Ovid Unseens: Vocab Checklist 6

amplector, amplectori, amplexus sum

I embrace

artus, artus (m)

limb

cingo, cingere, cinxi, cinctum

I surround, encircle

complector, complectori, complexus sum

I embrace

Cupido, Cupidinis (m)

Cupid; desire

cupidus, -a, -um

greedy, lustful

digitus, digiti (m)

finger

fera, ferae (f)

wild beast

fletus, fletus (m)

weeping, tears

flos, floris (m)

flower

formosus, -a, -um

handsome, beautiful, fine

frons, frondis (f)

foliage, leaves, leafy branch

furtivus, -a, -um

secret, secretive

gemma, gemmae (f)

gem, precious stone

germana, germanae (f)

sister

germanus, germani (m)

brother

haurio, haurire, hauri, haustum

I drink, drain, consume

immitis, -e

rough, harsh, fierce

improbus, -a, -um

wicked, persistent

invidia, invidiae (f)

jealousy, hatred

lacero, lacerare, laceravi, laceratum

I tear, mangle

manes, manium (m.pl)

spirits of the dead; the Underworld

me miserum!

o wretched me! alas for me!

membra, membrorum (n.pl)

limbs

metuo, metere, metui, metutum

I fear

militia, militiae (f)

military service

naufragus, naufragi (m)

shipwrecked person

nimius, -a, -um

excessive

nimium

too much, excessively

niteo, nitere, nitui

I shine

obstupesco, obstupescere, obstupui/obstipui

I am dumbstruck, stunned

opacus, -a, -um

dense, thick

opto, optare, optavi, optatum + ut

I choose, wish for, desire (that)

pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictum

I paint, draw, colour

quare?

why?

rogus, rogi (m)

funeral pyre

sono, sonare, sonui, sonitum

I make a noise, utter, resound

surgo, surgere, surrexi, surrectum

I rise, rise up

tamquam

just as, like, as though

temerarius, -a, -um

rash, hasty

temere

rashly, hastily

Troianus, -a, -um

Trojan

turbo, turbare, turbavi, turbatum

I throw into confusion, distress

utinam (+ subj)

would that...! if only...!

viduus, -a, -um

bereft, widowed

volucer, volucris, volucre

winged, (as a noun) bird