AP Latin Vocab + Terms Review

Review for both Aeneid + De Bello Gallico + Poetry + Stylistic devices

Dedita

given/devoted to

Ob

on the account of

Morbis

disease/sickness

Quique

each/every

Proeliis

battle

Versantur

to be engaged in/move about

Arbitror, Arbitrari, Arbitus est

to think/judge

Comprehensi

to seize/arrest

Simulacra

likeness/imagery

Etiam

and also

Latrocinio

banditry/robbery

“Dem”

the same

“Dam”

of a certain

Supplicia

punishment

Exanimatur

to deprive of breath/kill

Viminivus

twig/stick/wicker

Noxia

fault/crime

Copia, -ae f.

abundance/supply

Fortitudo, Fortitudinis f.

bravery/courage

Undique

on all sides/everywhere

Adficio, Adficere, Adfeci, Adfectum

to influence/impair

Praesto, Praestare, Praestiti, Praestitum

to excel/surpass

Pateo, Patere, Patui

to extend/stretch out

Rursus (book 4, aeneid)

to try again

Attolens (book 4, aeneid)

having lifted up

Quaesivit (book 4, aeneid)

to seek

Exeo, Exire, Exivi, Exitum

to go out/march out

Fio, Fieri, Factus sum

to be made/become

Cupidus, -a, -um

to long for/be fond of

Permoveo, Permovere, Permovi, Permotus

to stir up

Constituo, Constituere, Constituti, Constitum

to organize

Confirmo, Confirmare, Confirmavi, Confirmatus

to establish

Duco, Ducere, Duxi, Ductus

to consider

Suspicio, Suspicere, Suscepi, Susceptus

to undertake

Appelo, Appelare, Appelavi, Appelatus

to call/name

Conor, Conari, Conatus [deponent]

to try/attempt

Exercitus, -us m.

army

‘Propterea Quod’

because

Pati, Patior, Passus sum

to suffer/endure

Condo, Condere, Condidi, Conditum

to found/establish

Numen, Numinis (n.)

divine power/will

Laedo, Laedere, Laesi, Laesum

to injure/harm

Volvo, Volvere, Volui, Volutum

to move/turn/roll

Impello, Impellere, Impuli, Impulsum

to strike against/push

Ostium, Ostii (n.)

opening mouth (of a harbor)

Tendo, Tendere, Tetendi, Tentum

to extend/stretch

Hinc (adv.)

from this (person, place, thing..)

Mens, Mentis (f.)

mind/heart

Repono, Reponere, Reposui, Repositum

to put back/replace

Invisus, -a, -um

hated/detested

Danai, Danaum (m.)

greeks

Iaculor, Laculari, Iaculatus sum [deponent]

to strike/throw (of a javelin)

Ratis (f.)

raft/ship

Infigo, Infigere, Infixi, Infixumto

to transfix/impale

Quisquam, quaequam, quicquam

anyone/anything

Luctor, Luctari, Luctatus Sum

to struggle/wrestle

Fremo, Fremere, Fremui, Fremitum

to murmur/rumble

Verro, Verrere, Verri, Versum

to sweep

Incumbo, Incumbere, Incubui, Incubitum

to lie upon (seen w/ dative)

Stridor, Stridoris (m.)

loud/high-pitched sound

Extemplo (adv.)

without

Sidus, Sideris

star/heavenly body

Occumo, Occumbere, Occubui, Occubitum

to fall (death)

Torqueo, Torquere, Torsi, Tortum

to twist/whirl

Cingo, Cingere, Cixi, Cictum

to surround/encircle

Contendo, Contendere, Contendi, Contentum

to strive/hasten

Cervus, Cervi (m.)

stag/deer

Spondee

long-long

Anapest

short-short-long

Dactyl

long-short-short

Trochee

long-short

Asyndeton

no expected conjunctions

Polysyndeton

expected conjunctions

Ablative Absolute

set off by commas, noun + modifying participles = ablative

Hendiadys [‘vinclis et carcere’]

expression of an single idea through two words + ‘and’

Litotes

negating the opposite of what you mean

Synecdoche

part to whole associations [‘tecta’ roofs → meaning house]

Prolepsis

when an author prophesizes something that hasn’t happened yet

Chaismus

‘ABBA’ word order

Partitive Genitive

is often used to convey the universe or set from which some part is drawn

[quantity verbs, ‘satis’, ‘plus’..etc]

Dative of Reference

a dative is also used with verbs of giving/showing

Dative of Agent

 a dative without a preposition is used to communicate agency [by whom an action must be done] with a passive periphrastic

Indirect Statement

Way of communicating actions [without saying it directly, verb of knowing/thinking/telling/perceiving]

Invocation

calling unto the gods/muses

Ekphrasis

when an author encounters something that’s artistic/using a work of art to tell a story