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vesper vesperis m. or vesper vesperī m.: the evening star

cōnsurgō –ere –surrēxī –surrēctus: stand up, rise

Olympus –ī m.: Greek mountain on borders of Thessaly and Macedonia, legendary home of the gods; by metonymy, the sky, the heavens

pinguis pingue: fath, rich

linquō linquere līquī: leave, quit

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

Hymēn Hymenis m.: refrain chanted at Greek weddings; personified as god of marriage

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

innūptus –a –um: unwed

nīmīrum: part., no wonder, doubtless

Oetaeus –a –um : of Mt. Oeta in southern Thessaly, traditionally associated with the evening star and the hot springs of Thermopylae

Noctifer –erī m. : the night bringer or evening star

pernīciter: nimbly, with quick motion of the legs

exsiliō exsilīre exsiluī: spring forth

temerē: recklessly; without good cause

aequālis –is m./f.: peer; companion of one's own age, contemporary

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

parātus –a –um: ready, prepared

meditor meditārī meditātus sum: contemplate, think out, rehearse

requīrō requīrere requīsīvī requīsītus: try to find, seek, look for, ask about; need, miss

memorābilis –e: worth remembering

mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable

penitus or penitē: from within; far away; deeply

aliō: to another place; in another direction

iūre: rightly

saltem or saltim: at least, anyhow

Hesperus –ī m.: the evening star

crūdēlis crūdēle: savage, cruel

nāta (gnāta) –ae f.: daughter

complexus –ūs m.: embrace

āvellō –ere –vellī (vulsī) –vulsus: tear away

ārdēns –entis: passionate

lūceō lūcēre lūxī: shine; dawn

iūcundus –a –um: pleasant, delightful

dēspondeō –spondēre –spondī –sponsum: promise, betroth, pledge

fīrmō fīrmāre fīrmāvī fīrmātus: strengthen

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

pangō pangere pepigī pactum: fix in place, settle, arrange

extollō –ere: lift up, raise

ārdor ārdōris m.: conflagration; passion

optātus –a –um: wished for

adventus adventūs m.: approach, arrival

vigilō vigilāre vigilāvī vigilātus: stay awake; be awake (following sleep); be on the alert

custōdia custōdiae f.: protection, safekeeping, watch

fūr fūris m.: thief, robber

revertor revertī reversus sum: return, come back

comprehendō (comprendō) comprehendere comprehendī comprehensus: seize, catch

fīctus –a –um: made up, sham, false, lying

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

questus –ūs m.: complaint, protest

tacitus –a –um: unspeaking; silent

saepiō –īre saepsī saeptus: enclose; surround with a wall or hedge

sēcrētus –a –um: set apart, remote, secluded, secret

hortus hortī m.: garden

īgnōtus –a –um: unknown

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

arātrum –ī n: plow

mulceō –ēre mulsī mulsus (mulctus): caress

ēducō –āre –āvī –ātum: bring up, nurture

imber imbris m.: rain; (metaph.) a shower of tears

tenuis tenue: thin

dēflorescō –rescere –rui: shed petals

unguis –is m.: fingernail, claw, talon

intāctus –a –um: untouched, unscathed

polluō –ere –uī –ūtus: stain, soil, make ritually impure

viduus –a –um: deprived of a husband or wife, bereft, celibate; (of vines) unsupported by a tree

vītis –is f.: vine

mītis mīte: sweet and juicy; succulent; soft

ūva –ae f.: a bunch of grapes

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

dēflectō –ere –flexī –flexus: bend downwards

rādīx rādīcis f.: root

flagellum –ī n.: whip, lash; the whiplike shoot of a vine

agricola agricolae m.: farmer

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

ulmus –ī f.: elm

coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus: join together; associate

incultus –a –um: unkempt

senescō senescere senuī: grow old, age

mātūrus –a –um: ripe

adipīscor adipiscī adeptus sum: catch up with, attain, win

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

virginitās –ātis f.: virginity

gener generī m.: Son-in-law

dōs dōtis f.: a dowry, property brought by a bride to her husband as her portion of the new family's endowment