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Aeneid Book I Vocab
All starred vocab form Aeneid book I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |