4.494–527

Orpheus –eī m.: Orpheus (name)

ēn: look!495

crūdēlis crūdēle: cruel, unfeeling

retrō: back, backwards

natō natāre natāvī natātus: swim

circumdō circumdare circumdedī circumdatus: surround, encircle

invalidus –a –um: weak, feeble

heu: alas!, oh!

palma palmae f.: hand, palm

ceu: as, just as

fūmus –ī m.: smoke

commisceō -miscēre –miscuī –mixtus: mix together, intermingle500

tenuis tenue: thin, insubstantial

prēnsō prēnsāre prēnsāvī prēnsātus: grasp, seize, catch

nēquīquam: in vain

multum multī n.: many things

portitor –ōris m.: ferryman, carrier

Orcus –ī m.: Orcus, the underworld

obiiciō obiicere obiēcī obiectus: place before, lie opposite

palūs –ūdis f.: marsh, swamp

bis: twice

flētus fletūs m.: weeping, lamenting505

Mānēs –ium m.: Manes

Stygius –a –um: Stygian, pertaining to the Styx

nō nāre nāvī: swim

frīgidus –a –um: cool, cold

cumba –ae f.: small boat, rowboat

septem: seven

perhibeō –ēre –uī –itus: say, assert

mēnsis mēnsis m.: month

rūpēs –is f.: rock, cliff, crag

āerius –a –um: airy, lofty, towering

dēsertus –a –um: desolate, abandoned

Strȳmōn –onis m.: Strymon (river)

gelidus –a –um: cold, icy

ēvolvō –ere –volvī –volūtus: roll out; unroll a scroll; spin; declare

antrum –ī n.: cave

mulceō –ēre mulsī mulsus (mulctus): soothe, charm510

tigris tigris m.: tiger

quercus –ūs f.: oak tree

pōpuleus –a –um: of the poplar tree

maereō –ēre: mourn, grieve, lament

philomela, philomelae f.: nightingale

fētus fētūs m.: offspring

arātor –ōris m.: plowman, farmer

observō observāre observāvī observātus: watch, observe

nīdus –ī m.: nest, brood

implūmis –e: unfledged, without feathers

dētrahō –ere –trāxī –tractus: take away, remove, withdraw

rāmus rāmī m.: branch

miserābilis –e: miserable, wretched

integrō integrāre integrāvi integrātus: renew515

questus –ūs m.: complaint, moan

Venus, Veneris f.: Venus, love

flectō flectere flēxī flexus: bend

hymenaeus –ī m.: marriage song; (pl) wedding

Hyperboreus –a –um: Hyperborean, northern

glaciēs –eī f.: ice

Tanais –is m.: Tanais (river)

nivālis –e: snowy

Rīphaeus –a –um: Rhipaeus (mountain)

viduō viduāre viduāvī viduātus: deprive

pruīna –ae f.: frost

lūstrō lūstrāre lūstrāvī lūstrātus: pass over, traverse

Eurydicē –ēs f.: Eurydice

inritus –a –um: invalid, void

Dīs –ītis m.: Dis

spernō spernere sprēvī sprētus: reject520

Cicones –um m. pl.: Cicones, a mythical Thracian tribe

sacrum sacrī n.: holy thing; (pl) sacred rites, ceremonies

nocturnus –a –um: nocturnal

orgia –ōrum n.: secret rites, mysteries

Bacchus –ī m.: Bacchus, god of wine; wine

discerpō –ere –cerpsī –cerptus: tear to pieces, mangle

iuvenis iuvenis m.: youth, young man

marmoreus –a –um: of marble

cervīx cervīcis f.: neck

revellō –ere –vellī –vulsus: tear off, tear out

gurges –itis m.: whirlpool

Oeagrus –a –um: Oeagrian, Thracian

Hēbrus –ī m.: Hebrus (river)

volvō volvere voluī volūtus: roll, turn525

Eurydicē –ēs f.: Eurydice

frīgidus –a –um: cool, cold

ā: ah! (exclamation)

Eurydicē –ēs f.: Eurydice