Aeneas Arrives in Italy vocabulary
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| Asia | -ae, f. = Asia (duh!)
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| appello | (1) = to call, name
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| Priamus | -i, m. = Priam (king of Troy, father of Paris, Hektor, (and dozens more!)
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| interficio | interficere/interfeci/interfectus = to kill
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| Aeneas | -ae, m. = Aeneas (son of Venus and a mortal, Anchises)
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| clarus | -a, -um = clear, distinguished, famous
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| defensor | -oris, m. = defender
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| profugus | -i, m. = refugee
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| cogo | cogere/coegi/coactus = to collect, gather; to compel, force
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| migro | (1) = to move, migrate
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| Laurentum | -i, m. = Laurentum (a coastal town in Latium)
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| cum | (prep. + abl.) = with; (subordinating conjunction + subjunctive) = when, since, although
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| praeda | -ae, f. = booty, loot; cattle (taken in a foraging raid)
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| ago | agere/egi/actus = to drive, urge, conduct, act
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| Latinus | -i, m. = Latinus (king of the Aborigines in Latium)
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| colloquium | -i, n. = conversation, conference, parley
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| origo | originis, f. = origin
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| dux | ducis, m. = leader
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| Lavinia | -ae, f. = Lavinia (daughter of King Latinus and future wife of Aeneas)
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| Lavinium | -i, n. = Lavinium (a town in Latium founded by Aeneas and named for his wife, Lavinia)
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| Turnus | -i, m. = Turnus (king of the Rutuli)
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| Rutuli | -orum, m. pl. = the Rutuli (a people living in Latinum)
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| adventus | -us, m. = arrival
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| aggredior | aggredi/aggressus sum (deponent verb) = to attack
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| amitto | amittere/amisi/amissus = to lose
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| Etruscus | -a, -um = Etruscan; (m. pl.) = the Etruscans (the people who controlled Italy north of the Tiber River)
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| fama | -ae, f. = fame, reputation, story; rumor
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| impleo | implere/implevi/impletus = to fill
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| metuo | metuere/metui/-- = to fear, be afraid of
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| ops | opis, f. = wealth; (pl.) = resources, power
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| cresco | crescere/crevi/cretus = to grow, prosper, thrive
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| discrimen | discriminis, n. = crisis
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| ut | (with subjunctive verb) = so that, in order that
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| ius | iuris, n. = law, jurisdiction, justice
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| Latini | -orum, m. pl. = Latins (the name given by Aeneas to the united Aborigines and Trojans)
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| adversus | (prep. + acc.) = contrary to, opposite, against
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| moenia | moenium, n. pl. = walls, fortifications
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| acies | -ei, f. = line of battle, battle formation, battle
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| copia | -ae, f. = supply, abundance; (pl.) = troops
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| reperio | reperire/repperi/repertus = to find
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| transeo | transire/transii/transitus = to go across, cross over
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| regno | (1) = to rule, reign
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| Ascanius | -i, m. = Aeneas' son by his wife Creusa (also called Iulus)
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| adolesco | adolescere/adolevi/adultus = to mature, grow up
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| abundo | (1) = to overflow, be in flood
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| Alba Longa | -ae, f. = mother city of Rome founded by Ascanius
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| imperium | -i, n. = power, empire, dominion, rule
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| Proca | -ae, m. = king of Alba Longa, father of Numitor and Amulius
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| Numitor | -oris, m. = rightful king of Alba Longa, grandfather of Romulus and Remus
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| Amulius | -i, m. = king of Alba Longa, brother of Romulus and Remus
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| maior | short for "maior natu" = greater in age, i.e. "older"
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| pello | pellere/pepuli/pulsus = to drive, drive out, repulse, repel
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| Rhea Silvia | -ae, f. = daughter of Numitor, mother of Romulus and Remus
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| species | -ei, f. = appearance, pretext
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| per speciem | (+ gen.) = on the pretext of . . .
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| sacerdos | sacerdotis, m/f = priest(ess)
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| Vesta | -ae, f. = goddess of hearth and home
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| lego | legere/legi/lectus = to read, gather, choose
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| regius | -a, -um = royal, king's
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| custodia | -ae, f. = watch, custody, prison
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| Tiberis | Tiberis, m. (acc. Tiberim) = the river that flows past Rome
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| inicio | inicere/inieci/iniectus = to throw into
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| alveus | -i, m. = basket
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| tenuis | -is, -e = thin, shallow
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| siccum | -i, n. = dry land
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| sedeo | sedere/sedi/sessus = to sit; to settle
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| lupa | -ae, f. = she-wolf
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| sitio | sitire/sitivi/-- = to be thirsty
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| circa | (adv.) = around, nearby
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| vagitus | -us, m. = wailing, crying
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| cursus | -us, m. = running, course, path
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| flecto | flectere/flexi/flexus = to turn, go, change
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| Faustulus | -i, m. = shepherd who found Romulus and Remus
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| pastor | -oris, m. = shepherd
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| nutrio | nutrire/nutrivi/nutritus = to nurse, care for
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| Larentia | -ae, f. = wife of Faustulus
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| educo | (1) = to bring up, educate
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| venor | venari/venatus sum (deponent verb) = to hunt
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| latro | latronis, m. = robber
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| onustus | -a, -um = laden, burdened
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| divido | dividere/divisi/divisus = to force apart, divide, distribute
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| celebro | (1) = to frequent, celebrate
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| ob | (prep. + acc.) = on account of, because of
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| incuso | (1) = to reproach, accuse (+ acc. & infin.)
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| ad | (prep. + acc.) used here to express purpose = "for"
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| supplicium | -i, nt. = punishment
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| dedo | dedere/dedidi/deditus = to hand over, surrender, give up
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