e: ungentle, pitiless, violent

Golgī –ōrum m. pl.: a town in Cyprus noted for the worship of Aphrodite / Venus

Īdalium –iī n.: town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite/Venus

frondōsus –a –um: leafy

iactō iactāre iactāvī iactātus: throw; toss about, torment

suspīrō suspīrāre suspīrāvī suspīrātus: sigh, pant

langueō –uī: be faint, droop, be sick

fulgor –ōris m. or fulgur –ūris n.: brightness, luster

expallescō –lescere –luī: turn pale

contendō contendere contendī contentus: stretch, strain; contend

appetō appetere appetīvī appetītus: try to reach; seek; attack

mūnusculum –ī n.: a small gift or favor

tacitus –a –um: unspeaking; silent

succipiō –cipere –cēpī –ceptum: take up, take on, undertake (a vow or oath)

labellum labellī n.: lip (dim. of labrum)

quatiō quatere quassī quassum: shake

brachium brachī(ī) n.: arm

Taurus –ī m.: a mountain range in the south of Asia Minor, directly north of Cyprus

quercus –ūs f.: an oak tree

coniger –gera –gerum: coniferous, e.g., a pine tree

sūdō sūdāre sūdāvī sūdātus: sweat, perspire

cortex –icis m.: bark, cortex

turbō (turben) turbinis m.: anything that spins; whirlwind, tornado; maelstrom; a weight used in spinning

contorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus: twist, agitate

ēruō ēruere ēruī ērutus: remove, uproot

rādīcitus: by, from, or at the roots; roots and all

exturbō –āre –āvī –ātum: drive out, remove by force

cacūmen –inis n.: peak, tip

obvius obvia obvium: in the way or path of something

domō domāre domuī domitus: subdue

prosternō prosternere prostrāvī prostrātum: lay low, strike down

nēquīquam: to no purpose, in vain

sōspes –itis: safe

reflectō reflectere reflexī reflexus: bend back

errābundus –a –um: prone to err or make a wrong turning; wandering

tenuis tenue: thin

fīlum –ī n.: thread, string, filament

labyrinthēus –a –um: of or like a labyrinth, labyrinthine

flexus –ūs m.: a bending, turning, curve

frūstror –ātus sum: deceive, baffle; disappoint, frustrate

inobservābilis –e: undetectable to the eye; difficult to trace or observe

dīgredior dīgressus sum: go off; digress

commemorō commemorāre commemorāvī commemorātus: recall, recount

consanguinea –ae f.: sister, female relative

nāta (gnāta) –ae f.: daughter

deperditus –a –um: lost, ruined

praeoptō –āre –āvī –ātum: prefer, choose in preference

ratis ratis f.: raft; boat, ship

spūmōsus –a –um: foamy

dēvinciō –īre –vinxī –vinctus: tie fast, bind

ārdēns –entis: passionate

furō furere: be mad or crazed; rage with passion, rave

clārisonus –a –um: clear-sounding, loud, shrill

praerumpō praerumpere –rūpī –ruptus: to break off

cōnscendō –ere –scendī –scēnsus: climb up

pelagus pelagī m. : the sea

vāstus –a –um: desolate, uninhabited, featureless, dreary, endless

prōtendō –ere –tendī –tēnsus (–tentus): stretch out; extend forward over a distance

aestus aestūs m.: heat, hot weather; swell (of the sea), flood; tumult

tremulus –a –um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)

prōcurrō –ere –cucurrī (–currī) –cursus: run forward; roll forth

tegmen (tegumen) –inis n.: covering

sūra –ae f.: calf of the leg

exter extera exterum: farthest, the farthest part of; final

querēla querēlae f.: complaint, protest, lament

frīgidulus –a –um: chilly, cold; (of language, rhetoric, etc.) feeble, tedious, frigid (dim. of frigidus)

ūdus –a –um: wet

singultus –ūs m.: sob

cieō ciēre cīvī citus: move, set in motion; rouse, raise, produce

sīcinē: sic + interrog. -ne: is this the way?

