72. Vergil's Eclogue 3 Lines 1 - 31

Vergil's Eclogue 3 Lines 1 - 31 Vocabulary

mulgeo, mulgere, mulsi, multum

to milk

sucus, suci, m.

juice, sap

parcus, parca, parcum

sparing, frugal; scanty, slight

transversus, transversa, transversum

situated across something

hircus, hirci, m.

he-goat

sacellum, sacelli, n.

little shrine

novellus, novella, novellum

young, tender

perversus, perversa, perversum

askew, awry, perverse, evil, bad

latro, latrare, latravi, latratum

to bark

carectum, carecti, n.

bed/plot of sedges/rushes

fistula, fistulae, f.

reed pipe, pipes of Pan

cera, cerae, f.

wax, wax tablet

strido, stridere, stridi

to creak, squeak, grate, shriek, whistle; hiss; gnash

trivium, trivii, n.

cross-roads, highway

stipula, stipulae, f.

stalk, straw

disperdo, disperdere, disperdidi, disperditum

to destroy

vitula, vitulae, f.

calf, young cow

mulctra, mulctrae, f.

milk pail

pignus, pignoris, n.

stake, pledge