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Aeneid Book I Vocab
All starred vocab form Aeneid book I
Question | Answer |
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adfari | to address, speak to |
aequare | to equal |
aequor | sea, surgace |
aestus | sea surge, foam, wave |
aether | (upper) air |
agmen | (battle) formation |
altum | the sea/the deep |
antrum | cave |
arcere | keep away |
aura | breeze |
caterva | crowd |
celsus | high, lofty |
compages | hinges, joints |
contra | opposite, in reply |
conubium | marriage |
corripere | seize, snatch |
creber | frequent, crowded |
custos | guard, custodian |
dare + infin | to give the chance to |
demittere | send down, cast down |
desuper | from above |
dolus | guile, reachery |
excutere | to shake out/off |
exercere | to train/exercise |
fari, fatum | to speak |
fas | (divinely) right |
fidus | faithful |
fremere | tremble, shake |
fundamentum | foundation |
furere | to rage |
fore | = futurum esse will be |
genitor | father |
gurges, gurgites | gulf, whirlpool |
haerere | stick / adhere |
harena | sand |
immanis | huge |
incedere | walk (in), enter |
incumbere | to lie on, brood over |
instare | to press on, encourage |
iubum | yoke, ridge |
iuvare | to be pleasing |
latere | to hide, be in hiding |
linquere | leave behind |
lustrare | survey, look over |
maestus | sad, gloomy |
metus | fear |
moles | mass |
mulcere | to soothe, soften |
nemus | grove, forest |
numen | divine will, divine spirit |
obstipescere-stipui | to stand agape |
opes | wealth, resources |
pleagus (N) | sea |
penitus | deep within, completely |
pietas | sense of duty to family, country, and gods |
placidus | peaceful, calm |
pontus | sea |
potiri | to gain possession of + abl |
progenies | offspring, descendants |
proles | child, offspring |
quippe | indeed, certainly |
quondam | once (upon a time or in the future) |
ratis | boat |
ruere | to rush to ruin |
rupis | crag, cliff |
septus-a-um | hedged in, surrounded |
sceptrum | scepter of power |
scopulus | rock, cliff, crag |
sidus, sidera | star |
sinus | bay, fold, lap |
sonare | to (re)sound |
sors/sorte | fate, lot |
spuma/spumare | foam/to foam, spume |
statuere | establish, set up |
sternere | strew, lay low |
stipare | to pack, stuff |
stridor | screech |
subducere | to lead down, beach (ships) |
subire | to go up from under |
superi | gods above |
supplex | suppliant, one who begs |
syrtis | sandbar |
temperare | to temper, calm |
tendere | to stretch, struggle |
torquere | to twist |
tueri | to watch, look at, guard |
turboturbines | whirlwind |
vastus | vast |
vertex | top, summit |
volvere | to roll, turn |
vulgus | common rabble. |