patrius –a –um: of one's father or fathers; paternal, ancestral

āvehō –ere –vehere –vehexī –vectum: carry off

perfidus –a –um: treacherous, perfidious

dēsertus –a –um: deserted, solitary, lonely

neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglēctus: regard as of no consequence, be indifferent to, disregard, ignore, fail to respect

dēvotus –a –um: accursed; vowed as an offering

periūrium (pēiūrium) –ī n.: a breach of oath, false oath, perjury

flectō flectere flēxī flexus: bend; turn, avert

clēmentia –ae f.: mercy, pity, clemency

praestō: available, ready

miserēscō –ere: w/ gen., have compassion on

blandus –a –um: charming, ingratiating, seductive, sweet

cōnūbium –iī n.: marriage; pl. a wedding

āerius –a –um: of the air, airy

discerpō –ere –cerpsī –cerptus : tear to pieces

praegestiō –īre: have an overpowering desire, be especially eager for

apiscor –apiscī aptus sum: seize, grasp; obtain

satiō satiāre satiāvī satiātum: satisfy

dictum dictī n.: anything said; word, saying

versor versārī versātus: keep turning; pass. w/ middle force, toss and turn

lētum letī n.: death

germānus –ī m.: brother

dīlacerō –āre –āvī –ātum: tear to pieces

āles –itis m./f.: large bird, bird of prey; an omen or augury (from watching birds)

iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum: throw in or on

tumulō –āre: cover with a burial mound; bury

mortuus –a –um: dead

quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam: pron. & adj., who/what, tell me?, who/what, finally

rūpēs –is f.: cliff, crag

leaena –ae f.: lioness

spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus: foam, froth

exspuō –uere –uī –ūtum: spit out

Syrtis –is f.: shoals on the N. African coast between Carthage and Cyrene

Scylla –ae f.: a cliff-dwelling monster in the Straights of Messina (between Italy and Sicily) who devours sailors on passing ships; Charybdis is on the other side of the strait

rapax –ācis : predatory, rapacious

Charybdis –is f.: a whirlpool of the Sicilian side of the Straight of Messina opposite Scylla that devours men and ships

quod: because, the fact that

horreō horrēre horruī: bristle; shudder or tremble at, fear; regard with awe or dread

attamen: nevertheless

iūcundus –a –um: pleasant, delightful

famulor –ārī –ātus sum: be a servant

serva servae f.: female slave or servant

permulceō –ēre –mulsī –mulsus (–mulctus): caress, soothe, refresh

lympha –ae f.: a water nymph; (poet.) water

purpureus –a –um: purple

cōnsternō –ere –strāvī –strātus: cover, spread

cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch

ignārus –a –um: ignorant, uncomprehending

conqueror –querī –questus sum: complain, lament

queō quīre quīvī/quiī quitus: to be able

īnsultō īnsultāre īnsultāvī īnsultātus: leap or trample on; behave insultingly, scoff

invideō invidēre invīdī invīsus: to look at with ill will or envy; begrudge

questus –ūs m.: complaint, protest

omnipotēns –entis: all-powerful

utinam: particle used to express a wish: would that, how I wish that

Gnōsius (Gnōsiacus) –a –um: of Cnossos; Cretan

Cecropius –a –um: Athenian

dīrus –a –um: awful, dread, dire, frightful

stīpendium stīpendi(ī) n.: payment

religō religāre religāvī religātus: tie back, tie up; untie

nauta nautae m.: sailor

fūnis fūnis m.: rope; a ship's hawser, mooring rope

cēlō celāre celāvī celātus : conceal

requiēscō requiēscere requiēvī requiētum: rest, find relief

discernō –ere –crēvī –crētus: separate, divide off

truculentus –a –um: ferocious; n. pl. as subst., ferocity

respergō –ere –spersī –spersus: sprinkle, spatter, splash

frāternus –a –um: of or from a brother, fraternal

fīdus –a –um: faithful, loyal, devoted

cōnsōlor cōnsōlārī cōnsōlātus sum or cōnsōlō –āre: comfort, console, solace

lentus –a –um: supple, pliant; slow, taking one's time, unconcerned, at ease

incurvō incurvāre incurvāvī incurvātus: bend

ēgressus –ūs m.: escape, egress, exit

mūtus –a –um: inarticulate, mute, dumb, silent

ostentō ostentāre ostentāvī ostentātus: freq. of ostendo, exhibit, display conspicuously

