Independent Latin Study #70

Vergil's Eclogues Lines 26-63 Vocabulary

respicio, respicere, respexi, respectum

to look back

iners, inertis

inactive, sluggish, inert

tondeo, tondere, totondi, tonsum

to cut, clip, shear

peculium, peculii, n.

small savings, private property (esp. of enslaved person)

saeptum, saepti, n.

fold, paddock; enclosure

pinguis, pingue

fat, rich, fertile

pendo, pendere, pependi, pensum

to hang, to weigh, to pay

arbustum, arbusti, n.

plantation, orchard

pinus, pinus, f.

pine tree, ship

fons, fontis, m.

fountain, spring

servitium, servitii, n.

slavery, servitude

alibi

elsewhere

altarium, altarii, n.

altar

pasco, pascere, pavi, pastum

to feed, pasture

submitto, submittere, submisi, submissum

to let down, furnish

limosus, limosa, limosum

miry, muddy; marshy, swampy

obduco, obducere, obduxi, obductum

to cover, draw over

iuncus, iunci, m.

rush, reed

pascuum, pascui, n.

pasture

insuetus, insueta, insuetum

unaccustomed, strange

tempto, temptare, temptavi, temptatum

to try, attempt, touch

pecus, pecudis, f.

animal, head of cattle

contagium, contagii, n.

contagion, infection

frigus, frigoris, n.

cold

opacus, opaca, opacum

dense, thick

depasco, depascere, depavi, depastum

to devour, graze

salix, salicis, f.

willow tree

susurrus, susurra, susurrum

whispering

frondator, frondatoris, m.

pruner

raucus, rauca, raucum

hoarse; husky; raucous

palumbes, palumbis, m.

wood pigeon