Latin Summary of the Bacchae Vocabulary

negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to deny, refuse

propinquus, -ī (-a, -ae), m/f

relative

aptus, -a, -um

fit, suitable

reddō -dere -didī -ditus

to give back, return, replace, repay, render

tripudio -āre -āvi -ātum

To perform a ritual dance

dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus

To lead, guide, direct, conduct

vinculum, vinculi, (n.)

chain, band

arripio -ripere, -rigere, -rexi

to snatch, seize eagerly, get a hold of

quaerito -are -avi (v.)

to keep looking for; to keep asking

adduco, -ducere, -duxi, -ductus (v.)

to lead up, to bring with

alligo, -are, -avi, -atus (v.)

to bind, tie up

veluti (adv.)

even as, just as, like

Cithaerōn, -ōnis, m.

Greek mountain range

excito, -are, -avi, -atus

to construct, produce, cause

muliebris -is -e

feminine, womanly

distrahō, -trahere, -trāxi, -tractus

to pull or drag apart, separate forcibly, to tear away, drag away, remove

constitutus - a - um

ordered, arranged

genetrīx, -īcis, f.

mother, ancestress

perago, -agere, -egi, -actus

to complete or accomplish

iussum, -ī, n.

an order or decree

patefacio, -facere, -feci, -factus

to reveal