languēscō –ere languī: weaken, grow feeble

sēcēdō sēcēdere sēcessī sēcessus: withdraw

exposcō –ere –poposcī: ask for, demand, beg

multa –ae f.: penalty

caelestis –is m. or f.: a god or goddess

postrēmus –a –um: final

comprecor –ārī –ātus sum: pray to, invoke, supplicate

multō multāre multāvī multātus: penalize

vindex –icis m.: guarantor, defender, champion; one who punishes a wrong or takes vengeance

Eumenides –um f.: Kindly Spirits, Furies, Erinyes, punishers of outrage

anguineus (anguīnus) –a –um: snaky, made of snakes

redimiō –imīre –imiī –imītum: wreathe, encircle

capillus capillī m.: hair

praeportō –āre –āvī –ātum: carry before one, carry in front

adventō adventāre adventāvī adventātus: approach, draw near

vae: woe to, alas for

prōferō prōferre prōtulī prōlātus: bring forth; utter

inops inopis: destitute; defenseless; powerless

āmēns āmentis: demented, mad, insane

vānescō –ere –ere: vanish; become ineffectual

fūnestō –āre –āvī –ātum: pollute with death

profundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: pour forth

ānxius –a –um: anxious

adnuō –ere –nuī (ūtus –rare): nod assent; consent

invictus –a –um: unvanquished

rēctor –ōris m.: steersman, ruler

mōtus mōtūs m.: motion, movement

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

contremō –ere –uī: tremble violently

concutiō –cutere –cussī –cussus: cause to vibrate; shake

micō micāre micuī: quiver, dart, flicker; flash, glitter, gleam

cālīgō –inis f.: darkness, murk

cōnserō –ere –sēvī –situs (satus): sow, plant; beset

oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus sum: forget, w/ gen. or acc. of object forgotten

cōnstāns cōnstantis: steady, resolute, steadfast

sustollō –ere: raise

Erectheus –eī m.: legendary king of Athens

portus portūs m.: harbor, port

concrēdō –ere –didī –ditus: entrust

Aegeus –eī m.: king of Athens, father of Theseus

complector complectī complexus sum: embrace, surround

ūnicus –a –um: one and only, singular, unique, special

nūper: recently

senecta –ae f.: old age

quandōquidem: rel. since

fervidus –a –um: hot; fervent, passionate, lusty

invītus –a –um: unwilling

languidus –a –um: weary, drooping, flaccid

saturō saturāre saturāvī saturātus: fill, satisfy, sate

exprōmō –ere –prōmsī –prōmptum: bring out, express

cānitiēs –eī f.: white or gray coloring; whiteness of hair; gray hair

īnfundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: pour in or on

pulvis pulveris m.: dust; sand

foedō foedāre foedāvī foedātus: make foul, soil

īnficiō (īnficiscō) –ere –fēcī –fectus: dyed

suspendō suspendere suspendī suspēnsum: hang, suspend

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

mālus –ī m.: apple

incendium incendi(ī) n.: conflagration; inflammation, agony

carbasus –ī f. (pl. carbasa –ōrum n.): sail, canvas

obscūrō obscūrāre obscūrāvī obscūrātus: darken

dicō dicāre dicāvī dicātus: indicate, show; assign, bestow

ferrūgō –inis f.: rust; any color from reddish purple to nearly black

Hibērus –ī m.: of Iberia, Spanish

incola incolae m. or f.: inhabitant

Itōnus –ī f.: Boeotian town famous for its cult of Athena

memor memoris: remembering, mindful

conditus –a –um: put away, preserved

vigeō –ēre –uī: be vigorous and active, fluorish

oblitterō (obliterō) –āre –āvī –ātum: cause to be forgottend, wipe out

invīsō –ere –vīsī –vīsus: go to see; look upon

collis collis m.: hill, mountain

fūnestus –a –um: associated with mourning; funereal

antenna –ae f.: the horizontal yardarm of a sailing ship

dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus: put down, lay down (in birth), put away

intorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus: twisted or twined

vēlum vēlī n.: sail

rudēns –entis m.: rope, line

quam prīmum: as soon as possible

āgnōscō āgnōscere āgnōvī agnitus: recognize

redux –ucis: brought back, returned, restored

prōsper or more frequently prōsperus –a –um: agreeable to one's wishes, prosperous

sistō sistere stitī status: cause to stand, set; present, hand over

mandātum –ī n.: command

ceu: part. introducing similes: in the same way as, as, like

nūbēs nūbis f.: cloud

niveus –a –um: snowy, white

prōspectus –ūs m.: view, prospect

absūmō absumere absūmpsī absūmptum: use up, consume, exhaust; do away with, remove by death

flētus fletūs m.: weeping; tears

praeceps praecipitis: plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden

scopulus –ī m.: a projecting rock or cliff

paternus –a –um: of a father; paternal

multiplex –plicis: having many twists and turns; varied

volvō volvere voluī volūtum: cause to roll

saucius –a –um: wounded, afflicted

florens –entis: flowering; in the flower of one's youth; fresh, vigorous

Iaachus –ī m.: Bacchus

thiasus –ī m.: an orgiastic dance; a group that performs such dances

Satyrus –ī m.: a Satyr, demigod of wild places, frequent companion of Bacchus/Dionysus

Nÿsigena –ae: born on Mt. Nysa, birthplace of Bacchus / Dionysus

Sīlēnus –ī m.: an attendant of Bacchus, usually represented as old, fat, and drunken

alacer alacris alacre: moving nimbly, lively; eager

lymphātus (lymphāticus) –a –um: frenzied, frantic

euhoe: interj., the ritual cry of Bacchants

cuspis –idis f.: sharp point or tip; spear; pointed stick

thyrsus –ī m.: a pole tipped with a pinecone, ivy, or vine leaves, as carried by bacchants

dīvellō –ere –vellī –vulsus: tear apart

serpēns –entis (gen. pl. serpentum) m./f.: snake

incingō –ere –cīnxī –cīnctus: wrap

obscūrus –a –um: dark; unknown, secret

cavus –a –um: hollow; deep

orgia –ōrum n.: secret rites, mysteries

cista –ae f.: wicker box for sacred objects in mystery cults

profānus –a –um: not dedicated to religious use; not initiated into a cult

plangō –ere –plānxī –planctus: beat, strike

procērus –a –um: tall, long

tympanum –ī n.: a small drum or tom-tom, usu. as used in the worship of Cybele or Bacchus

tinnītus –ūs m.: a ringing or clanging sound

raucisonus –a –um: harsh-sounding

efflō efflāre efflāvī efflātus: breathe out, emit, blast out

bombus –ī m.: a low, booming sound

horribilis horribile: fearful, dreadful; rough, uncouth

strīdeō strīdēre or strīdō strīdere strīdī: make a shrill, strident sound

tībia tībiae f.: pipe, flute

cantus –ūs m.: song; sound of instruments

amplificē: magnificently, splendidly

decorō decorāre decorāvī decorātus: embellish, adorn

vēlō vēlāre vēlāvī vēlātus: cover, clothe, veil

cupidē: eagerly

Thessalus –a –um or Thessalis –idis: Thessalian

expleō explēre explēvī explētus : fill up, satisfy

dēcēdō dēcēdere dēcessī dēcessus : go away, leave; make way for

flātus –ūs m.: blowing, breath, breeze

placidus –a –um: quiet, peaceful

mātūtīnus –a –um: of the morning, matutinal

horrificō horrificāre horrificāvī horrificātus: roughen, ruffle

Zephyrus –ī m.: the west wind

proclīvus –a –um: downward sloping, (of whitecaps at sea) tumbling forward or down

incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus: incite, provoke, stir

aurōra aurōrae f.: the goddess of Dawn

exorior exorīrī exortus sum: rise up from

clēmēns –entis: gentle, mild, lenient

leviter: lightly

plangor –ōris m.: a beating or slapping action

cachinnus cachinnī m.: laugh, guffaw; metaph. of rippling waves

incrēbrēscō –ere –crēbruī: intensify, increase in frequency

refulgeō –ēre –fulsī –fulsus: shine, gleam

vestibulum –ī n.: forecourt

abitus abitūs m.: departure, exit

Chīrōn –ōnis m.: Chiron, centaur of Mt. Pelion, tutor of Achilles, famous for his medical skill

silvestris –e: of the forest

ōra –ae f.: edge, border; region, district, land

tepidus –a –um: warm

fēcundus –a –um: productive of offspring; fertile, fruitful

Favōnius –iī m.: the west wind, zephyr

indistinctus –a –um: indiscriminate, disordered, not arranged by type

plectō plectere plexī plexum: plait, twine

corolla –ae f.: garland, small wreath (dim. of corona)

cōnfestim: immediately

Pēnīos –īī m.: river that flows through the vale of Tempe in Thessaly, and its eponymous river-god

viridō viridāre viridāvī viridātus: be green

impendeō impendēre: hang above

Pēnēis –idis f.: daughter of Peneus

Dōrus –ī m.: ancestor of the Dorians

chorēa –ae f.: a circle dance; choral dancers

fāgus –ī f.: beech-tree

stīpes (stips) –itis m.: tree trunk

laurus –ī f.: laurel or bay tree

nūtō nūtāre nūtāvī nūtātus: nod, sway; beat rhythymically

platanus –ī f.: plane tree

flammō flammāre flammāvī flammātus: burning

Phaëthōn –ontis m.: son of the sun-god Helios, who lost control of his father's chariot

cupressus –ī f.: the cypress tree

circum or circa: pre. w/ acc., around

contexō –ere –uī –tus: weave together; arrange, combine

frōns frondis f.: foliage

vireō virēre viruī: be verdant

sollers sollertis: clever, skilled, ingenious, resourceful

Promētheus –eī m.: the Titan who stole fire for mankind and warned Zeus not to have a child by Thetis

extenuō –āre –āvī –ātum: make thin, reduce, diminish

silex silicis n.: any hard rock; flint

rēstringō –ingere –inxī –ictum: tie back, restrain with bonds

catēna –ae f.: chain, fetter

persolvō –ere –solvī –solūtus: pay

Phoebus –ī m.: Phoebus Apollo, twin brother of Diana

ūnigena –ae: born together with, twin; sharing a single parentage; (as substantive) brother

cultrīx –īcis f.: a female inhabitant; local goddess

Idrus –ī m.: eponymous founder of Idrias in Caria

pariter: equally

aspernor –ārī –ātus sum: push away, reject, scorn, spurn

iugālis –e: yoke-bearing; matrimonial

artus artūs m.: joint; limb; part of the body, member

largus –a –um: ample; spacious, expansive; plentiful, copious, flowing; bountiful, free; w. gen., lavish

cōnstruō –ere –strūxī –strūctus: pile up

intereā: in the meantime; with adversative force, in these circumstances

īnfīrmus –a –um: feeble, weak

vēridicus –a –um: truth telling

Parca –ae f.: a Roman goddess of birth; one of the Fates or Moirai

tālus –ī m.: anklebone; ankle

resideō residēre resēdī ressus: remain seated; persist

vitta vittae f.: headband

carpō carpere carpsī carptum: pluck, pull at; press on along (a way, journey, period of time, etc.); carp at, criticize

rīte: properly, duly

laeva –ae f. (sc. manus): the left hand

colus –ī and –ūs f.: distaff, a short staff for holding wool that is being spun into thread

lāna –ae f.: wool

amiciō –īre –icuī (–ixī) –ictus: cover, cloak

supīnus –a –um: lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless

fōrmō fōrmāre fōrmāvī fōrmātus: shape, form

digitus digitī m.: finger

pollex –icis m.: thumb

lībrō librāre librāvī librātus: make level; hold suspended; balance, poise

versō versāre versāvī versātus: keep turning; pass. with middle force, toss and turn

fūsus –ī m.: a weighted spindle on which yarn is wound and twisted

dēcerpō –ere –sī –tus: pluck off, snatch

aequō aequāre aequāvī aequātus: make level, even, or smooth

lāneus –a –um: woolly

āridulus –a –um: dry (dim. of aridus)

haereō haerēre haesī haesus: stick, cling

mordeō mordēre momordī morsus: bite

vellus –eris n.: fleece; a piece of wool

virgātus –a –um: made of twigs; wicker

custōdiō custōdīre custōdīvī custōdītus: keep safe, hold

calathiscus –ī m.: a small basket

dīvīnus –a –um: divine

perfidia perfidiae f.: treachery, lying, perfidy

arguō arguere arguī argūtus: show, reveal; prove wrong

Ēmatia –ae f.: district of Macedonia; in poetry, Thessaly

tūtāmen –inis n.: means of protection; bulwark

Ops Opis f.: a Roman goddess, wife of Saturn, mother of love

pandō pandere pandī passus: spread out, disclose, reveal; open

vēridicus –a –um: truth telling

ōrāculum –ī n.: oracle

subtēmen –inis n.: the woof or weft, crossthreads in a loom running at right angles to the vertical threads of the warp

Hesperus –ī m.: the evening star

faustus –a –um: fortunate, lucky

flexanimus –a –um: persuasive

perfundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus : pour through, drench, suffuse, imbue

languidulus –a –um: weary, drooping, flaccid (dim. of languidus)

substernō –sternere –strāvī –strātum: lay or spread beneath; (of a woman) offer oneself sexually to a man

rōbustus –a –um: strong

foedus foederis n.: any formal agreement or bond, incl. marriage and (sometimes) other sexual unions

amāns –antis: sweetheart, lover

concordia concordiae f.: harmony

expers expertis: having no share of; immune to

terror terrōris m.: extreme fear

Achillēs –is m. or Achilleos –eī m. : son of Peleus and Thetis, greatest of the Greek warriors in the Trojan War, tragic hero of Homer's Iliad

persaepe: very often

certāmen certāminis n.: contest

flammeus –a –um: fiery; swift as fire

praevertō –ere –vertī –versus: outstrip, outrun

cerva –ae f.: hind, doe

Phrygius –a –um: of Phrygia, Phrygian

Teucer (Teucrus) –crī m.: Teucrian, Trojan

mānō mānāre mānāvī mānātus: flow, run, frip

Trōïcus –a –um: Trojan

obsīdō –ere –sēdī –sessum: beseige, beset

longinquus –a –um: far-off; drawn-out, long

periūrus –a –um: oath breaking, perjured, treacherous

Pelops –opis m.: son of Tantalus, father of Atreus and Thyestes

vāstō vāstāre vāstāvī vāstātus: make desolate; destroy, sack

hērēs hērēdis m. or f.: heir

incultus –a –um: unkempt

crīnis crīnis m.: a lock or braid of hair; hair

putridus –a –um: rotten, decaying, withered

īnfīrmus –a –um: feeble, weak

dēnsus –a –um: dense, closely packed

praecerpō –pere –psī –ptum: cull or reap ahead

messor –ōris m.: reaper, harvester

arista –ae f.: an ear of grain

flāvens –ntis or flāvus –a –um: yellow

dēmetō –ere –messuī –messus: mow, reap, harvest

Trōiugena –ae m./f.: a Trojan-born man; Trojan

īnfestus –a –um: hostile, warlike; troublesome

Scamander –drī m.: one of the two rivers of Troy

rapidus –a –um: strongly flowing, swiftly moving, rapid; scorching, consuming

diffundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: diffuse, spread out

Hellespontus –ī m.: the Hellespont or the Dardanelles, the channel near Troy linking the Propontis with the Aegean

angustō –āre –āvī –ātum: to make narrow, confine

acervus –ī m.: heap, pile, mass

tepefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: make warm

permisceō –ēre –miscuī –mistus (–mixtus): blend thoroughly, mix up

excelsus –a –um: lofty

coacervō –āre –āvī –ātum: pile up

agger aggeris m.: fill, rubble; a mound

būstum –ī n.: funeral pyre; grave mound

percellō percellere perculī perculsum: strike down, kill

Achīvus –a –um: an Achaean, a Greek man

Dardanus (Dardanius) –a –um: of Dardanus, an ancestor of Priam; Trojan

Polyxenius –a –um: of Polyxena, Priam's daughter, sacrificed at Troy to appease the shade of Achilles

madefīō –fierī –factus: become wet, be soaked

anceps ancipitis: double-edged

succumbō –ere –cubuī –cubitus: collapse; (w/ dat.) "go down," lie under or submit to (a man) in the act of sex

victima –ae f.: a living sacrificial victim

truncus –ī m.: body, trunk, torso

summissus –a –um: lowered, submissive

poples –itis m.: the knee

age agite: come!

dēdō dēdere dēdidī dēditus: give up, deliver, hand over; reflexive, devote oneself to

iamdūdum or iam dudum: now for a long time

nupta –ae f.: wife

revīsō –ere: pay another visit; go back and see, return to

hēsternus –a –um: of or belonging to yesterday

circumdō circumdare circumdedī circumdatus: ring, circle, enclose

discors discordis: in conflict, at odds, quarreling

sēcubitus –ūs m.: a sleeping apart; the action of sleeping apart from one's spouse or love

praefor –fātus sum: say by way of preface

caelicola –ae m./f.: an inhabitan of heaven, god or goddess

spernō spernere sprēvī sprētum: scorn, spurn, reject

annuus –a –um: yearly

fēstus –a –um: festal, holiday

sacrum sacrī n.: a sacred object or observance, rite

prōcumbō –cumbere –cubuī –cubitum: bend or fall forward

Līber Līberī m.: the wine god, Bacchus

Parnāsus –ī m.: Parnassus, mt. near Delphi

Thyias –adis f.: a Bacchant or Maenad, orgiastic worshiper of Bacchus/Dionysus

effūsus –a –um: loose; disorderly, in disarray

euhāns –antis: uttering the Bacchic cry euan!

crīnis crīnis m.: a lock or braid of hair; hair

Delphī –ōrum m. pl.: place in Phocis, Greece, sacred to Apollo and Dionysus; metonymy, the people of Delphi

certātim: with eager rivalry

ruō ruere ruī rūtum: rush

fūmō fūmāre fūmāvī fūmātus: emit smoke, smoke

lētifer –era –erum: bringing death, deadly

Māvors –vortis m.: Mars, god of war

Trītōn –ōnis m.: Triton, a sea god; a river in Boeotia sacred to Athena/Minerva

(h)era –ae f.: a woman in relation to her sevants; mistress, i.e., the woman or goddess one serves (as opp. to a kept woman)

Ramnūsius –a –um: of or native to Ramnus, a district of Attica (epithet of Nemesis, the Ramnusia virgo)

armō armāre armāvī armātus: arm, equip with arms

caterva –ae f.: company, squadron, mass

nefandus –a –um: unspeakable; wicked, unlawful, impious

iūstitia –ae f.: justice

dēsistō dēsistere dēstitī dēstitus: cease, desist

exstinguō exstinguere exstinxī exstinctus: dead, deceased

lūgeō lūgēre lūxī lūctum: mourn

prīmaevus –a –um: youthful

potior potirī potitus sum: get possession of

noverca novercae f.: stepmother

impius –a –um: wicked, irreligious, without pietas

scelerō scelerāre scelerāvī scelerātus: stain or defile with wicked acts

Penātēs –ium m.: household gods, the tutelary gods of the Roman pantry

fandus –a –um: speakable, proper, lawful

iustificus –a –um: just

dīgnor –ārī –ātus sum: consider worthy; deign, see fit